Has the water warmed up to the point that the bluegill are actively feeding and will start biting worms and crickets? I'm currently in NJ.
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Has the water warmed up to the point that the bluegill are actively feeding and will start biting worms and crickets? I'm currently in NJ.
They actively feed year round, including the coldest winter days.
Just get out and fish.
Disco is correct...but if you are wondering is the spring feed on the answer to here in TN is no. I have no clue about NJ.
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I would think you are a bit cold for shallow fish but I don't know for sure
Started fishing Monday and sunfish are definitely biting in southern N.Y. ! In fact, I'm catching more 'gills than perch or crappie. Best lures are similar to the designs Snake River sells or any soft plastic around 2" long rigged on 1/32 - 1/16 oz ball head jigs. I done well with braid and a 1.5' leader of fluorocarbon lines. They have been scattered but not in shallow water; more like 40 yds from shore in water over 6' deep. Fish the lures slow with slight variations in speed.
4 species of fish will bite. Today I caught crappie, perch, sunfish (mostly) and three bass.
Best kind of day to fish early spring with water temps bordering 60 would be overcast with a breeze so they come nearer the surface.
Here are a few lures that work all year for most species:
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We have been getting them in the feeder streams and canals where the water warms up faster. Got gills and perch and bullheads and bass. It is a food chain thing fish follow the bait. Watch those little diving ducks if in your area if they working a place there is bait in there.