Bluegill Fest
The Blue Gill Fest will be May 8th at a lake located at 6711 West 53rd. North. The lake is east of Ridge Road on the south side of 53rd. The lake has plenty of blue gill and bass, a flotation device is allowed but there is no boat ramp and gasoline engines are not permitted. Bring your Kick Boat, Float Tube, Kayak, Canoe or small boat with a trolling motor. You can also fish from the bank.
A 3 to 5 wt rod is suggested but any rod will work. Trout flies like Prince, Crackleback, Buggers, San Juan Worm all work well. The water is clear in this lake, be sure to bring split shot to get down deep if the sun is out.
We will be able to get to the lake at 7:00am and fish until lunch. The lunch menu will be hot dogs, brats, hamburgers, chips and some sort of Dutch oven dessert. You need to bring your own beverage.
2009 Bluegill Fest Report
Saturday, May 16, about 15 club members went hunting for Bluegill at a pond around Ridge and 53rd street north. The day started at 7 under a cloudy sky and the ever present Kansas wind. We had a wide variety of fishing methods, kick boats, floating tubes, boat with trolling motor and bank fishing. The fish caught on Saturday were small to large blue gill, crappie and bass from 2 to 4 pounds. We had hamburgers, hot dogs, brats and an (almost done) apple crisp.