How big are the blue gills you are catching on this lake? I need to find 10 inch bluegill for my school's master angler program thanks the video is very helpful.
Mendota has 10 inchers but they are rare. I think the best consistent place for big ones for actually on the triangles at Monona by the railroad tracks. Spot is usually taken though. I've seen big ones on the Wisconsin River, at Indianford dam, and at Beloit on the Rock River.
I've lived in the Madison area for near 25 years, now. I don't fish gills much as I used to, but I've only ever caught 1 10"+ gill, and had another one on that I lost that I bet would've been close to 11. Seen a couple of others caught. They're out there, but they're unusual.
Thanks for the info :) wanted to do some fishing in Madison since I’ve transferred, but don’t know if any good spots other than in front of memorial union.
@@ancientfishing usually best to go at night! My friend and I caught 8 walleye there in a single night. There wasn't too many people fishing there either
I was told by some UW cops that i wasnt allowed to fish there so i went to the police station and asked for an official ruling. The head cop found out that you cant fish any University property anywhere in Wisconsin. Suprised the heck out of a bunch of cops that stood around. He said if my feet were wet i was in the lake and i was legal and the cops in the boathouse at Tenney had the lake as their territory. I could have the UW cops call them and find out i was actalually legal. If you go out there at night or on the weekends people dont screw with you. I have seen so many cops put there and it was just those two that screwed with me. So i leave before 6 am and get out there after 10 pm.
I usually fish Tenney. Gotten pretty much everything there, but no catfish. I live by Marshall Park, only fished it once (in June) and didn't have a bite, but I will have to give it a try next May-June it sounds like
I'm going to have to check some of these spots I didn't know about out. FYI Tenney requires some specialized techniques, and all the hippies in the summer ruin it.
@@ancientfishing I'm sure there could be a few in the lakes, but I've never seen any caught in the 30 years I've been fishing them. More of a river fish if you ask me.
Nor have I. I've asked DNR before, and they told me there's no evidence of any population of Sauger, Blue Catfish, or Flathead Catfish on Lake Mendota. Granted, that was 10 years ago. 3 times since I moved back up to Madison I had some fellow swear up and down they caught a huge Flathead Cat on Mendota, and when they show me their photo, it's not a flathead, it's just a really big Channel Cat. 3 times that has happened. Folks need to work on their fish ID skills. 🙂. We do have Lake Sturgeon, though. Token population, but they're out there, and some of them are gigantic. I saw a giant tootling around the inside of the Tenney Breakwater in November a few years back. Hard to tell from the angle, but she looked to be at LEAST as long as I am tall. 6 footer. Local dive/salvage expert took some underwater photography of two giant Sturgeon off the MG&E warm water discharge on Lake Monona many years ago. Around 7 footers. Probably close to 100 pounds, and probably near as many years old. DNR has brought up baby Lake Sturgeon in their fyke net surveys, so there is evidence they successfully breed on the Madison Chain, but in small numbers.
FRAU(rhymes with eyebrow) - SHE. A very wealthy family with lots of history in Madison, you'll see their(usually Jerome and his wife Pleasant Rowland) philanthropic gifts all over the city. I know I've seen their names on plaques at the downtown library, by the zoo, the Overture center, etc. Just saw they're putting up a lot of money for a new youth symphony center on East Washington. Anyways, cool video, excited to see more!
The kids of the original owner have basically screwed over the employees who worked there. The dad was from what I heard a real good guy. The dolls seem to be more important than printing.
