Found a new stream to fish but it’s extremely muddy and I found a dead rotted bluegill. I don’t know much about fishing yet but I would think even if a bluegill died of natural causes something would eat it unless the waters unhealthy. Just curious what those of you who are experienced would say about it. Whether it’s worth fishing at all and if it is what lures would be best. My guess is spinners or anything that makes vibrations
Posted by –kraken-
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Looks like ohio.
Has it flooded recently? Fish die in flood events.
I’d fish it and look for growths and lesions as an indicator of health.
Check your state fish consumption advisories and see if it connects to polluted waterways.
Look on Google maps for polluting industries like factories, mills, factory farms, etc.
I’d fish it.
Yes it’s good, run anything black for finesse, gold for shiny, and vibrations are good. I’d probably do finesse here only though just because it’s the easiest way to
Looks like a nice place to learn to fly fish for creek chubs or just catch dink smallies on spinning tackle
If there was rain recently that could explain the (lack of) water clarity. Also there’s streams I fish that feed into the Ohio River where the closer to the river you get there’s more mud than rocks so there’s more turbidity until you go upstream. But it’s still worth fishing,I wouldn’t worry about the dead bluegill either I’d bet it was either gut hooked and thrown back or someone’s leftover bait.
I always assume any body of water has fish. Finding them is the fun part
Nice spot fish or not would hang out there all day
You can always Cast Da Mepps!