bluegill location

[Nolan]

Need some help with the experts on here. The body of water is a ten acre pond. A south basin of 6 acres at 50 ft seperated by a 4ft bar with a 4 acrea basin at 25 ft. The whole pond is surrounded by cattails and gradually tapers to 10ft and then rapidly drops off into the basins. Also has really clear water. I can find all the three inch crappies i want but I have yet to find the gills.

[bassinboy3]

How are the weeds if any in this pond? I usually start there for gills and work my way out, generaly thats where theyll be.

[Nolan]

I have not marked any weeds. Most of my holes start at 8 and I zig zag out to the basins.

[bassinboy3]

Thats what I would be doing as well! Work down the breaks, sometimes this is a humbling sport!

[FirstIce]

Nolan, clear your PM's

[FlagsDown]

Need some help with the experts on here. The body of water is a ten acre pond. A south basin of 6 acres at 50 ft seperated by a 4ft bar with a 4 acrea basin at 25 ft. The whole pond is surrounded by cattails and gradually tapers to 10ft and then rapidly drops off into the basins. Also has really clear water. I can find all the three inch crappies i want but I have yet to find the gills.

Is this the famous Tiger lake?

[Nolan]

Clear yours FirstIce. Just cleared mine

[Gordie]

Nolan have you tried shallower water like 4-6 fow, also check along the catails but beware that thinner ice might be present around those areas.

[OnAFly]

Do you know for a fact they are in there? Bluegills I've been catching recently have moved off of the shallow spots I was getting them in and out to the basins. Might want to start popping holes in there until you find them.

Keep in mind, a small pond is going to have oxygen depletion issues and this will force the fish out into the basins.

[Nolan]

Yes I know for sure they are. Do gills suspend like crappies even over fifty feet? And do bulls act different then smaller gills? This body of water has a lot of dinks but a good population of 10's.

[Bass Whacker]

They will for sure suspend like crappies. About a week ago I was catching them anywere from 15-30 feel down over 60 feet of water. This was also on a very small lake I think about 20 acres.

[Garett Svir]

I tend to start early fishing them in green healthy weeds as mentioned above. As the season progresses and the weeds die off I work my way out to the deep weed edge. If you poke some holes on the edges you should find some bigger fish.