
Originally Posted by
Alphahawk
Gill's and Redears are two different fish and the Redears will go on bed before the Gills do. Both specie have a pre-spawn just like Crappie do and usually you can find them pretty active starting in the first week of April..of course that depends if the water gets into the 60+ degree range. I have caught them in the first week of April in KY Lake.....Dale Hollow.....Center Hilll....Barkley...any major reservoir. The only time I have not caught them in significant numbers the first week in April is when the water stays in the mid 50's at that time.
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