Weather: Cold, calm, clear, high 30's
Moon Phase: 62% Moon
Location: Utah Lake
Bait: worms on hook, no weight
Who Went: John, Me
I had a half day off yesterday, so I talked to Johnny Leach and mulled over a few areas we could go to wet a line for a few hours and land some fish. I’m on a new kick to fill my freezer with fish after realizing that I eat more fish than any other meat and have always bought it from the store, all while releasing the fish I catch myself! Duh!I was telling John about years past and how I’ve done really well at Utah Lake during this time of year for big bluegill and figured it could be a good start to filling the deep freeze with a few fillets. It didn’t take long to talk John into that idea, as bluegill is his favorite type of fish to catch. We decided to hit my secret bass hole I found this spring that ended up not being a secret at all. I tried to fish it multiple times through the summer only to find 4 boats smashed in there.
I figured it might be full of bluegill this time of year and I ended up being right. We caught them almost every cast! They weren’t small either, measuring 7-10 inches!
We kept 32 of them and hit the road early to make sure we had enough daylight to fillet them all.
After filleting them, John asked me if I was down for round 2 the next morning. I thought about it and figured why not fill the freezer while the opportunity is there!
I figured it might be full of bluegill this time of year and I ended up being right. We caught them almost every cast! They weren’t small either, measuring 7-10 inches!We kept 32 of them and hit the road early to make sure we had enough daylight to fillet them all. After filleting them, John asked me if I was down for round 2 the next morning. I thought about it and figured why not fill the freezer while the opportunity is there! Today was more of the same. I did land one small largemouth which was nice for a change.
We harvested 60 bluegill, which filled one 5-gallon bucket, and kept us busy with the fillet knife for about an hour and a half.
When we were done we had 2 overfilled gallon baggies full of fillets. We divided them up equally and with all the fillets I got today, plus the ones from yesterday, I had enough bluegill to make about 6 large family size meals for the deep freezer!
True to tradition any time I fillet fish at my house, we always treat Duke to one fish and watch him suck it down in about 3 seconds. That dog will eat anything!
I told Cari my goal is to become a fish hoarder and have nothing but fish in our big freezer in the garage! She didn’t go for it! 
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