How deep to you fish for bluegill?

[jeffnles1]

Jim,
Good to see you out fishing. They may not be trout, but bass and bluegill fishing with a fly rod can be quite addictive.

Keep it up with the photos.

Jeff

[Flyfish Dog]

Poppers have been slamming lately for me. I locate tem then swig around back and start using your favorite flies. I never seen gills to be to picky most of the time.

[ohiotuber]

I also fish the weed edge, usually with unweighted, slow dropping flies such as a woolly worm, epoxy ant, San Juan worm, etc. as they will lay just under that "weed carpet". I also carry hip waders where I can get an "angle" on that weed edge. When wading a weedy pond, watch for...
Drop offs at the weed edge, particularly if the bottom is muck. I speak from experience (and I KNEW better!).....ask Grubb!
Mike

[jimmadsen]

Hey Mike - that sounds like a story I gotta hear sometime!

Yeah - the water drops off pretty quick all around this pond so I don't dare try and venture out without being in the tube.

DOG - they have been tearing up poppers here too - I am even able to get them to rise to them in mid-day, although when I'm able to take the float tube out get more fish on woolly buggers than anything else.

[mnklagoon]

man oh man! i wish i could wade for bluegills here....if i tried i'd wind up face to face with a water moccasin or gator lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you guys have it made!

[jimmadsen]

Well - I'm not so sure that we don't have water moccasins here - nice swampy, bog in the back and I've seen plenty of snakes in the pond. One I've ID'd as a northern water snake, but haven't gotten close enough to the other so see for sure what they were.

As far as Gators, they are definitely coming this way! They are in the red river that separates Texas and Oklahoma and will do doubt find a way up river if there's food to be had....and by that I don't mean my legs!