Got Bluegill

[troutgnat]

Gentlemen,

I'm not done bass fishing by any means but I've plenty of fun with them to last for a while. So, now I'm having fun and filling the freezer. You want gills then go get em' because "Their here" and BIG! I'm in the middle of cleaning 35 as we speak all 10 in or better. All big bulls with knots on their heads if that says anything to ya!

We put in at Cricket and went north, the water is quite stained with about 1' visibility. Find your spawing pockets and a cricket about 4' deep just off the bottom will get you bit! Have fun, it's just getting real good and will only get better the next couple of weeks.

[troutgnat]

Fellas,

Sorry I was a little greedy there. I just finished cleaning them and actually measured them, well 10" was a bit of an overstatement but most were 9 inchers. If they weren't a big ole' bull with a knot on their head we didn't keep em.

[stock jockey]

What did you catch them on?

[troutgnat]

What did you catch them on?

big plump juicy cricket!

[CollegeFish86]

where do you get your crickets?

[Bumble Bee]

If you live in the Spfld area, you can get them at Trantham's Bait shop over on West Chestnut. Crappie love them as well.

[Pour Dennis]

Jug-N_Plug in Shell Knob caries them also.

[Sam]

I don't think bluegills on the nests are too picky about bait. 1/3 of a WalMart nightcrawler on a gold wire minnow hook, fished on an ultralight rig with no sinker - flip it out there, let it sink, watch for the line to twitch or take off, and set the hook. We cleaned 40+ eight to nine inch bluegills yesterday and got into surfacing white bass too, going out of Mill Creek. The water was clearer there so the 'gills are nesting deeper, at about 8'-10'. We were disappointed, though, to find the goggleye spawn is over for this year. Surface water temp was 67 going up to 70.

[troutgnat]

I don't think bluegills on the nests are too picky about bait. 1/3 of a WalMart nightcrawler on a gold wire minnow hook, fished on an ultralight rig with no sinker - flip it out there, let it sink, watch for the line to twitch or take off, and set the hook. We cleaned 40+ eight to nine inch bluegills yesterday and got into surfacing white bass too, going out of Mill Creek. The water was clearer there so the 'gills are nesting deeper, at about 8'-10'. We were disappointed, though, to find the goggleye spawn is over for this year. Surface water temp was 67 going up to 70.

Cricket Creek Marina has crickets but twice now I have bought them there and they have died very rapidly and I do not know why. I just put them in a open pail type cricket cage and it hasn't been to hot so I have no explanation as to why.

[Hooksetter]

My oldest son (5) has asked to go fishing on his birthday (May 26th). My dad and I are planning on taking him out to try out his new fishing pole. I figure gills will be the most fun. We live in Cassville. I am looking at putting in at either Sweetwater or Eagle Rock. Does anyone have any advice they could give on good places to go to catch some bluegills? Thanks for the help.