What will work for Bluegills this time of year?

[Crash13]

When it gets really cold and the fish really slow, I use an ant pattern. Just let it sink to the bottom and strip it really, really slow. It is a really hard for me to fish this way. I usually just fish for something else. Works though and you can catch some big ones. Try differnt colored ants, sometimes a color change speeds things up. (Red, Purple, pink, olive, sizes 8-12)

Good luck,
Gary

[Sonny Edmonds]

What will work for Bluegills this time of year?

Hummmm.......
Dynamite.
Dynamite works for any species, any time of the year.
Sonar (fish finder) is good if the water is cold and deep (lake) to decide on fuse length.
Works for bluegills.

[GILs_GONE_WILD]

Tied up a few of these for a swap.



Kept a couple for myself. Hopefully get to try them out in the morning. Report to follow.

[GILs_GONE_WILD]

Tussle Bug didn't work (brown and yellow) but neither did a hopper, two different color mini-gurglers, Myakka Minnow, and all the flies my friend threw at them went for naught as well.

Lockjaw

[cycler68]

GILS_GONE_WILD wrote:

Tussle Bug didn't work (brown and yellow) but neither did a hopper, two different color mini-gurglers, Myakka Minnow, and all the flies my friend threw at them went for naught as well.

They probably went on vacation and didn't send out a proper notice. Not very thoughtful of them to do that

[EdD]

What will work for Bluegills this time of year?

Hummmm.......
Dynamite.
Dynamite works for any species, any time of the year.
Sonar (fish finder) is good if the water is cold and deep (lake) to decide on fuse length.
Works for bluegills.

Sonny, Sonny, Sonny... You must get it right. No fly fisherman would ever use dynamite. DuPont spinners maybe, but nothing so gauche as dynamite.



Regards (from a safe distance),
Ed

[Uncle Jesse]

If they are deep enough to need sonar use hand grenade. Gets the deep ones.

[Sonny Edmonds]

LOL!
One winter the fish were in a thermocline at 50-60 feet. We tried for 4 days to catch any. None near the upper water.
When we trolled Rapalas on a down rigger at 50 feet, we caught trout. That was day 5 of our trip.
Then we came home. New Years fishin in Southern California.

[Chuck S]

Here on the high prairie we have ice on the rocks so wading the creek is out as it's far too slippery. The reservoir has ice around the edges so it's a no gobut thank heaven the rifle range is open. Guess I'll go shooting till I can get the camper ready and fly south. Arizona is a good thought as a couple of my old buddies from Spokane winter there these days but I really do need a Florida fix. I've two weeks of hunting season left with a couple Bull Elk spotted and a Big Muley to find but for certain I've got my rods rigged and ready from my 3 weights to the 12. I keep dreaming of a cove on the east side of the St Johns right near where it enters into Lake George that'll give you sore arms when the Gills or Stumpknockers are at home and hungy.

[Big Bad Wulff]

Bee pattern works very well.

Very easy to make.

- curved nymph or scud hook (egg hook in photo below......why?......that's what I had)
-(lead wrap to taste) or not
-yellow chenile to half-way point on hook
-black chenile from middle to eye
-black hackle over the black chenile


Easy and they love it!