Thread: Need Shellcracker Info

This fish right here amazes me:



A Great catch, wow.

you notice it's 6" tall...That's a 2 by 6 it's on.

I'm glad you like it. I'll post some more. The pic with the brim in the cooler, those fish came from the same lake. To give you an idea on their size, look closely and the bright colored fish in the bottom right side...That's a quarter on the fishes body, just behind the fin

sac-a-lait,

those are some pigs.
Were the bluegill all coppernose or was there some regulars mixed in the bag?

Here's a few more bluegill pics.

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Try using a cricket hook with the purpleish part of a nightcrawler. For some reason they kill this part of the worm.

MINNOWSOAKER....With dem HAWGS!!!! Nice fish. I guess it's Bluegill, Coppernoses and Redears. I think...All I do know is dem is good to eat!!!

Sac & Soaker, Those are some dandys!!!

the best tastin fish de is!

I like the tail but I usually fillet em, so I'm now chopin the tails off and savin a bag of nothin but tails to fry up separate. Gonna have it over rice or maybe grits with some good tomato gravy.:D

Originally Posted by deathb4disco

They tend to be deeper and more bottom-oriented than bluegills. I tend to catch most of mine on maggots while fishing for gills. I keep meaning to spend a month or so targeting them. I think worms or shrimp fished on the bottom would work well. Unfortunately, the best shellcracker lake I know of is also stuffed with turtles. They are also attracted to bait fished on the bottom.

Are you talking about Stone Mountain lake?
It is stuffed with turtles but also has some of the finest shellcracker fishing up at this end of the state.
I've been fishing it for almost 20 years.
Regards,
The Flash