05-04-09, 05:38 PM | #1 |
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Question about what to use where the main food is blue gill?
Ok! I've got a new lake, I caught two bass on a spinnerbait their, and that was all that worked for me. How ever, my brother was using live blue gills, he caught a nice 2lber, and hooked and lost at the shore a big 8lb + fish. When we were fishing, a regular their (it's next to some apartment buildings) said that the bass love live blue gills.... and apparently so!
So, me being me, I don't wanna use live bait. What are some good lures that imitate blue gills well? I'm think about using a 3/8 spinnerbait with gold or bronze blades. I also have a slow sinking bbz-4" blue back herring that been in back order from LBF.com for a LONG time, would that work? I also got some fat money minnows, I forget the color though. It's HOT here.. 80-85* most of the day! It's deep, at least 20'. There's a weed line from shore in 0-6' of water, and breaks 7-10' out, in 8-10' of water. The bottom has hydrilla, and some cabbage. I wanna get some waders so I can fish the weed line better. The water is lightly stained. So what do y'all suggest I do and use, again the main food is blue gill. And I also don't wanna spend 50.00 on a blue gill swimbait! Thanks allot guys!
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A dt 4 in bluegill or try using a jig or worm but color the tail chartreuse.
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I would agree with the bluegill dt, gut would suggest a dt 10, or maby a 6. If you can get it bumping off structure thats tops.
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Thanks guys, I'll check out the DT's!
btw, the bass are fresh off the beds! Here are some pics of the pond..... And my bros bass:
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I of course say go with a swim bait, but you said that was not the prefered option. There are some blue gill colored spinner baits that work. I would also consider a jig. I know that you said the bottom has vegetation, but you can swim the jig back and make it look like a gill.
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Get a storm package of thier bluegill swimbait, you can get four or five for under five buck, the bass here love them. I fished a few canals in key west like the ones you have posted, looks like fun.
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Man JB! Those are some cool looking swimbaits! Do they come weedless?
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as far as i know, they all come like this
they've got those thumper tails too.
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Correct, the hook goes up as shown, I've had more hits fishing it like a spinnerbait retrieve more than I had originally thought I'd be bouncing it off the bottom. I've got the shad ones but nothing at brookville has hit it yet.....
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i havent hit anything on them either, the bluegill or the fire tiger. there cool baits, but i only carry like two of them in my box. one of each color and in5" and 3"
maybe one day.
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Try a Bandit 100 or 200 in chrome bluegill
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Thanks guys! You're a real help!
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You might want to check out a norman Suspend deep little N in a nutter shad or a sunfish pattern. It's gonna dive to the depth that you are looking at, and because it suspends, you can keep it in the strike zone a little longer. Here's the link:
http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/descp...MAN-NSDLN.html
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bluegill colored rat l trap would be one of my choices, had the same thing at small lake I fish here in OK. Bluegill was the food source and I went with spinnerbaits and swimbaits but got best results from rat l traps. Hope that helps and good luck.
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This is what I use in lakes where bluegill is the main forage:
Crankbaits Spinnerbaits Jigs Soft plastics: worms, tubes, grubs, creatures, stickbaits, jerkbaits. Topwaters This is what I use where tilapia is the main forage: Crankbaits Spinnerbaits Jigs Soft plastics: worms, tubes, grubs, creatures, stickbaits, jerkbaits. Topwaters This is what I use where minnows, shiners and carp are the main forage: Crankbaits Spinnerbaits Jigs Soft plastics: worms, tubes, grubs, creatures, stickbaits, jerkbaits. Topwaters I donīt bother to "match" the finish on my baits to bluegill color patterns. |
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Sensing a pattern here...maybe a hint of sarcasm, too....
But wait, what do you use when the main forage is crawfish?
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+1 those cranks are great. other than that, maybe a bluegill colored jig or spinnerbait and some bluegill swimbaits.
MB, I don't see the pattern BB
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Thanks guys, raul, I'll try some top waters, have not used those yet! also I agee with you some. you would not have to "match" the color of forage with worms, and top waters, I don't think the color blue gill on a worm will match a blue gill very well..... totally different profile!
JB and photog! I looked at the storm swimbait online, at bps, and the storm web sight, I could not find that color? I could find something like it with a chartuess tail though. Could one of y'all give me a link to one with that color? Thanks fellers
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That pond looks pretty much like the ponds I fish around my neck of the woods, Baby Torpedos and poppers do a killing when the conditions are right, plus, itīs really fun to fish with them.
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Cool! I got some poppers! I'll get some Torpedos too!
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maybe try some rage tail toads....you'll be surprised!!
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lol! Funny you mention them!
I got a pack about a week back, man the bass LOVE THEM, not at that pond, just another pond I fish. The whole pack got used in a day! I'll havta get some more! btw guys, it's getting hotter! Today walking home from the bus stop it was 90*!!!
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Hey man if you're trying topwaters, pick on an XCalibur (no E in the beginning) Jimmy. It's my favorite walk-the-dog bait. Walks much easier than a zara spook or a rapala skitterwalk, and it cheaper than a LC Sammy.
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Thanks BB... Dose the tail end of the X hang low in the water? Man you guys suck!! lol kidding!!! You're encouraging the bait monkey, that's all! But for reelz, thanks guys! Y'all really know what you're talking about!
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