Thread: Morning, noon, or night.

Early morning when the birds are just waking up and it is still a little cool outside. God sure knew what He was doing when He created the sunrise.

When there is at least two hours of daylight left is my favorite time to be at the shoreline and then i will fish til dark. Have caught a lot of gils during those hours.

sunrise till sunset. i have found that gills can generally be caught all day you just may have to change tactics a few times throughout the day. the last two hours of the day are often the best though. after the spawn i have found that they will move up and down throughout the water column depending on temperature, sky clarity, and boat traffic.

Depends on what your wantin.

Warmouths I always say the earlier the better. They bite best from 4:00 am to 10:00 am.

As far as bluegills go, you can catch them all day from sunrise to sunset.

5 - 9AM...4PM til dark. If 1/2 moon or more, 11PM - 2AM also has netted some fish of all kinds...crappie & bass and a few large catfish (4 - 9#) .
Also, If American Idol or Dancing with the Stars is on...I'm fishing.

Originally Posted by mostlybrim37

When is your favorite time to go after those Bluegill/bream when you want a mess of fish.

Bluegill by themselves or bream (any of several freshwater sunfishes of the genus Lepomis or any of various species of the sunfish family of fishes)? Bream can include warmouth, Bluegill, Shellcracker (Redear Sunfish), Stumpknocker (Spotted Sunfish), Redbreasted Sunfish, and so on. If I want a mess of bream it depends on the time of year. Bedding (spawning) bream is probably the easiest time to get a mess by pulling them off the beds (Even though bream are prolific breeders, I don't like to do this since I don't want to upset the spawning cycle as I can catch a lot of bream at other times of the year or fish not on beds). Ideally I like to go early in the morning during Spring and Summer but I may occasionally go late in the evening. During the Fall it may be cool weather and they may bite all day. Just depends on the time of year usually.

First thing in the morning is productive but not as good as the last 3-4 hours of daylight.

Originally Posted by turkeyfootnc

First thing in the morning is productive but not as good as the last 3-4 hours of daylight.

I Kinda of agree here, in my experince last few hours of daylight has been the most productive for me!