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Hey guys, I have never fished this late into the season before other than on the Ice. It has been aroun 40-50 set at night with day time high of 70-75.
Can I sti catch gills in shallower water from the bank with no boat? Or have they ready moved to deeper water? I would really like to get a mess for supper and take the family out. Thanks guys!
In my kayak the last few outings I've caught lots around the banks. It's not quite that cold here where I'm at but its been in the fifties at night. Also, the length of time it's been chilly makes an impact too.
I've caught shallow all the way through January. Of course, I'm in Georgia.
Can't hurt to try.
Thanks guys I will give er a go this weekend!
In the afternoon, before it gets dark. allot of little ones though.
Fish the blowdown trees. I've been getting them there all year.
If the fish are in the water Chaunc will get them. They just cannot hide from him. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by chaunc
Here in TN we always have a good fall bite for shell cracker Gills.
Regards
Heading out this afternoon. I'm going to try small bay and areas that been in sun all day. Hoping the warmer water will have em. Thanks guys
Fishing was rough. All we could find was schools of dinks right up close to the bank. I threw all kinds of stuff at em.
one of our best baits was the shrimp in the salt brine. Worked really well. Who ever posted about that a while ago thanks cause it works well.
I did catch one small crappie about 8 inches. Really nice and warm. Idk water temps but was not really all that cool. I thought we would have done much better.
That type of weather usually happens around here in mid to late October. I still catch them from the bank, but it is usually with the bobber set to 4-5 feet deep in water depth of 7 -10 feet. As someone else mentioned, if you can find woody cover at that depth to fish over, there will likely be some there. The waters around here usually have pretty consistent clarity with visability to 3 or 4 feet at this time of year. I suspect they'd be deeper in clearer water or shallower in cloudier water.
I also catch a lot of fish suspended over deeper water.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cricketcage
We have taken several nice gills in MI under the ice shallow as long as the weeds hold out. The bigger ones may be just out of reach from the bank though.