Thread: Early bedding Redear

My favorite crappie lake was a bust again Thursday so tried another lake to avoid the skunk and wanted to try my new knee high wading boots. Lakes are up from recent rains and wanted to get past the briars and cattails that surround the lake. Started catching bluegill right away up to 8 inches long and saw some lily pads that are just starting to break the surface moving. There were redear already on beds which I had never seen this early before. They were spooky and could only get a couple to nip the tail of my jig. 0 on the redear. I went back yesterday with even smaller jigs 3/4" and it made a big difference. Ended up catching 15 redear along with some gills. I kept ten redear around 9.5 inches long and released the five that were over 10". Pictured are the jigs used for my trip and soon will be eating some fish tacos.