good for lakes, you cant beat a beetle spin on a pond.
Good Thread!
Last week we went out a couple of hours before dark and hit the blue gills. They were huge, the two of use kept 66 very large blue gills, I couldn't imagine how to have more fun in a blue gill nest.
You may have the answer! That seems like a fun thing to try.
Roy
good for lakes, you cant beat a beetle spin on a pond.
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Well, I gave the drop shot method a try Saturday morning. Didn't start until around 9 am and it was already hot by then. Found some 10 to 12 ft. water and fished a red worm on the bottom hook and a cricket on the top one. On about the 3rd cast I caught a decent size gill on the cricket. A couple of casts later I lost a nice fish on the red worm. I would like to think it was a nice shellcracker. After about an hour I had managed to hang up twice and broke the line both times. It was so hot by then I decided to call it a day.
I will definitely give this another try in early morning or late afternoon.
I have used a modified drop shot in deeper water. Mostly I use a slip float and adjust the stop knot for the depth I want to fish.
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Sorry, thats nothing new I've used that method for over 50 yrs. Trout in lakes, crappie, perch, bullheads, channel catfish and the list goes on. Brim mostly on a floating fly like a spider pattern. My dad taught me that way when I was a kid. Using this method while bait fishing, nightcrawers.
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Sounds like fun,will have to try it.
Used this method for catfishing ever since I started fishing as a kid. Been using this technique for blue gill each spring fishing off the top of dam on local lake for the last 30 years or so. That is about the only time I bream fish. There is some art to this technique. I have seen some pretty frustrated people who were fishing next to me and not catching nearly as many fish...
Rick
I have found that a lot of times the gills do not like resistance when they first touch the bait. I'd be really tempted to have at least 2 or 3 inches of leader or a maybe a dropper loop to the hook from the main line if I'm fishing with a weight on the bottom.
Another bottom fishing technique is no weight. I like to cast out and let it sink like a pendulum. The slow fall of the bait seems to get their interest, as well as a worm crawling on the edge of a drop off. No weight prevents hang ups.
I used the drop shot in a mountain lake this weekend in NC around the Highlands area. Caught about 20 trout on meal worms. I have 7 all cleaned in the fridge right now. Wife will cook them tomorrow.