Big gills on man made lakes

I have, for years, pondered why i caught big ( 1 lber's +) on some lakes (Murray, Sante Cooper) but can't on others (Wateree in SC...Wylee in SC...Norman in NC...Lay in AL...Martin in AL.... Mitchell in AL...Jordan in AL...) Seems on these lake a hand size gill is reason to celebrate. I have never given it a fair shake past the spawn but this year I have almost sold out to get on some big gills. I have struck out so far. Plenty of hand size but none of the big ones I am looking for. It is just amazing to me that in a lake the size of the ones I have mentioned that there are not some bruiser gills. Anyone target these whoppers? If so any advice would be appriciated.

Learning a new helix 7
fishing red worms and jigs on creek channel brakes.

Jimmy

Bigger fish hang out in deeper water. My guess is you're not fishing deep enough.

Read some of Alphahawk's and LedHed's reports. They fish deep water. I don't report much but I do catch a lot of gills suspended over deep water.

If I could offer one tip to bluegill fishermen, it would be to "get off the banks".

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Originally Posted by deathb4disco

Bigger fish hang out in deeper water. My guess is you're not fishing deep enough.

Read some of Alphahawk's and LedHed's reports. They fish deep water. I don't report much but I do catch a lot of gills suspended over deep water.

If I could offer one tip to bluegill fishermen, it would be to "get off the banks".

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Agree....plus one more thing. Some lakes just will not grow big Gills. There are several lakes near me that have good fishing for other specie and while the Gills are plentiful in those lakes they never get any size to them. I just stay away from them and make the drive to a lake that holds the big ones.


Regards

I've had much better luck catching big bluegill and shell crackers on smaller size lakes. 40-400 acres. They are much easier for me to pattern in the smaller lakes.

Show screen shots of gills on the lowrance please??

Yup, just go out in the middle of the channel and drop a line. I tightline for bluegill, drifting most of the time. I get some big ones. Most people stay too shallow for big bluegill hunting. Since I fish for bait, I take any size.