Time To Run With The Bulls
No, not the horned bovines rampaging the streets of Pamplona, Spain, but the “bull”
bluegills, those pugnacious males guarding the nests that have been the recent recipients of the procreation spawn load.
Sure, these are sunfish, but not the 3-4 inch sunnies associated with kids, a Barbie or
Spiderman push button outfit, a bobber and a nib of garden worm.
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These are the bruisers that will reach nine-inches, possibly longer and will approach the
3/4-pound mark. These are the pug-headed busters that will assault artificials with a
ferocity that, based on respective size, certainly rival that of its larger kin, the largemouth and smallmouth bass. Their wide bodies put a bend in an ultra-light spinning rod and #3-5 weight fly rod as they turn broadside with their wide bodies and make strong, circular pulls.