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Alphahawk
05-06-2014, 05:11 PM
Spent all of the morning catching 75 Gills next to lock below the dam at Pickwick....in KY Lake. I also had 6 Smallies all around 11 inches. The Gills were truly great fish. All of them from 8.5-9 inches with girths from 8 inches up to almost 10 inches on many of them. They were all males and almost clones of each other. Some of them had the hump on the head. My pics do not do them justice. I should have taken the pics with fish in my Hawg Trough but that would be just one more thing to lug down and back up that long hill. Today was an absolute joy. These were some heavy Gills that really stripped drag. I was using 2# SOS Line and a Bison colored Trout Magnet on a 1/32 ounce lead head with a #8 hook. Looks like the spawn is on down there.


Regards

creekcrappie
05-06-2014, 05:39 PM
That looks like a blast! Thanks for sharing!

MNfisher
05-06-2014, 05:44 PM
Great gills!!


Mike

Keep livin' the Dream!

tsuggs
05-06-2014, 07:33 PM
great pics alpha! gonna text my brother to get down there,he lives in eastview!!What kind of retrieve?

Alphahawk
05-06-2014, 07:36 PM
great pics alpha! gonna text my brother to get down there,he lives in eastview!!What kind of retrieve?


I was twitching and they hit it hard and started running.....a lot of fun.


Regards


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nomad60
05-07-2014, 01:54 PM
Those are some really chunky gills, Alpha. Nice pics, too!

agelesssone
05-08-2014, 12:02 AM
I should take Sophia down there, she'd love it!

Transplanted Sportsman
05-08-2014, 10:49 AM
very nice gills Mr Randy, I love it when theyget that hump and get really colored good!! congrats!!

fishbait61832
05-08-2014, 11:12 AM
Still throws me a little when they call it KY Lake...At Pickwick Dam. LOL!!
But it is my favorite place in the world to fish!!!