Chasing bluegill in SW MO

[fishinwrench]

I always chase big gills in the Spring but never have targeted them in the early Fall.   I want to go get some now that y'all have me fired up about it.     

They should be suckers for a grasshopper fly right now, don't ya think?

I need to take the Jon boat to my bluegill pond ASAP.

[BilletHead]

6 hours ago, MoCarp said:

Fish all look well fed

          They were. Some fat bass landed too.

[BilletHead]

6 hours ago, MoCarp said:

MDC shocked up 2 bass at or over the state record.....the old man that managed the lake retired in the late 80s...fishing isn’t as good for numbers but size....the newly American pop can and line crowd hammers that lake....they try and enforce the regs but it’s difficult 

           My friend that lives down there said the ones that work the chicken and turkey farms that migrate from south of the border do pound the lake. Park on the Easterly end and do not purchase the 2 dollar permit.  

[Ham]

Bull Shoals and Norfork have some ADULT Gills, but It is pretty rarefied air past 10 inches. 
my best producer has been drop shot in 15-30 FOW. I know what they look on my Humminbirds now. 
I am making a trip to Sand Hill Lakes in Nebraska looking for a PB Gill later this month (and maybe a few other fish). 

[Quillback]

36 minutes ago, Ham said:

Bull Shoals and Norfork have some ADULT Gills, but It is pretty rarefied air past 10 inches. 
my best producer has been drop shot in 15-30 FOW. I know what they look on my Humminbirds now. 
I am making a trip to Sand Hill Lakes in Nebraska looking for a PB Gill later this month (and maybe a few other fish). 

Good luck on your quest for the PB gill.  Let me know if you see/hear pheasants where you are fishing.

[ICI]

Thanks for all the replies.    I did run out to Lamar last night; weather wasn’t great but I wanted to take a look before dragging my boat out there.   Caught a few from the bank and one red ear.   It seems really shallow, and my dropshot weight was dragging up black gunk every time.   I wouldn't eat anything out of there personally. Walked away not feeling too hot about the place but after catching up on the thread.  The idea there are a few, although hard to find, big'uns in there, I may just take the boat out for a day.     As for some of the gills I’ve caught at Table Rock, I figured I should share some pics.

[Quillback]

Those are some great gills!  

[tjm]

Adult 'gills right there. I've only seen them that size back east, but I don't fish lakes.

[ICI]

Just going to throw this out there.  I only catch and release for pictures for my Instagram and website.  So, if you have a honey hole/pond around SW MO and are willing to let me fish for sport and pics, i would super appreciate it.  Just saying....   Thanks

[fishinwrench]

2 minutes ago, ICI said:

Just going to throw this out there.  I only catch and release for pictures for my Instagram and website.  So, if you have a honey hole/pond around SW MO and are willing to let me fish for sport and pics, i would super appreciate it.  Just saying....   Thanks

My spot isn't in SWMO but it does have lots of big gills.  The thing I'd like to figure out is how to stay on the big ones.  Early in the Spring for about 3 weeks I catch lots of big ones, but after that the big bulls just disappear.....and it's nothing but 7-8 inchers from that point until next Spring.    

I'd love to be able to figure out the why/where/and how.