Thread: fish from today 5/7/07

Dinner?:D

are those the shell crackers i keep hearin about ? been trying alittle brim fishin this year but so far to many little ones for me.

Well bama647, around here the pins have pretty much givin' up the ghost as far as spawning.(that is,"really spawning") I catch a few here and there off the beds but only about 1 every 20 bluegill. The warm temps hit early this year so obviously the water warmed up fast. The chiquapin in my area spawned hard the very first few days of April and end of March(full moon). We did get into some good about a week and half before this last full moon. Generally the shellcrackers will spawn before the gills and not repeatedly like them either. There "2nd" run is usually a week or so before the full moon because of a noncompete factor with all the bluegill. That is my theory over the years and usually holds true. So, we are catching them hit and miss. I have some spots for them post spawn but mid depth(10-15ft on some structure).