How do I catch bluegills/crappies?
Nov 12, 2019 19:37:07 #
My local lake is full of them. I've been throwing the smallest hook I have and baiting them with small worms, small plastic crappie baits, and dough balls with bobbers. There like a half foot from the bobber. I've tried raising them, lowering them, throwing them far out, and close to shore. Am I missing something? I've never caught one.
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by wanderer6029
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by wanderer6029
Nov 12, 2019 19:37:12 #
Nov 12, 2019 19:37:16 #
What type of sorcery do you use? Lol jk. Small spinner? I have a small one. I just cast and slow retrieve and nothing. I probably did that for a few hours and nothing.
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by wanderer6029
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by wanderer6029
Nov 12, 2019 19:37:21 #
Usually they’ll go berserk over little worms.
Whereabouts do you live? They get a bit slow when the water cools.
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by Extra_Intro_Version
Whereabouts do you live? They get a bit slow when the water cools.
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by Extra_Intro_Version
Nov 12, 2019 19:37:24 #
Where I'm from small jerkbaits get crappie all worked up, bluegill i like using tiny egg hooks for trout with really anything white-ish (I've used Styrofoam found by the lake in a pinch trying to get bait for catfish)
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by Capn_noha
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by Capn_noha
Nov 12, 2019 19:37:28 #
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Nov 12, 2019 19:54:18 #
1.5” red and chartreuse tube On a 1/32 oz round head jig tipped with a mealworm under a small bobber. Just try different depth. If the pond is really deep use the same set up but use a slip bobber come up from the jig about 8” and add a split shot. Don’t increase the jig size just add the split shot.
Nov 12, 2019 20:11:09 #
How to fish the jig and bobber cast it out and twitch it you can fish it Over weeds or around brush. through it out and use the twitch and stop give it two or three light twitches and let it set three to five seconds and repeat back in.
Nov 12, 2019 20:41:18 #
Garry
Loc: Wellborn, Florida
FS Digest wrote:
My local lake is full of them. I've been throwing the smallest hook I have and baiting them with small worms, small plastic crappie baits, and dough balls with bobbers. There like a half foot from the bobber. I've tried raising them, lowering them, throwing them far out, and close to shore. Am I missing something? I've never caught one.
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by wanderer6029
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by wanderer6029
I would use a # 8 or so hook use a small bobber that is flat on the top side (I have lots of foam bobbers cut in half for this purpose). If your line is coiled up on the water change it. Cast your line out whereyou think the fish are and when you have waited a little while give your line three or four sharp snatches just enough to make a little popping noise. Try crickets minnows for bait. with lures change your retrieve every time until you find what is working today. remember If you're not getting hung up you're not fishing where the fish are if you can cast a worm with out a weight or float try that, or try a cane pole and do it with that. Down here in florida we call that method "fishing No nothing" it seems to be the best way for me to catch fish. Also don't be afraid to take a cane pole and beat the heck out of the water for a few seconds to simulate a feeding frenzy.
Nov 12, 2019 20:55:48 #
bottomcoon
Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma
I just finished my supper (for you pilgrams in New Jersey that's the last meal of the day for an okie) a platter of fresh, not frozen bluegill & crappie. I used 6lb trilene, a 1/32 bare yellow jig on bottom & a #6 red hook 1 foot up. No sinker or cork. I had a box of canadian night crawlers. I pinched about 3/4 inch piece & put a piece on each hook. I use 6 lb test line because it's common to catch channel cat which will break 4lb. I use a 48 inch ultra light spinning outfit. I'm fishing straight down off a dock. The water is 30 ft deep. I start about 4 ft down & lower the bait til I get hits, usually from 4 to 12 ft. I've fished that dock since moby dick was a minnow & seldom had to go deeper. I've caught everything there except gar. There are other ways to catch panfish but my full belly is all the proof I need that my system works. Hacksaw, I washed it down with iced tea.
Nov 12, 2019 21:10:58 #
We use the smallest hooks and pieces worm. My son has caught up to 40 in a single day. He couldn’t catch anything else. :)
Nov 12, 2019 22:21:38 #
bottomcoon
Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma
I think fresh pieces of a worm release more of something (wormjuice for you folks in california) into the water which in turns calls in fish. I love catching eating size bluegill, they're so tasty. Good luck, catch a biggen.
Nov 13, 2019 07:37:53 #
Swoosheddie
Loc: Ormond Beach Florida
Crickets, minnows, mealworms, wax worms do best for both species
Nov 13, 2019 09:12:17 #
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