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Lake Somerville Sunfish
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08/24/15 08:56 PM
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J-Moe
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One of my goals this year was to spend time exploring Lake Somerville for Bluegill and Sunfish. I began exploring the shorelines by both bank fishing and kayak fishing about 3 weeks ago. Up to this point I have covered around 3 miles of shoreline, including Overlook Park, Yegua Park, part of the dam and Twin Island. I found small long ear along the banks just about everywhere. I found colonies of bluegill at Overlook Marina, both sides of the boat ramp points at Overlook and Welsh; in cane breaks along the dam and all around Twin Island. I found the bluegill in areas of hard bottom clay, gravel sand bars, cane breaks and vertical structure. I also found 3 colonies of small green sunfish. The lake has receded 5 feet in this period of time. It's been interesting seeing the type of structure they were holding on being uncovered at 3 inches per day. I even found them holding on the concrete park picnic tables that were under water. Most of the fish are small though. 5 to 6 inch long ear, 6 to 7 inch green sunfish and 7 to 8 inch bluegill. The biggest bluegill have only been around 8.5 inches. In general, the fishing has been much better than I expected though. I'm catching large numbers of fish using the fly rod and a very small, white Betts popper. I also spent some time using live red worms. The ones I have caught on live bait haven't been any bigger though. I'll keep exploring, hopefully I'll find that colony of trophy fish on the lake one day.
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Re: Lake Somerville Sunfish
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08/24/15 09:03 PM
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Awesome post Jamie. Good job on finding and studying their patterns.
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Re: Lake Somerville Sunfish
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08/24/15 09:17 PM
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dafanman
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HI J-Moe.........Nice report sir
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Re: Lake Somerville Sunfish
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08/24/15 09:22 PM
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J-Moe
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Thanks guys, It's just as much fun exploring as it is catching fish. Just hope to find some bigger fish.
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Re: Lake Somerville Sunfish
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08/24/15 09:46 PM
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Always fun dissecting some water and a bonus of seeing the structure they are relating to.
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Re: Lake Somerville Sunfish
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08/25/15 02:00 AM
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Re: Lake Somerville Sunfish
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08/27/15 04:46 PM
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I fished that lake a lot in my younger years while going to Blinn College. Lots of Crappie and White Bass in that lake. Nice post and thanks for sharing.
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Re: Lake Somerville Sunfish
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08/28/15 02:28 PM
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J-Moe
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I fished that lake a lot in my younger years while going to Blinn College. Lots of Crappie and White Bass in that lake. Nice post and thanks for sharing. Thanks Gitter Done
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Re: Lake Somerville Sunfish
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08/29/15 06:00 PM
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Sunfish on a fly is a lot of fun.
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Re: Lake Somerville Sunfish
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09/01/15 01:27 PM
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Good report. I like reading about other places to fish. Nice job "J-Moe"!
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Re: Lake Somerville Sunfish
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09/01/15 05:07 PM
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Good report. I like reading about other places to fish. Nice job "J-Moe"! Thanks Laker One
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