Hey guys,
I really picked up fishing this January, and I’ve recently found a place to fish that has a pond on one side and a small creek nearby.
The creek is shadier, so I fished there today and had a blast.
The creek is about 8” deep and 8 ft wide in most places. It has bluegill and occasionally small bass in it. It’s in central Texas and is pretty much completely shaded by over head trees. There’s alot of submerged brush piles, but not a lot of grass or algae. The water is clear.
I was throwing a 1.5” transparent chartreuse curly tail grub on a 1/16 oz pink jig head, and managed to catch 5 bluegill/pumpkin seeds in about 30 minutes.
My question:
The only bites I had were on the initial fall after casting. If there was not bite on the initial fall, I would slow drag the bait back to me along the bottom. The fish would follow the bait but not hit it.
Is there something you can do to make the reel back more productive? Is there a jig that works better? Or is it better to just reel it back quick and hit another brush pile?
I’m trying to avoid live bait at this time.
Thanks!
Posted by SableGlaive
2 Comments
Maybe instead of slowly dragging, reel quickly to bring it back up and let it fall again? Nice green sunfish!
Goddamn you just perfectly described my backyard and pasture. I wanted a fishing hole though so when I had the pond dug I had them dig a hole in the creek, too, so it’s 8″—-v5feetV—–8″ watch your step!
What you’re describing is how they do me in the pond, hit on fall, if you don’t hook ’em then, reel in and try again.
If I’m going for panfish I just use nightcrawlers for much better success. I am, however, not an experienced lure fisherman, I caught my first fish on a lure last month. I’m in my 50s and been fishing since I was old enough to bait a hook. Just never had lures, and when I did, no luck with them.
Oh that’s a green sunfish btw. My pond is eat up with them despite me not stocking any in it, I only stocked bluegill and channel cats and minnows. Mother nature finds a way.