Sometimes the shellcracker will take the worm and you wont know it until you start to draw it out the water. Whats the better choice for big shellcracker, barkley or ky lake. Ive been wanting to put together a bluegill shellcracker trip to lbl for the past three or so years and have never really had the time or money to do so. My 5 yr old son and i went back yesterday to try thembut we only caught one. Luckestrike believes that harder strikes and longer bites should be the rule, not the exception.
Luckestrike rick clunn trickster spinnerbait bass pro. Catching shellcrackers bluegill and bass fishing with ultralight. Expert advice and quality equipment you need to enjoy your time on the water and catch the big one. The rage shellcracker is designed to be used with 40 to 60 hooks. The harper lurewinner of 2019 weekend legends instagram tournament names new lucky strike lure. Look for most of the fish in the channel bends off ledges with fast drops. I like to catch plenty of fish that fight hard, test my.
Our quick skirts are wrapped around a core in a similar manner to the old rubber skirts but with bright stick resistant silicone. Highland park fish camp sits on the norris dead river where visitors can access the st. If you show up with the bait and tackle, these fish. The reason for my quandary is the relative round profile of this bait. Its superior design and proven performance on the water sets this bait apart from other wake baits. Mister twister product testimonials for sunfish shellcracker. Most redear are caught during the spawning season by fishing with red worms on the bottom. Big shellcracker redear sunfish fishing with 1 lb line and.
Rose kuli fishing lures lifelike bass lures multi jointed. The fish hovering together tight in about 26, feet of water. We both wanted to go after them with our fly rods aka buggy whoppers as acey wall, deceased use to call my fly rod. Heres a quick guide to the best bait to use while fishing for the. Although we caught only a few fish on that trip since it was too early, it did bring back memories of how much fun bream fishing can be. Redear sunfish to biologists, or chinquapin to louisiana anglers, these feisty fish typically favor deeper haunts, but when a. Its like much warmwater fly fishing, handtohand combat. Of course, its a spinnerbait, with all the flash and thump that makes this bait style so effective, but the trickster leverages clunns continuing research into water displacement as a.
Naff fishing articles page naff home page naff message board shellcracker, the bully of the shallows by. There is much speculation and scuttlebutt about shellcrackers, and i certainly dont represent myself as an expert. See more ideas about saltwater lures, shell cracker and vinyl skirting. And they are some of the best eating freshwater fish that swim. It may take few times dragging a carolina rig to get bit.
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Highland park fish camp is an authentic haven of old florida for the family that loves camping and who are nature lovers. Catching bluegill and shellcracker on kentuckhy lake. Eta on the bill cracker is the last quarter of 2008. This product can expose you to chemicals including lead andor dinp, which.
The shellcracker g2 is designed to create a wake on the surface of the water during the retrieve. Fishing lures have been around for as long, beginning as bone implements, moving to wooden and metal handcrafted lures in colonial and preindustrial times, and finally becoming todays massproduced metal and plastic lure styles. Clamshells the worlds finest fishing lure components. Luckestrike rick clunn trickster spinnerbait bass pro shops. We are a small bass fishing lure manufacturing company that produces only the finest handpainted, handassembled baits. Our focus is to provide the best equipment for the outdoor anglers enthusiast. Its so much fun catching spawning bluegills on topwater. Saturday i found where some shellcrackers are starting to bed in a lake close by the house. Worth clamshells will accommodate most packaging needs for spoons, lures, or part applications. Sep 24, 2010 even the most jaded angler still finds a spark of excitement when a fat bluegill, shellcracker, redbreast, green sunfish or any other pintsized member of the clan latches onto a bait or lure presented on a willowy cane pole or ultralight spinning rig. I do most of my fishing on lake okeechobee in south florida. Its rather easy to envision a bass or striper attacking a trout or minnow profiled. Searching for the shellcrackers the signs are there.
Luckestrike rick clunn trickster spinnerbait tackle. Hector brito caught this worldrecord redear sunfish at lake havasu in 2014. And most of my shellcracker addict fishing buds dont want any recognition. Keep in mind, if they run five feet, they usually wrap around something. Luckestrike has been a mainstay in the fishing industry for more than 45 years, producing a variety of quality lures that have filled tackle boxes all over the world. Robert and myself fished at several of his normal hot spots but the water was a little on the muddy side for fishing top water lures. Fourtime bassmaster classic champion, rick clunn, has teamed up with luckestrike to help develop the luck e strike tickster spinnerbait. The bait falls perfectly horizontal at a rate of about one foot ever one and a half to two seconds. Jul 05, 2012 ive been fishing the suffolk lakes for the last few years and have had some success. I hope you enjoyed the video, please leave a like if you did. Many unique colors and patterns found only in these skirts. Bream is a local term throughout the southeast that includes a variety of deepbodied panfish belonging to the sunfish family.
These are clear virgin pvc enclosures with a bottom hinge and snap closure. Fishing the dropshot rig for shellcrackerredear sunfish. Florida lake tarpon and lake guntersville shellcrackers. Remember, this is a wood bait check out the detailing around the head. Shellcracker lakes that seem to be hot right now bluegill. The landing of the lure attracts the fish, studies the lure and the twitch. Redear seldom respond to floating fish food, as do bluegill. Grab a shellcracker g2 today and see what the black dog baits can do for you. We work hard to ensure that each product we create provides the absolute best fishing experience to each of our customers.
The spring season is our busiest time of year, and we are. Big shellcracker redear sunfish fishing with 1 lb line. Each is designed with a specific purpose and uses customized higrade plastics for superior action. Fishing for bluegill and shellcracker in the peak of the spawn is one of them. Florida has more than 7,700 named lakes and ponds and over 10,000 miles of streams and rivers, all brimming with bream. Each lure in the rage tail series has a unique and exclusive tail design and is engineered like no other soft plastic bait. All about bass fishing,bream fishing,crappie fishing,crabbing,catfish fishing,redfish fishing,surf fishing,shark fishing,bluegill fishing,shellcracker fishing,fishing gadgets,fishing tackle and even bank fishing boats. Founded in 1964, strike king is an iconic fishing brand, offering wire baits, hard and soft plastic lures, terminal tackle, sunglasses, and related fishing accessories.
Jan 21, 2019 winter bluegill and shellcracker fishing 2019. I get just as many hookups with sizes 14 or 16, but seldom land the fish due to pulloffs. Catching shellcracker bream is a lot of fun and they are good to eat, too. The black dog bait company was formed in the fall of 2006 and the shellcracker is their first offering in the big bait market. Weekend legends tournament serieswin the tournament and name a lure. We fished the dropshot rig with nightcrawlers as bait and caught to many to put them all on this video.
Even the most jaded angler still finds a spark of excitement when a fat bluegill, shellcracker, redbreast, green sunfish or any other pintsized member of the clan latches onto a bait or lure presented on a willowy cane pole or ultralight spinning rig. November 9, 2017 may 26, 2019 2 years ago stingram. The best baits to use when fishing for shellcracker bream. Your first thought might be swimbait, but dean designed the warmouth to be fished in a much different style. Each rage tail lure has aunique and exclusive tail and is engineered like no other soft plastic bait. The black dog small shell cracker g2 is nice as well and a little bit cheaper. Fishing for shellcrackers the 2018 catch mwoutdoors. You cast the lure over the bed, let the ripples fade away and give the lure a tiny twitch. Clunn is a firm believer that a spinnerbaits blades need to displace water that is equivalent to the bulk of the spinnerbait, and ricks long drop blades achieve this proper water displacement. Bedding time for bream in freshwater fishing liveabout. Bass, largemouth bluegill bream, brim crappie black sunfish shellcracker. It is a great bait for texas or carolina rigs as well as flipping and pitching.
Now is the time to strike a trot to the lake and wet a hook for these babies. Shellcracker and bream fishing robert webster of hamlet, nc who has a camper at the lake tillery family campground, adjacent highway 2427, has been keeping a watch on the fishing conditions for shellcrackers and bream. As the winter comes to a close and the days start getting longer, most anglers start getting the itch for the coming fishing season. All fishing buy, all about redear sunfish, habitats, fishing methods. It is more difficult to catch redear than most other sunfish. May 24, 2018 21 videos play all bluegill, shellcracker, and panfish fishing richard gene the fishing machine easy way to catch loads of worms for fishing duration. The cold weather continues to push the water temperatures down and the fish even deeper. This makes it easy to cast bait and wait for them to get it.
This seems to be the year that i finally get it all lined up. Strike king lures rage shellcracker soft lure 3 34 bodt. Here, the shell crackers are found close to the edges, in shallow water generaly less than 4, during the bedding time, which here, runs from the full moon in march, thru june. Though ive been tossing big baits for some time now, when i first held a bdb shellcracker in my hand more than a year and a half ago, i had a difficult time getting my mind around a fish actually being able to engulf this bait. The color of the lure that was the most attractive to the pan fish was green, yellow and white, having a gold spinner. Robert put on a dropper sinking trailing lure in a black pattern and it wasnt long before he was catching shellcrackers and bream on the trailing hook. They will also refuse a popping bug, but will eat a sinking fly such as a beadhead nymph or a black knat. Netangler fishing lures spinnerbaits for bass fishing. Id like to hear from people who have personal experience too but everyones welcome to chime in. I spend a lot of my lunch breaks fishing a small storm drain adjacent to a wooden dock behind my house, but the usual bass and bluegill targets took a backseat to the unexpected appearance of bedding shellcracker. Spawning redear can easily attain sizes of 1 to 2 pounds in lakes with an. Find the perfect mix of activities, attractions when i find a bass on bed i cast it well past the bed and work the bait up to it slow. Catching bream fish such as bluegills and redear sunfish shellcrackers isnt.
Theres another two or three weeks of prime spawning time too so grab a friend and head on out. Casting a tiny rebel minnow on ultralight gear with 2 or 4poundtest line is exciting. Redear sunfish, also known as shellcracker, is one of the hardest fighting fish in fresh water. Highland park fish camp in deland, florida has some of the best large mouth bass, crappie and bluegill fishing in central florida. Fishing is a sport that has been traced back tens of thousands of years. Nichols lures the premier bass fishing lure manufacturing. We get word from black dog bait company that they are working on a billed version of this bait that can be retrieved slow or very fast and will probably prove even more deadly than the original sinking version. Mar 29, 2019 redear seldom respond to floating fish food, as do bluegill. Its the first week of april and we just had a blue moon two full moons in the same month so the shellcrackers should be moving in to spawn. Please select colors and sizes above to check availability.
Luck e stike rick clunn trickster spinnerbait 34 oz. Top baits are mealworms, night crawlers, small crawfishimitation lures and small crappie jigs fished around docks and aquatic vegetation. All rage lures are designed with a specific purpose and are made with customized higrade plastics for superior action. Mepps product testimonials for sunfish shellcracker. Most of the time, they bed near or in the vegitation, but can also be found in open water. May 01, 2015 it was a rare opportunity that i couldnt waste. Highland park fish camp where fishing is a tradition. Dean fishes and rigs the warmouth texas style, but the bait is rigged on the flat sides rather than vertically.