Thread: Bluegills beating Red Ears to the Bait

I agree with Alphahawk. You have to quickly get past the smaller Bluegills and get to deeper water, especially if you are using a wax worm. A 1/8 sinker about 12 inches above your hook will get you to the bottom fast. When you touch bottom crank the reel about four times. That should put you in a good strike zone for shellcrackers.

Ok, let say all things being equal, and both types of fish are at the same depth in equal numbers, would one catch 50/50 bluegill and shellcrackers or would the bluegill dominate ? I say this because spots I fish aren't all that deep.

Originally Posted by Techno2000

Ok, let say all things being equal, and both types of fish are at the same depth in equal numbers, would one catch 50/50 bluegill and shellcrackers or would the bluegill dominate ? I say this because spots I fish aren't all that deep.

In your hypothetical question i would use a #8 hook if i wanted small gills and a #4 hook if i wanted to discourage bluegill and target the larger shellcracker. Wax worms would be on both hooks. If that did not work then hypothetical i would change location.