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Hey Bass guys - Would an area of a pond/lake where you see tons of Bluegill sitting on their spawning beds be an area you would normally target for bass, or the fact that the BGs feel safe enough to spawn there indicate that there is not alot of bass in the area?
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Posted Mon May 20, 2013 9:48 am

Yes! Look for cover just outside the edge of the beds. I've witnessed big bass just come crashing in on those gills
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Posted Mon May 20, 2013 10:31 am

Agreed, one of my best ever bass was taken on a fly that mimicked the colors of a bluegill/sunfish..fished just behind some late season sunfish beds.

Bass love em..always follow the food sources to find the predators!
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Posted Mon May 20, 2013 10:52 am

That's where I would be!! With a small rod and Worms and a Big Rod with Big Hooks for the BIG LARRY'S They cant say NO!!!!
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Posted Mon May 20, 2013 10:53 am

Thanks for the comments guys - I was fishing some pretty big streamers and poppers in and around this Blue Gill area yesterday - but couldn't tempt an LMBs. It was BG after BG- and even though they are pretty fiesty for the size of them, it gets tired after a while. Will stick with it though based on your advice. Thanks!!
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Posted Mon May 20, 2013 11:03 am

yes, those are great places to fish for cruising and feeding bass during the post spawn. it's a great time for topwater like a popper or prop.
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Posted Mon May 20, 2013 2:50 pm

best way to catch bass is on a prop bait is around bluegill beds. thats how jacob wheeler won the forrest wood cup on lanier fishin a prop bait around bluegill beds
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Posted Mon May 20, 2013 3:26 pm

You might need to really amp up the size of your flies; if you're hooking bluegills then your flies are too small. Move up to something on a 1 or 1/0 at the very least and you could go even larger.
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Posted Mon May 20, 2013 4:58 pm

Bloomagoo - only have a six weight rod right now - prob need to up that a bit to be throwing size 1 flies?
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Posted Mon May 20, 2013 6:01 pm

6 wt should be fine if you aren't throwing big bass bugs and poppers. You should be able to throw clousers and deceivers that size. Just use a shorter tippet around 2 ft and they should turn over just fine.
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Posted Mon May 20, 2013 6:05 pm

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