How to find and catch loads of bluegill and shellcrackers.

Today's video is all about the bluegill and shellcracker spawning season. It is that time of year to fill your freezer full of pan fish. Come along and join me on the lake.

[@stevedavis9891]

Very informative, I am so glad I stumbled across this video to give me a head start on catching. Thank you for your time sharing this video.

[@centralbears3010]

no electronics?! You got a sub forever. great prsentation skills. very informative. bream fishing is the best.

[@artemis213]

You are a fantastic teacher. I really enjoyed the video and presentation and just subscribed. Thank you for your content and work!

[@HughButler-lb6zs]

Finally a video on the behavior of a fish I am interested in. He didn't show catching fish, but how to. Rod and reels are not critical, but where the fish inhabit is the key. You can catch both blue gill and red ear on a cane pole. Also, the temperament of the red ear is interesting. They are not as shy as blue gill. Also, I didn't know red ear sun perch don't build nests. So I learned some useful information This is the kind of information I need to learn to catch any species of fish. I am not interested in the rod and reel you use to catch the fish.

[@taylor-eugenesimmons8615]

Nice Information!!!

[@davidhowell9782]

Great instructional video! Thanks.

[@mrhalfstep]

I found this so entertaining. I don't get around like I once did, but Bluegills and Redears were once a big part of my diet, so to speak. I know you probably aren't fishing the small lakes of the Hoosier National Forest, as I did, but the spots that you kept pointing out look exactly like the spots where I had the most success. I didn't really analyse it the way you have, I just learned that this is where the fish are, so I'm fishing here every year. I also had a lot of luck catching bream (mostly egg filled females) in deeper water, before the spawn, if that water was right adjacent to the shallower flats that you pointed out. A buddy once told me it was because the females are putting on weight while the males are fanning the beds. Apparently the gals stay deep until the bed is ready. I even had one guy that was VEERRY successful on bream tell me that the nearby deep water was almost essential to the fish picking a bedding site. Do you have anything to offer on those points? I'm gonna check out a few more of your videos and may become a sub. In the meantime, thanks for making this content. It brought back some good memories.

[@midsouthoutdoors7321]

Thank you sir.

[@mrhalfstep]

@@midsouthoutdoors7321 You didn't chime in on the theory about the deep water adjacent to the bedding flats. I'd really like your opinion, if you have one. I have grand kids that I'm tryin' to get schooled up on actually catchin' instead of just fishin".

[@davidshipman2623]

Wow. What a great video. I had no idea what to look for. Thank you. 🙏

[@HughButler-lb6zs]

I use to fish Toledo Bend reservoir for largemouth bass. A local told me that every year, March 13 was the peak of the spawn. So I focused on that date and found that to be true. Almost every year I fished that day and would catch and release 2 limits per day. So, his statement that the first week in May should get your attention.

[@russellwheat7415]

Now I know what to look for.thanks a million friend.Got to go in the morning. I think I know where them fish are.I 👍

[@pine0981]

Good video!

[@vittoriovuocolo2438]

That's a hell of a bream bed. From what i understand our fish have started beffing in deeper water becsuse they drop the lake every winter.

[@snifflesbailey]

That underwater footage is great!

[@JstnW]

Great information

[@TheAverageFisherman99]

No electronics? You do things the way i do them. Subbed!

[@ronniefoster4418]

Excellent video Thanks

[@sacauladyadventures5349]

Great information, Thanks!!🎣

[@billcampbell2386]

Thank you

[@robertredden7529]

Oustanding video!!!

[@ookiee1]

Do some video on just shell crackers

[@daviddaigrepont9485]

Very helpful. Thank you. Are you planning to do one on Crappie?

[@midsouthoutdoors7321]

I can try to make one in the next few weeks. Underwater footage will be pretty much impossible but we'll see how it goes.

[@michaelharrison2948]

I'm in SE North Carolina and was waiting for the next full moon to go looking for them. Should i be going the first week of May, regardless of the moon phase?

[@midsouthoutdoors7321]

I am not sure in your area. I would be looking for them now and check every few days until they go onto bed. Once you find them on bed, mark the date to remember next year.

[@centralbears3010]

yeah. i need some rod and reel info bro. crickets are the best.

[@midsouthoutdoors7321]

I use 2 different rod and reel setups. One is a Bass Pro Panfish Elite rod with a 2500 series Shimano Sedona with 6lb line. The other is a Berkley Lightening rod with a MaxSTX 20 by Abu Garcia. I have that one spooled with 8 lb line. Both are spooled with mono.

[@Special150]

Is this Lake in Fayette County Tennessee? It looks familiar, Where is it?

[@midsouthoutdoors7321]

Glenn Springs Lake. It's in Drummonds, TN

[@jasondunlap6937]

Will they spawn till the full moon? Or spawn now and again at the full moon?

[@midsouthoutdoors7321]

They are on beds now and will remain until all fish have spawned. I have never used the moon here. The first week of May, give or take a few days, is pretty spot on for the Memphis area. They typically give you about 2-ish weeks before they leave the beds.

[@vittoriovuocolo2438]

It was always said 3 days before and 3 days after full moon for the spawn. I've heard this most of my life and I'm 61.

[@tevincameron2427]

Would you eat fish out of ponds

[@midsouthoutdoors7321]

I eat them all the time.

[@dandennison1395]

Educate , respect the spawn , no eggs no babies no future 😮 remember the buffalo

[@KHtally]

Great tutorial! Thank you.