Thread: Change Is Coming

After all the years of crappie fishing, my fishing buddy and I are going after Bluegill, Bream, Shell Crackers this year. I think it will be good to get away from the crappie this spring. It seems to be getting like a rat race more each year. So this year my Sam Heaton 10ft. pole and a bucket of crickets will be all I will need. Besides I think a bream taste a little better that a crappie anyway...

Good luck and have fun. A springtime shellcracker bed can be quite fun! And, right...they are tasty.

I made the same move last yr. We enjoy the red ear a lot . I still single pole for crappie most weekends in march/april . Will also travel to spider rig with friends once in a while . Living a ways from the big lakes makes traveling to tippah, presley, lamar bruce and trace if they ever get it fixed attractive .

Have fun with it. Been thinking on a trip to the St Johns to fool with the warmouth and gills myself.

Yea I'll never give up crappie fishing, but all these years I haven't even planed a bluegill trip at all, so I'm dedicating this spring to bluegill and crackers. I got one lake already set up to spend a week at in April, and will pick one more in May in the next couple days.
I love crappie fishing, but those bluegill have a place in my heart too...

Originally Posted by crappie cowboy

Yea I'll never give up crappie fishing, but all these years I haven't even planed a bluegill trip at all, so I'm dedicating this spring to bluegill and crackers. I got one lake already set up to spend a week at in April, and will pick one more in May in the next couple days.
I love crappie fishing, but those bluegill have a place in my heart too...

We used to fish Chotard, Whittington , Ferguson, Flower and Tunica cutoff. these were the regular destinations when travel was easy . Pre arthritis days .

My dad absolutely loves catching big bluegill, I always take a couple of weeks in May to go after them.

I also love catching Bluegill and shellcracker. That is why I started raising my own red wigglers.

Originally Posted by shipahoy41

I also love catching Bluegill and shellcracker. That is why I started raising my own red wigglers.

Hey Skip do you raise your worms during winter, and if so where do you keep them?

Actually ... a "Shellcracker" is the nickname for a Redear Sunfish. A Longear Sunfish is a different species of panfish/sunfish and looks like this :



(notice the elongated ear flap - hence the name)


While the Redear (Shellcracker) looks like this :



Coloration can vary on either specie, but the distinction is evident. This is posted as clarification only.