Bluegill is the best tasting freshwater fish (don’t believe me search it up, you won’t). I don’t mean that by experience, but now that I know that I’m going to have to try some. I’ve caught a few of them some big some small and let them all go because we are trying to catch a bass to eat. But at that time, I didn’t know it was the tastiest freshwater fish. There are lots of interesting facts of this fish that I don’t know about and will be educating myself, so if you feel interested you can come along and learn a thing or two about bluegill.

The bluegill (lepomis macrochirus) is a species of freshwater fish sometimes referred to as “bream”, “brim”, “sunny”, or “copper nose” or “perch” as is common in Texas.  It is native to North America and lives in streams, rivers, lakes, and ponds. It usually hides around and inside old tree stumps and other underwater structures. It can live in either deep or very shallow water and will often move from one to the other depending on the time of day or season. Bluegills also like to find shelter among underwater plants and in the shade of trees along banks. They can grow up 12 inches and about 4 and half pounds. They typically have a very distinctive coloring, with deep blue and purple on the face and gill cover, dark olive-colored bands down the side, and a fiery orange to yellow belly. They are omnivores and will eat anything that can fit in their mouth. Trust me I know from experience!