Thread: are the redear or bluegill still biting

Originally Posted by kyfishman

Killum, I guess you must have been doing something wrong at Reelfoot. Having fished all three lakes (Reelfoot, Barkley, and Kentucky) all my life, I have to say that the average size of Reelfoot Lake bluegill has historically always been better than Ky or Barkley. Probably still is even though I'll admit that in the last few years bluegill fishing on both of the big lakes has really improved.

Mebbe so but Let me be clear. I am not saying I didn't catch fish at Reelfoot or they were dinks. I fished there in 07-09 and caught a ton of gills in the pads,off the Cypress roots and got into some good ones on the beds a couple times. I decided in 2010 to try KY lake and Stayed at Moors fishing in the bays close by and my wife and I were amazed at the size of the gills. Granted we do our spring trip in early May which is usually the sweetspot but honestly we stopped going the extra distance to Reelfoot and have had similar success each year, even with the crazy spring we just had. I don't have the historical experience you have but for me in the last 6-8 years my biggest average gills have been from KY and Barkley. we catch a lot more redear there too. Last time I was @ Reelfoot Billy Blakely actually got up to look at the one redear I had in the cooler. It was a nice one but not to compare with these from May this year. I love Reelfoot and I will try it again once I move closer, but it has been my humble experience that KY Lake has recently produced bigger fish for ME. Oh and that Hog in the middle my wife caught! Tight Lines!

Originally Posted by BIGBADDAD

Nice catch Killum! I saw you that day taking pics by the cleaning station. I was in the pontoon boat behind you in the picture! BTW, looks like the gills are gonna start up again.....The Kahuna said so!!

Dang wish I'd known you were there. I'd have enjoyed meeting ya in person. We caught all those one the east side of the lake in the bay across from Arlington Pt. Had a nice pile of gills and cats too! That was a crazy week. Jacket weather to sunburn in 3-4 days time. What a Spring! We caught most of our fish the latter part of the week but always great to be on the water. Hope to come down in Oct again for a long weekend. May see ya again then. Unless I can talk the wife into a short trip...