Thread: Gills

Originally Posted by Slabprowler

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about this much worm is all I use threaded on the hook like this . I use the same method as me above I keep a rig tied up with a float and a rig tied up with just a split shot . Worm goes a long ways unless you let them swallow it ! Side image is a great tool for finding beds but if the grass is up much it will block your return so when we get those big rains Feb/March I take advantage of the hi water and scout for beds with SI up in the areas that’s usually too shallow to scan without high water! Also A good pair of polarized sun glasses with the sun to your back easing down the bank will help locate beds or you can just ease down the bank casting one or the other until you get bit .then once bit fish that spot few times you will know quickly if you have found a bed it will be every cast ! Have found beds in 6�-6’ water

Also if you find a lot of beds which are holding fish I can smell them it will just smell fishy to me

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I use crickets for bluegill and red wigglers or small pieces of shrimp for shellcracker and the crackers love shrimp especially the heads of you can find em.

Originally Posted by Snapperking

To each his own , I always go crickets over worms for gills while my buddy will start with worms and by the end of the trip be using my crickets most times HA Worms tend to attract Crackers first but they will eat crickets as well. I like them because they are cleaner and faster and easier to put on hook and B fast and furious when you hit a bed Where we fish my set up is a small snap on bobber a # 7 split shot about 5 inches above the # 6 aberdeen hook Since we are usually in 3 ft or less water we set out bobbers about 18 inches . At the moment IMO we are about 7 to 10 days before the gills are full on due to the water not quite warm enough . Got to have a string of 80 plus degree days , The crackers are starting now as they like it a bit cooler around the vegetation. I also keep a tiny spinner bait ready or a small jig such as a keystone minnow as sometimes you can find a bunch by casting the jigs which allows you to cover more area

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