From time to time, you will undoubtedly come in contact with other anglers on a river.  Please, as soon as you spot them be as quiet and paddle as calmly as possible as you approach, and pass close to shore behind the angler, where they are not fishing, or ask which side they would prefer you pass.  If in a group, get single file and pass close to shore on the side the angler is not fishing.  Try not to disturb the other persons environment at all if possible. 

If meeting another angler on a lake or pond, follow sort of the same rules.  Stay hundreds of yards (two football fields) away, quiet down, and pass discreetly.

Let’s face it.  Most people who are out fishing or recreating in the outdoors are there to get away from people and the noise and irritation they cause.   So keep away, quiet down, and make sure you don’t disrupt the other persons solitude and quiet.  Hopefully someone will show you the same respect someday…you’ll be delighted when it happens.

Bluegills are easy to catch in the fall.  For some reason, they like to suspend about 3 feet down over 10, 15, or 20 feet of water near weed edges.

There are several ways to catch them.  Bait fishers will do well with a small 1/32 oz. white jig tipped with a chunk of crawler below a bobber, or just a plain circle hook and crawler below a bobber.  Either way, you have to keep moving until you find a school.

 Fly folks can catch them with sinking nymphs (use #8 or larger, as they really inhale them this time of year) or small streamers.  Keep an eye on the shallows, 3 ft. or less, when the sun sets.  If you see rings, switch over to #12 adams dry and have fun catching big blues on a dry fly.

 Oh yea, be prepared to have the hair on the back of your head raised by a giant northern fish missile you have attracted by catching all those blues in the same place.  They like to strike your tired bluegill at the boat….