Doubling down on bluegill

The bluegill are finely done spawning up here in NE Ohio and I can start keeping them. I like to use 2 bison trout magnets in tandem 12" to 16" apart.

Doubling down on the trout magnets lets me cover 2 levels when fishing weed beds in 4' of water. I also get lucky and catch doubles every now and then.
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Covering double levels (dragging bottom and 1' up) puts a bunch of bluegill on the stringer in a hurry. A stringer full of double bluegill per hook.
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Tossed a bunch back keeping the larger bluegill or the smaller ones that got hooked damaged.

Just an all around great day, double trout magnets caught doubles & doubled up on the stringer hooks.

Nice post. Good idea about fishing and them tandem. Congrats on a nice catch!

Yes, that was a good day and those pans look nice. Congrats.
Bob

Nice mess of fish. I think just heard the dinner bell.

I'm going to try that, the double jigs should help with casting distance.I use tandems all the time with speckled trout, and it always produces good results.

Great idea and great fun.

Congrats.

Regards

Great catch. A lot of the Crappie guys around here use two jigs for that same reason of covering different depths and casting distance increase. Good eating on that stringer.

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Originally Posted by StantheMan2567

Great catch. A lot of the Crappie guys around here use two jigs for that same reason of covering different depths and casting distance increase. Good eating on that stringer.

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I just tied one up, and went in the backyard, and got really good distance with 2 lb fireline.

Nice catches....

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Originally Posted by StantheMan2567

Great catch. A lot of the Crappie guys around here use two jigs for that same reason of covering different depths and casting distance increase. Good eating on that stringer.

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I've ran 2 jigs for years crappie fishing. Sometimes I'll use a bb sized split shot on the bottom then 2 jigs starting 8" up from the split shot for crappie and panfish.

The crappie spreader rigs are fantastic for perch or other fish on the bottom when in a boat/canoe/kayak/etc. Used them for years on lake Erie for perch. We'd use the 2 standard hook holders and put a 3rd hook on the bottom snap where the sinker goes. The wave action wound bounce the rig covering from the bottom up to 3'. You wouldn't get a lot of fish on the bottom hook but when you did there were typically jumbo's. On good days doubles were common and triples would happen every now and then.

Anyway it's good to move the jigs around at different heights until you find what works that day.

Thank you for all the reply's, It's always a great day catching bluegill & the weed beds I'm fishing always keep it interesting. When back to the same place today and caught just as many bluegill and 2 crappie, 4 perch.

Nice catch

Both jigs 1/64 ounce??

Yes both jigs are 1/64th oz

When out there this morning to try out this rig, before the rain ran us off.I was pleasantly surprised by the good response I got with the tandem trout magnets.These produced a lot better than the beetle spin , a slow hopping on the bottom was the ticket.I never used my 1/64 TM much because of the limited distance.But the beauty of this rig is more distance and, two lures in the water, it's a win win...thanks

This is often done in fly fishing. A heavier fly, called the "point" fly is on the very end. This helps casting.

I would use a 1/32 oz head for the point.

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Originally Posted by deathb4disco

This is often done in fly fishing. A heavier fly, called the "point" fly is on the very end. This helps casting.

I would use a 1/32 oz head for the point.

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There's another spot I fish that's a lot deeper, and I need a little more distance, so that 1/32 oz point would come in handy.