I dont own a boat so I fish from shore. I dont do much gill fishing and when I do I dont catch small gills. Where would the bull gills be that is reach able from shore? Also what should I use?
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I dont own a boat so I fish from shore. I dont do much gill fishing and when I do I dont catch small gills. Where would the bull gills be that is reach able from shore? Also what should I use?
Try around a tree laying or sticking up in the water. Sometimes around a pier works good. If you fish a pond, try around the drainpipe, but go deeper than usual. A guy said once, there's always one at the drainpipe!
thats one thing about gills they really not at all rare. just fish pretty much around anything you see or think is out there.
I generally fish from shore with maggots under a float. Got 70-80 gills on Saturday doing this. Use light line (4# max) with a lighter leader (I used 6X fluoro tippet) and a size 16 hook -- DEADLY. You must use a sensitive float as bites are typically very light in colder waters.
Look for deeper waters. I was fishing an area about 7 feet deep that was near slightly deeper water. This was a pond where the max depth is about 12 feet.
Also, make sure you're fishing a lake/pond that has big bluegills. Some places are filled with stunted fish. You'll never catch a big gill there.
Try fishing with crickets sometime. Bream can't resist!
Try floating a small live leach under a stick bobber around any structure. Or slow retrieve micro jigs with soft plastic variations.