See if our Paparazzi cameras caught you or your friends at any recent events around town.
I know I promised to move on. But Peyton Gravely just sent me some shots of a behemoth bluegill he caught recently while fishing in a private pond near Martinsville.
This was the best one. To give you an idea how big this fish is, that’s a bass-sized Rapala X-rap and Gravely said he wears a size 15 shoe. The fish weighed 1.21 pounds. That is just a toad.
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While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.
Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.
After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.
Peyton is the Bluegill Bandit! WTG!
That is one big bluegill, no doubt! Good example of why pond fishing can be so much fun…even the small ponds can hold some big surprises sometimes!
“But I have been hearing that there is a little lake in Lee County where 1-pound bluegills and redear sunfish are common, and even bigger fish are available.
The spot is Lake Keokee, which the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is fertilizing to make more productive.”
i get to fish this lake,LAKE KEOKEE, on the weekend before the 4th of july. i have a family reunion in pennington gap va that weekend and my cousins husband is taking me on a trip to lake keokee….i will update you on how it was ..and i will also take some pics ….
That’s great, Jason! Good luck and please do let me know. I am seriously thinking about heading out there for an overnighter with a buddy if it really is as good as I’ve been hearing.