Coppernose Bluegill Fishing on Lake Perris California

Welcome back to the Big Bass Dreams channel! Today ‪@OliverNgy‬ & Stephen Kosal are targeting a subspecies of bluegill, the Coppernose Bluegill native to Florida in Southern California.

Lake Perris has a storied fishing history. Going back to transplants of Alabama Spotted Bass from Smith Lewis Lake in Alabama, it's boom as a trophy spotted bass fishery to the illegal introduction of Florida strain Largemouth. Biologists also stocked Florida Strain bluegill and that seemed to be the final straw in the trophy spotted bass fishery here.

However, these coppernose bluegill seem to be making a solid presence and provide a great opportunity to have fun, learn the fundamentals of fishing and enjoy the outdoors through a fishing rod.

We still LOVE panfishing after all these years and after all the different fish species we've had the fortune of targeting. It brings us back to the fundamentals of fishing.