HaHa HaHa:  0
Page 4 of 5 FirstFirst 12345 LastLast
Results 31 to 40 of 47

Thread: What’s your favorite tried and true way to catch big bluegill?

  1. #31
    Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Location
    TEXAS
    Posts
    20,716
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default


    i know a spot ,just saying
    sum kawl me tha outlaw ketchn whales
    Thanks Slab Apprentice thanked you for this post

  2. #32
    Join Date
    Jul 2018
    Location
    MN
    Posts
    172
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    I have had good luck with a drop shot rig.
    I use a home tied fly # 8 to 12 aberdeen hook,Chenille body with a craft fir tail.
    These flies are very durable and hold up well to the gills attacks.
    For scent I use 1/2 of a crappie nibble tempered or a very small piece of a power wiggler.
    Caught a lot of dinks but also boated some 9 inch gills, some nice bass,a few northers,
    perch, and crappies.
    Last edited by RLS40; 11-18-2020 at 01:21 PM. Reason: Info
    Likes moonrunner, Cricketcage, okbow68, hdhntr LIKED above post

  3. #33
    Join Date
    Oct 2011
    Location
    Minnesota
    Posts
    1,007
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Follow the ice fishing secret to find large panfish, look for overlooked waters. These are often kept secrets of those who have searched them out; so if successful don't blow it for those who have also done the work to find them.
    On most waters first find the bluegills, and then you hunt for the schools with the bigger ones in them. Sizes in sunfish often tend to segregate.
    Classic of course is the center of spawning beds, if you wish to fish them. In that case you are damning the best quality fry since those in the center beds from the biggest males normally have the best chance of surviving. Harvesting out of those centers dooms the deserted spawns there. Nests on the edges of spawning beds have very close to 100% fry mortality. Replacement in bluegill populations is generally from the nests in the middle of the beds.
    In the north be especially careful not to overharvest your biggest sizes. It has been said that a ten inch bluegill is very likely to be about as many years old as it has inches. Also the bigger the bedding males the longer and larger the fry grow before sexing out and competing for bedding space. The longer they live before sexing out the bigger they will be, since they don't grow much after that.
    All that being said, one can "sample" bed centers during spawn to see the size of the bluegills in that particular body of water. Just be sure to sample several bedding areas because different areas of a body of water may have different size local populations.
    Thanks hdhntr thanked you for this post

  4. #34
    Join Date
    Nov 2019
    Location
    McKees Rocks, PA
    Posts
    841
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    [QUOTE=RLS40;4074328]I have had good luck with a drop shot rig.
    I use a home tied fly # 8 to 12 aberdeen hook,Chenille body with a craft fir tail.

    RLS40
    Are you tying fly on a dropper line off of main line or tying directly to main line like a traditional drop shot? Thanks.

  5. #35
    Join Date
    Sep 2020
    Location
    PANAMA CITY
    Posts
    24
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    My best bream have been caught on crickets, or a fly rod with small/medium flys.

  6. #36
    Eagle 1's Avatar
    Eagle 1 is offline Crappie.com Legend and Mississippi Moderator * Crappie.com Supporter
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Location
    New Albany, Mississippi
    Posts
    14,502
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    flyrod Name:  Video 50 0 00 00-07 (2).jpg
Views: 447
Size:  55.2 KB or casting Name:  20200725_203222.jpg
Views: 469
Size:  117.7 KB or float with meal worms Name:  20200805_125717.jpg
Views: 477
Size:  110.7 KB it's all good !Name:  IMG_20170120_145423.jpg
Views: 450
Size:  25.8 KB

  7. #37
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    MS
    Posts
    564
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Re: RLS40 - Drop shot with a fly sounds like a dandy way to catch them.
    Likes hdhntr LIKED above post

  8. #38
    Join Date
    Jul 2018
    Location
    MN
    Posts
    172
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    [QUOTE=moonrunner;4074432]
    Quote Originally Posted by RLS40 View Post
    I have had good luck with a drop shot rig.
    I use a home tied fly # 8 to 12 aberdeen hook,Chenille body with a craft fir tail.

    RLS40
    Are you tying fly on a dropper line off of main line or tying directly to main line like a traditional drop shot? Thanks.
    I tie the fly direct to the line using a Palomar knot.
    The fly sticks out 90 degrees from the main line.
    If legal a jig can be for a weight.
    We can use three flies by law but I find one is sufficient .
    Thanks moonrunner thanked you for this post

  9. #39
    Join Date
    Oct 2011
    Location
    Minnesota
    Posts
    1,007
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    1/64 or 1/48 black round head jig with inch or inch and a quarter pearl white or black rat tail shad bait on 2# Gamma line. If the drag is set right, this will hold the bonus fish well over line test on UL rated rods that sometimes join the party.
    Likes Fishfishwish LIKED above post

  10. #40
    Join Date
    Mar 2016
    Location
    Central AL
    Posts
    70
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Small pieces of cheap hot dog on a #4 or #6 Mutu Tournament Light circle hook, 4 lb line and a slip bobber, little to no weight attached to the line, 6'6" UL St Croix rod...dynamite in my small neighborhood ponds.

Page 4 of 5 FirstFirst 12345 LastLast

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

BACK TO TOP