This past Tuesday evening we went to the big pond on a local SC farm. My son, my father in law, a good buddy, his dad and me....KIDS all of us at heart. We had a ball! Targeting big bream. Fished the big pond down near a spillway from the bank. We caught 20+ slab bluegills and red ear sunfish...plus a handful of small bass. I never casted to a bass (hunter did and caught a few on his own), I was having WAY too much fun catching those big bream!
Most of the bluegills were 8" long and almost 7" wide. I'm guessing they were 1lb to 1.25lb. We got into some BIG red ear sunfish too. The red ears were pushing 10" in many instances...likely same weight class.
What a ball! We ate well last night!
Fresh bream, fried and grilled.
Bacon wrapped quail.
Turkey nuggets and grilled turkey.

I had almost forgotten how much fun all those experiences were! already making plans for the next outing.


The big bluegills were all in this class. We think this one was the biggest...he was released along with several more like him. we had what we needed for the fish cook...had a ball catching and releasing these big boys.


The take for the evening. The speckled ones are the red ears.

Bream

Well I got laid off, down at the mill
Now I'm dead broke with time to kill,
But I feel as rich as a diamond gem,
When I'm floating down the river catching those Bream

**Chorus**
Catching those Bream, Catching them Bream
I'm laid back like Huckleberry Fin
When I'm floating down the river catching them Bream.

There's a big alligator over there on the bank,
He's hopin that my bank with sink,
But I ain't got time to worry about him,
Cause I'm floatin down the river catching them Bream.

Chorus

Well I had me a dream the other night,
I saw the Lord come down, out of the sky,
He made fishing pole from a hickory limb,
and he said come on son, let's catch a few Bream.

Catching them Bream, Catching them Bream,
He said Heaven's great, but now and then,
I've got to come down here and catch a few Bream.

My son's new interest in fishing has me reliving my childhood as well. Catch bream with him is a blast. Thanks for sharing the story and pics.

jeezze those are two ugly old men!!

CantCare - I don't see your face in the camera...Jeff must have known that one WOULD have broken the camera!

yeah we all know how ugly i am, u don't have to throw it in my face! but they all know i can out fish 'em!