bluegill

fireburn1134 · Post by **fireburn1134** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 1:18 am

well in the lake that i fish we dont have shad i almost garite it do bluegill make up for them

cus i see thease sun fish at the serfice and every once in a wile they freak out are they geting chaised by bass
or are they just dumb
my lake *****

fishinforever · Post by **fishinforever** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 1:24 am

well maybe, but the bluegill that are around here are spawning really heavely. They will go around in circles and then jump as if there being chased. My guess is that there spawning also... good luck on the water.. :p

jeremy_221 · Post by **jeremy_221** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 2:22 am

My guess is they may be spawning. But don't put the thought of them being chased out of your mind. A bass loves a nice juicy bream for a good meal. Where I fish, there are no shad. So these bass always eat bluegill and other sunfish. Good Luck on the water!

bass_assassin23 · Post by **bass_assassin23** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 12:53 pm

Its very possible that the bass are chasing the bream.I caought one of the biggest bass of my life by accident. I was fishing for bream and had a nice one on my ultra light and was fighting it in. the water in this pond was crystal clear by the way. and about ten or fifteen feet from the bank i saw a huge flash on my bream and my line went crazy. I gave it some slack and waited about a minute and started realing in.i fought the fish for about ten minutes and finally got it in.It was a seven pound bass on 4lb line.So in answering your question, yes bass will eat bream.

brendanc · Post by **brendanc** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 2:28 pm

For those who said Bass do feed on bream (Sunfish, blue gill, pumpkin seed, etc.), you are correct. A medium to large sized bream are a big part of the bass diet. I know a guy who fishes for trophy fish only out here on Long Island using live bream and he has weighed several bass over 7lbs on a certified scale.

Here's a tip some of you may not know for summer. If you see blue gills suspending near the surface near the outside edge of weed beds... start using a top-water bait. It doesn't matter what time of day it is. Pick up a popper or a stick-bait and work the outside weed edge. I personally like to use a small popper that does not make too much surface disturbance because it looks like a bream picking insects off the surface of the water.

Rapala's Skitter Pop works well under low wind conditions.

BC