Shellcracker/Bluegill Question

**shooter** · 04-07-2009, 07:55 AM

i fish chinks pre spawn and post spawn deep,i use weighted flies .dragon nymphs , scuds(freshwater shrimp) and blood worms(midge fly larva).
chinks are bottom feeders and eat a variety of invertebrates,although i have caught them on topwater flies this does not happen often.
i find them deep on structure ,i thank they are feeding on snales that hold on limbs and logs,although i have and do catch them in button wood thickets in shallow water ,again i thank they are feeding on shrimp and snails that hold in these bushes .
my wife fishes with cold worms on the bottom tight line with a flyrod,no weight and no cork,and does quiet well.
grass hoppers are great live bait for chinks,they are much tuffer thean crickets,and will catch these fish when nothing ealse will.

gators bite

**Fishin Addiction** · 04-07-2009, 04:18 PM

Thanks for all the great info, I am ready to go give em a try.

**Slabster** · 04-07-2009, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by Release2Grease

A old fisherman told me long ago "the biguns' are on the bottom" I always caught the biggest bream when I went with that man . Shellcrackers eat mussels hence the name.I
have always done best with a whole Lousiana pink (hooked twice where it can dangle and move on the bottom) . A drop shot rig with the worm a foot off the bottom works
well also.

Please pardon my lack of Fishing terms but what is a whole Lousiana pink?

**Fishin Addiction** · 04-07-2009, 06:40 PM

It's a type of worm. Real sticky,gooey, and pink. They are pretty big too.

**redearhoosier** · 04-07-2009, 08:33 PM

Redear are what I usually fish for and I like to straight line em on bottom with an open face reel. I use the smallest split shot I can, putting it about 14-18 inches above my number eight hook. I fish with baby nightcrawlers, redworms and behmoth, I don't like crickets for redear. I also will use a bobber, put the bait on the bottom and let the bobber just barely fall over. A redear will usually nibble and stand the bobber up instead of taking it under. They bite much softer than a bluegill under normal circumstances, (especially in deep water).

One thing I've noticed about redear though, is that they tend to really turn on about an hour before the sun goes down. My best catches have happened during this time, we've caught very little during the day time but in the evening they will start biting like crazy.

**Fishin Addiction** · 04-07-2009, 10:12 PM

A lot of years of fishing and lot of experience on this thread, This is one for the archives.Thank you all again, I have been studying and writing things down.

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