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A friend of mine owns a dock on table rock lake, in fairly deep water.
He is frustrated because he hasn't caught any crappie off of the dock
this year, can't figure out why. He started fishing for bluegill and is catching
some close to a pound. He takes catfood, throws out small clumps, when
the bluegill come up he fishes with a very small piece of nightcrawler
and noi weight. he just lets it float down on its own, says he is killing
the bluegill. I'm gonna try it.
John B.
let me know how it works. something like that could keep my grandkids occupied.
Thats a killer technique. The only thing i dont like is they all swallow your hook before you can feel em. You'd better be a good line watcher or you'll stay busy digging hooks out.
chaunc,
Sensitive floats will help you see more bites. I got a bunch of gills this past weekend and didn't gut hook any of them. I had my float dotted down to a pimple on the surface. Even then, some of the fish barely moved it.
Was you fishing a pond or lake? How deep was you fishing your hook and in how deep of water? What was you baiting with?Quote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
Understood, but i'm talking about how they slurp them in on the fall. No weight and that bait will fly in their mouth when they flair there gills. That bobber will twitch but it will still be taken deep. Best to keep a pair of hemostats close by.Quote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
Gabowman,
Pond, about a foot off the bottom in 7' of water, maggots.
chaunc,
Good point. I think a lot of people use too much weight too close to the hook. The gill spits it out when they feel the excess weight. I was using a no. 8 shot about six inches from the hook.
We look forward to some cold winter weather.Seems to bunch up the big bream of the savannah river just below the clarkhill dam.It is not uncommon to catch 100=150 bluegills bigger than your hand in a 3=4 hour trip when they are there. We have caught jumbo yellow perch and crappies up closer to the surface.
How do you fish for them. Around the banks, in the channel, and what kind of bait? I would like to try that in Russell.Quote:
Originally Posted by dallasrogers
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Originally Posted by deathb4disco
thats how I set MY weight all the time unless there are smaller bream suspended about the Hogs then I'll lower the shot to speed the fall though the dinks.
have you ever flattened out the barb on your hook so they will pull back out?
i do when fishing with crickets and worms for shellcrackers and gills. just take your needle nose pliers and mash that barb down flat. works good