Bluegill Fish Beds

Huge bluegills on the bed typically are on a very aggressive bite but situations occur when they become extremely cautious.

Bluegill fish beds. The bluegill itself is also occasionally used as bait for larger game fish species such as blue catfish flathead catfish and largemouth bass. Edward Nickens Published Mar 19 2020 630 PM Fishing. New Jerseys Pete Gluszek gets a head start on the rest of us by looking for gills immediately after the bass spawn is over.

What Shoreline To Look For When looking for early spawning Bluegills you will want to first look for the muck bays with some sand or gravel. Gravel should be 4 to 6-inches deep. May 25 2017.

Pea gravel and sandy bottoms are great areas on most lakes and muddy bottoms in open water surrounded by lily pads or grass are productive on others. Its kind of like sight fishing for bass he says. The beds get re-used.

First is locating the bed prior to getting too close and spooking the males off the beds. The second component is presentation of the bait or lure. Male bluegills rather than females prepare the nests and one male bluegill fish may make many different beds up to fifty of them.

The same rod and reel you use for trout are ideal. Fish the bluegill spawn NOW. How to Fish for Trophy Panfish on a Spawning Bed.

Thanks to the amazing technologies of side imaging and Humminbird s 360 imaging we have since learned that different varieties of bream including bluegills spawn in deeper water and deeper into the summer than we once thought. Cast a float and a cricket toward the bank watch the float and set the hook when the float darts out of sight. For most bass anglers the time to key on bluegills is when theyre on their spawning beds.