Thread: Bedding blue gill and shellcracker artificial baits?

fly rod /black gnat . slider one inch black /pony head 1/32 oz. these two will smoke them .

a small piece of salted shrimp on a tiny jig has been known to be a gill killer.

Originally Posted by johndeere5045

I was wondering what type baits would work on bedding fish? Here in South Alabama they bed shallow enough to see beds. Do y'all cast or vertical jig ?

Here's how it's done at Barkley Lake :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--_qtmMOZcA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzgk8tmkF9g

I've used a 1/16oz black jighead & a piece of nightcrawler big enough to cover the hook of the jig, and drifted the boat over the deeper Shellcracker beds ... with the jig/worm slowly bounced along the bottom ... and caught some real nice Shellcrackers from a small lake in Central KY. I've done it from the bank with a slip float at that lake, too.

... cp

1/32 oz spin beetle. Yellow, black, or white.

A 1/64oz black jig with a crappie nibble will catch them all.

You can take the little grasshopper crankbait and wear them out with.
LittleJohn

red wriggler and a split shot!!!!!!

I do like Blackhawk19..and foam ants..for me about any way with out live bait..YMMV