Drifting for Gills....tough day.

Fished Dale Hollow with my son today...always a good thing. Was trying to catch Gills drifting along using a Midnight Blue ThunderHawk Dancer and a Bison colored Trout Magnet. For both of us a new way of fishing. It works but requires patience to stick with it....we are both used to casting for everything. The fish were all caught in about 15-18 feet of water. I would see them on the di and next thing you know we both would have hook ups. We only caught about 16 or so Gills and 4 Smallies...only took a pic of the 18 incher. The other Smallies were 11-13 inch fish. All fish caught on SOS 2# test line...a lot of fun. Didn't get a single pic of the Gills my son caught....he got the good ones. He was impressed with the girth on the Gills up there. Only fished about 5 hours. Saw a golden eagle pretty close up today....quite impressive. I am going to keep at it with this method when I fish up there this summer. They go deep in summer....and evidently stay deep all summer long. Just have to stick with it. Life is good!


Regards

Drifting for bluegill is about all I do now. Never tried 2# line. How far behind the boat do you drift?

Great catch you got there. Some real chunks. Nice job.

Good deal

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Originally Posted by funbun

Drifting for bluegill is about all I do now. Never tried 2# line. How far behind the boat do you drift?

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Thanks for all the comments guys. funbun...I can't really answer that. This is the first time I have tried it. I think I was going too fast yesterday at .9 MPH. I am going to use a 1/16 ounce head and slow down to .3 - .5 MPH. Any help is appreciated.

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Nice job

Sweeset!!!

never really drifted for them but one thing for certain ....a bluegill just cant stand a slowly moving bait .....nice read , nice ketch as well

Great job out there! Some really nice gills and smallies. BTW, drifting is about all we do these days and our catches are superior to even trolling, for what ever reason. We too use 2# test line, but I use Fireline Crystal, with a fluorocarbon leader. Been using this combo for several successful seasons now. :)

I am curious about drifting for gills? What kind of water depth are you drifting over? I have done some drifting over the drops at the big lakes in SW Kentucky for crappy with some success, but never tried such a thing for gills and definitely interested in adding something to my arsenal.

Thanks.

Me Tooooo!!! Also I have lowrance 5" graph post some pics of bream on the graph Please!!!!

Drifting is the only way I ever fish for bluegill. I get out in the middle of the river channel, drop a line and drift. Here's how I do it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDQruGjNdzM

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Originally Posted by sharphook

Me Tooooo!!! Also I have lowrance 5" graph post some pics of bream on the graph Please!!!!

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Here is an si and di pic of big Gills at Dale Hollow....and should anyone want to know how I know those are Gills....that is what I caught as I went through them. I drift a Trout Magnet on a 3/32 ounce jig head through them. I have since learned that is too much weight...I have switched to a 1/16 ounce head and if the wind is not pushing me in the direction I want to go I use the trolling motor on a very slow speed. The iPilot lets me record the track and if it is productive I just hit "track to start" or "track to end" and go right back over them. I will post more on this as the summer goes along. I am determined to get those Gills at Dale Hollow.

Regards.

Thanks for the share of the video and information...