Try Fishing the Blue Gill Beds

Blue Gill Bed Fishing is near

One of the most active times of the year for me bass fishing over the past 10 years is when the blue gill starts their bedding process; and that my friends is near. There is just something special about bass fishing when the blue gill moves to their bedding locations and the bass move in on top of them and start feeding. I believe I have caught more numbers of fish during this time than any other over the last few years; the bass just become really active, and they seem to feed more than any other time of year. It is a post spawn bite; it is a time when about anything you can work thru or over these blue gill beds will catch fish. It is almost easy, and it is fun!

If you go back to last year’s Elite Tournament on Guntersville and re-watch it, the key for them was fishing blue-gill beds. They caught gobs of fish and the winner was all over the blue-gill beds. It was also true that the competitors fished many different baits in these beds, some flipped with heavy creature baits, some worked small worms, many fished over the top with top water baits many fished swim baits through the beds; what ever technique they chose it worked and it was my experience that was much of the same.

I believe it is a wonderful time of year to get your children interested in bass fishing as the number of bites and the quality of fish will keep them interested and excited more than any other time of year. Bass fishing is never easy but this period-of-time in the bass fishing cycle comes the closest to “easy” as it gets. All you really need is a wacky rigged sinko and you should be able to watch a young child go to town catching bass. It is a time I love to get my grandchildren on the water. This period of time in bass fishing in the south generally occurs May through June so do not delay; we are near, and the excitement of bass fishing will be at a peak for the year; and you will be able to have the time of your life.