I figured since I'm using somewhat small canvases I should get closer to the subject. That way it's easier to do the details with a brush that you can't adjust the size of.
I used a "keep applying paint until it looks right" technique with the bluegill.
I added a suggested keyword. Your "bug" on the surface of the water looks amazingly like a water strider. (As I said in a comment on another post, I used to spend a lot of time outdoors fishing, so I've seen a few of them.)
I added a suggested keyword. Your "bug" on the surface of the water looks amazingly like a water st
Yep, that's a water strider. It didn't look very good when I was doing it, but then I sorta smudged it around with my finger and it started to shape up.
Anyone who's ever used a rubber spider on a flyrod knows gills can't resist leggy things on the surface.
Yep, that's a water strider. It didn't look very good when I was doing it, but then I sorta smudged
I experimented with flyfishing for about a year and, yeah, bluegills have a hard time resisting bugs on the surface of the water. I've even heard them sucking bugs off the surface when I was fishing with crickets and/or worms.
I experimented with flyfishing for about a year and, yeah, bluegills have a hard time resisting bugs
Many a fishing trip for me has been salvaged because the only fish willing to play were the bluegills. I have a fondness for those little fighters. And they're damn good in the pan.
I used to do a lot of flyfishing, but I left all my gear in a storage unit and got into a situation where I couldn't pay for it anymore. I'll replace it eventually.
Many a fishing trip for me has been salvaged because the only fish willing to play were the bluegill
Yeah. Bluegills are fighting SOBs. I remember reading an article about them once that said, "If a bluegill grew as big as a largemouth bass, it would be safe to swim near them." or something to that effect.
Yeah. Bluegills are fighting SOBs. I remember reading an article about them once that said, "If a
LOL. That's probably as true a statement as I've ever heard.
BTW, I don't know where you live but where I live we have a type of bluegill we call a copperhead. It has a copper colored band across the top of its head, and it gets exceptionally large for a bluegill (easily two to three times the size of a normal bluegill), and boy, you talk about a fight when you hook one? Oh, man! It's more exciting than hooking a 5 lb. bass.
LOL. That's probably as true a statement as I've ever heard. BTW, I don't know where you live but
Those are more a southern variety, I think. I don't think we have them up here. Mostly just bluegill, pumpkinseed, redear and hybrids (the little horndogs can't keep their fins off each other). Redear tend to be the biggest ones, even though the state record bluegill is significantly larger than the state record redear. I think they just grow a little faster so you're more likely to catch a 10+ red than a 10+ blue.
I've seen replica mounts of the world record bluegill, 4lbs, 12ounce, which is a beast. Apparently there isn't any photographic evidence of this fish, but they did make a plaster cast of it, which is what the replicas are based on.
Those are more a southern variety, I think. I don't think we have them up here. Mostly just bluegi
I can well imagine the size of a bluegill that weighed almost 5 lbs. I've seen 2 pounders that were easily as long as my forearm. (Well, maybe they weighed more than 2 lbs. I'm not good at guessing weight.) So, I can believe a 5 lb. bluegill would be a big mother.
As for sunfish species, we have one down here called a redbreast. They aren't anywhere near as big as a bluegill but they can grow to a pound or two and they're pretty feisty, too. They have one little quirk. You can't raise them in a pond or a lake. They have to have running water and sandy bottoms to breed. We also have a fish we call the warmouth. It looks almost like a small small-mouth bass. They only get up to about 2 lbs. (although I'm sure I saw one that weighed around 2.5 lbs.) We have some pretty good fresh water fishing where I live.
I can well imagine the size of a bluegill that weighed almost 5 lbs. I've seen 2 pounders that were
We have warmouth here, but they're so similar to rock bass that they get confused as the same fish. We have tons of rock bass, so someone catching them probably wouldn't notice a warmouth in the bunch. I don't know if we have redbreast.
I don't know what the biggest bluegill I ever caught was, but probably not much more than a pound. Still a respectable gill, but with as much as I've fished over the years, I would have expected more trophy size fish of any sort. I expect I'm just not a lucky guy.
We have warmouth here, but they're so similar to rock bass that they get confused as the same fish.
I've never actually seen a rock bass so I can't say for certain; however, I've been a bass fisherman most of my fishing life and I promise that the warmouth does look like a small bass (maybe not a smallmouth bass). So, for the longest time, I always thought it was a deep south warm water version of the smallmouth. Our warmouths tend to hide in the trunks of cypress trees growing in the water which may make them similar to rock bass in that respect.
I've never actually seen a rock bass so I can't say for certain; however, I've been a bass fisherman
