Thread: Deep Water Bream?

I do not like to fish deep. In Mississippi I can almost always find some good ones in less than 15 feet and even less than 10 feet all through the summer, and since I love to use light jigs and line I focus on those fish. Have caught bluegill as deep as 30 feet while using a 1/8th oz Kastmaster as a vertical jigging spoon, but it was more of an experiment to pass time than it was a desire to fish that deep. I was fishing in the back of someone's boat off a steep bank and the boat was anchored in the front. The wind changed directions and kept me out over deep water away from the shallow fish we had found, so I looked for a search lure to fish the bottom deep underneath me and was surprised to catch several on the small spoon. Out of curiosity I've tried it a couple of other times since in different lakes and also caught some that way. I would probably only fish deep if I did a lot of winter fishing, but I don't really like to get out in the cold much.

6 to 10' is my favorite depth with a small jig.

In late fall I regularly fish for them in 21-25 feet of water. They will stack up below the dams and catches of 100 fish a day are common.

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i know a few spots where they stay right on the bottom in the summer in deep water
why i dont know but to be sure some of the biggest will be there