fall crappie

any body fish for bream inthe fall and winter

We plan to , fishin deeper water around old fish stakes (pound nets)
Our striper season opens Wed the 1st , hopin we`ll land some of those too.......

I'm certainly gonna fish for some. I should have pretty good luck with them. One of the places I go is so full of huge bluegill that you can't put a hook in the water without catching one, completely crazy fishing sometimes. I just need to learn how to fish for them in the fall and winter. Growing up, I was always taught that when it was cold, the fish weren't biting. I think grandpa just didn't want to go out and freeze his butt off. Does sound like something he'd do though. LOL

I fish for 'em all year long!!!!!

I have been fishing some on Tellico lake for crappie and bream. I am not having much luck with either. I dont know how to fish for them in the fall. I have caught a few but would like to know how to get in them good. Any tips on these? I have caught small bait stealing bream but no big ones. How do you locate the big fish? Bait? As far as crappie I have never fished for them at all. I could use some help. Thank you.

I have been fishing some on Tellico lake in East Tennessee for crappie and bream. I am not having much luck with either. I dont know how to fish for them in the fall. I have caught a few but would like to know how to get in them good. Any tips on these? I have caught small bait stealing bream but no big ones. How do you locate the big fish? Bait? As far as crappie I have never fished for them at all. I could use some help. Thank you.

Try fishing depper water that's where they go when they leave the banks .
They just suspend in schools.

I have caught pound plus bluegills a couple times while fishing on the bottom for shellcrackers with red wigglers. the average depth was 12-13 feet with good water clarity and sandy bottom in most places. tie on a size 4 aberdeen crappie hook or better yet a size 6 and put a large split shot 3 feet up the line, if it's windy add a little more weight, put a couple rods out. deep flats droppoffs and submerged humps. I still havent mastered the suspended bluegill thing, there is one lake I fish where you can see alot of that on the depthfinder, and I can't do squat with them.

I've been catching bream on the TN river down at the Pickwick Dam. Catching some big winter bream, caught 43 nice ones and 1 white bass sat. Hope to get back down there next week before leaving on vacation!! Fishing wax worms and red worms in about 4 to 6 fow. Have a blessed day!!

In florida in fall and winter fish the mussel beds with a beatle spin whenever you get the chance. About two to three feet where those mussel beds are and the bluegill will sit in groups on them. Once you find a group you can usualy pull 7 off em. Then it goes dry but just move down a bit and you will find another group. Where i am not many fisherman know how to fish mussel beds or how to find them well. They usualy are in the areas where its a flat bottom near the shore no vegetation over them. They are in those "barren" areas people never glance at. Last week i did this and got 17 bream, 1 bass, and 2 crappie. Of the bream about 14 of them were keepers.

"Of the bream about 14 of them were keepers"
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I know some people who only want the small ones for eating ... Like I heard one saying "You Eat Butter Beans Don't You" ....

Just had to add that ..

Have a Good Day
JSC

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The best advice I was ever givin on winter bream in creeks off rivers was to pay attention to water temp. Alot of things can warm up the water in certain spots.(sunlight,run off,underground springs.)I watch for structure on my screen and paid attention to temp. It seemed like the fish were more willing to bite in warmer water.