Thread: bream beds

thanks for the info. Love those shellcrackers!!

I posted about a trip I had Tuesday in the bream forum. I caught them in a foot of water you could see them actually take the bait.

I caught a lot but they were not actually on bed. I caught some huge ones last year but it was towards the end of may.

Originally Posted by Croppie

Anyone seeing any beds yet on Guntersville? I know usually the first full moon in May, but thought some may start early. Also dont shellcrackers bed earlier than bream? Thanks!

On May 7, this is what I saw in a cove near the mid section of Guntersville Lake.
Now, if you were to find this on the lake, how would you fish it? I did not see any bream on the beds. We caught about 30 shellcracker and bluegills. They were all nice big ones. This was a rather large bed with close to 100 individual nests...all clean and nice.

I am really interested in hearing from all of you as to what is going on here.

There on beds on Wilson Lake

Tadpole, do you happen to have a daughter named Amy?

I have watched several hundred beds before they we're cleaned and go back 4-5 days later and they be cleaned with only a few fish around but have yet to figure them out .do they do they lay and be gone that quick?

Originally Posted by Tadpole!!

On May 7, this is what I saw in a cove near the mid section of Guntersville Lake.
Now, if you were to find this on the lake, how would you fish it? I did not see any bream on the beds. We caught about 30 shellcracker and bluegills. They were all nice big ones. This was a rather large bed with close to 100 individual nests...all clean and nice.

I am really interested in hearing from all of you as to what is going on here.

I was wading and catching Shellcrackers and notice they would expand their gills to make theme look bigger when another fish would approach the beds.