Worming a 2'-3' rocky area I general catch some good bass and the bluegill were driving me crazy pecking at the Senko even dragging it around.I knew it wasnt bass hits and actually caught one  of the little rats. What should I do ?

Change location ?

Change lures ?

Mark

Try either, or both.

I'd try a bit deeper water as my first option.  Not familiar with your pond, but my "home pond" can find the bass from the shallows at the shoreline to six foot depths.  In most cases, the bottom, from the beach to six feet deep is rocky, with minimal vegetation in the beyond the two foot depth contour.

I may be mistaken, but it seems to me that if the bluegills are that plentiful and active in an area, the bass must be elsewhere.

Depending on the size of the bluegill ( if there small) the bass might not be that far from them waiting to strike. Try throwing a bluegill color crankbait. Throw it where the bluegill are and crank it into the deeper water the bass will let you know if they're there  

                                       joe

Your pattern is working Keep fishing!

Sometimes one has to pick through Bluegills, small bass, weeds to get to that Hawg

That is why I posted the question. I wondered that myself.

At the same time Ive caught 2 large bass over the years that regurgitated bluegill when I got them to the boat.

That may have been pure coincidence too though. Usually if that happens it a crawfish or something else smaller.

Mark

That is why I posted the question. I wondered that myself.

At the same time Ive caught 2 large bass over the years that regurgitated bluegill when I got them to the boat.

That may have been pure coincidence too though. Usually if that happens it a crawfish or something else smaller.

Mark

Yep that's what I mean you're on the right spot don't go somewhere else. Also depending on the time you're there try to throw a popper out there and let it make some noise.

                          joe

Worming a 2'-3' rocky area I general catch some good bass and the bluegill were driving me crazy pecking at the Senko even dragging it around.I knew it wasnt bass hits and actually caught one of the little rats. What should I do ?

Change location ?

Change lures ?

Mark

I had the same problem the other day while at a new farm pond I was trying. It was frustrating as I kept having to fix the t-rig, but I kept dead sticking and finally, as I swept and let it sink, I landed a FAT 3 lber..who spit up a blue gill  

It can be aggravating for sure but it can also be funny when you see it.  A four inch brim holding a ten inch anaconda worm by the tail and trying to swim away with it just makes me laugh out loud.  And sometimes I get mean and will rig a tiny jig and just catch their butts.

It does take some brass as I have seen water snakes that size with a fish in their mouth.  It just makes me wonder what the heck that little fish intends to do with that giant worm?  I'd love to give them one and video tape what they did with it.  Dog chasing a car?

I hit on a pattern two years ago that held up all season long - there was a very shallow stretch of bank that was clogged with blue gills - I would go out every evening about 1/2 hour before sundown and throw Senko's out toward the channel and feel for the BG bites - about 10 min before sundown the BG bite would stop (almost like somebody flipped a switch) about 5 min later the Bass would start hitting and this would keep up until it was time leave.  The bite would still be on the early AM but would give out after the sun came up.

This pattern eventually went away, but I have started to see the same thing happening on other parts of the lake.

It can be aggravating for sure but it can also be funny when you see it.

It ain 't funny when them 'gills give your hairy baits ( Ika, tubes, GYCB Keatures, skirted grubs ) a friggin ' haircut  >.

My first cast last week end with a rattle trap, I caught a Blue Gill smaller than my lure. I don't what he thought he was going to do with it, but it sure was funny. They were on such a feeding frenzy, that my grandson lowered his hook in the water with no bait and caught one instantly. We did manage to catch a few LMB. Gills can be a real pain sometimes.

Bob

went night fishing with my day a few weeks ago, main baits were black and blue bitsy flips, I used a shakey head and ultravibe speed craw as well.  The totals ended up being somewhere around 15 bass, 10 bluegill, and like 30 warmouth. all three species were caught on each bait mentioned.  I understand maybe the bitsy flips, but a full sized ultravibe speed craw and a 7'' finesse worm....geez....mean little boogers

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Try using the bluegill as bait.

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Get deeper. I've been having this same problem a little bit.

what erks me is when the lil boogers charge out and bite the tail off my fluke lil buggers but where theres lil jerks there's usually a fat girl hanging around

I had the same issue about 3 weeks ago, I through on a rapala DT 14 in bluegill color and hit the 10-15fow range and got hammered by some decent 3-4#ers.

I think of it from the standpoint of a preditor... one of the reasons fish school is the safety in numbers instinct.  Now if I was a bass, I wouldn't go into the shallower water unless I was absolutely starving.  I'd be hanging out a bit deeper in some sort of ambush point waiting for that stray blue gill (your crank!) who decides to venture out a little to far from the his buddies into a little bit to deep of water.

I think I may have just changed lures and start fishing for the bluegills instead. I am not a bass only fisherman but a multispecies fisherman so that would not have been difficult for me.

they are a lot of fun to catch on an ultralight spining rod and 4-6lbs test line. I would have also have dinner from that pond.

you've got a few options, wait out the bluegill spawn (sounds like theyre busy making more Bass food.....)    move spots, or focus on the edge of the bluegill madness with baits that mimic injured bluegill. Ive got some nice bass bites from the edge of the bluegill spawning grounds with jigs and swimbaits and such in bluegill colors.

i could be wrong, but thats whats happened to me before.

this happened to me last week. as ticked as i was to watch my worm take off every time it hit the water,i kept at it. i set the hook several times and ducked my head since i had already caought one 16 incher. the bass were biting very light and it felt just like a blugill. then i had one i wasnt sure about,set the hook. turned out to be a 5+ lber

Last sunday I was fishing a row of rocks in a lake with a small crankbait, and I pulled in a few sunfish and little bass.  But I kept at it, know that the area was good and finally got a 5 lb smallmouth.  

There are a couple ways to look at this.  One is if its just bluegill you a getting picked at, then there may not be a bass *right* there.  But, a fish is a fish.,  A bass is just a big bluegill, and a lot of times if you are getting bluegill the bass are so close by you really just need to keep covering the area, weave in, weave out, they wont be far.  

One thing that is true in the fish world; its a competition.  Sometimes, if there is a lone fish there with no competition and it sees a lure, it has the luxury of taking its time when "deciding" whether it should strike.  But throw other fish in there competing for that lure, even bluegill or little bitty bream, and that will inspire the competitive instinct to bite.  Even if the lure presentation looks like garbage, the bass will go from feigning indifference to aggressively exploding on that lure first.  

Another pattern I lucked into a year or so ago, was when fishing deep, I would notice my line moving without any noticable bite - I began to figure out that these were blue gills and wold just let 'em run with it - after a second or two I would see the line change directions and then feel the bite - this was a bass taking the lure from the blue gill.  Started working that parttern and stuck some pretty good sized bass.

As irritating as they are, blue gills can give you some clues as to what's going on beneath the surface if you let 'em.