{"id":4768,"date":"2016-08-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northlandtackl.wpengine.com\/where-to-find-big-summer-panfish\/"},"modified":"2022-04-18T04:40:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T09:40:26","slug":"where-to-find-big-summer-panfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northlandtackle.com\/where-to-find-big-summer-panfish\/","title":{"rendered":"Where To Find Big Summer Panfish"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Brian<\/p>\n

While early-season panfishing isn\u2019t always easy, every trip is exciting because panfish of all sizes roam the shallows and there\u2019s a better-than-fair chance of catching big summer panfish, like bluegill or crappie.<\/p>\n

During the summer months, however, anglers have to do some searching if they want to catch extra-large panfish, according to Team Northland pro and panfish expert Brian \u201cBro\u201d Brosdahl. \u201cFor the most part, those big \u2019gills and crappies won\u2019t be in the shoreline vegetation anymore,\u201d he says. \u201cYou have to find isolated weedbeds out in 8 to 15 feet of water.\u201d<\/p>\n

The depth of a weedbed and its distance from the shoreline depends on the lake and the clarity of its water, he explains. It could be anywhere from 100 feet to several hundred yards from the shoreline weeds the fish were using just a couple of months before.<\/p>\n

\u201cThick, green weeds are what you\u2019re looking for\u2014cabbage, coontail, milfoil, whatever,\u201d he says. \u201cBluegills hold in schools, usually along the side closest to the main mud basin, to feed on bug hatches that blow in.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can find crappies in the same types of spots, but they\u2019ll also hold on any hump that has some rock structure on it, especially if they\u2019re close to deep, isolated weeds.\u201d<\/p>\n

If the bed is on the shallow end of the spectrum and the weeds aren\u2019t overly tall, anglers can cast and retrieve a 1\/16-ounce Mimic Minnow\u00ae Spin<\/a> or Thumper\u00ae Jig<\/a> tipped with a crawler chunk over the tops of the vegetation.<\/p>\n

On deeper beds where the plants are leggy, a vertical presentation is the best way to go. \u201cTie a 1\/16-ounce Gypsi Jig\u00ae<\/a>, Fire-Fly<\/a>, or Thumper\u00ae Jig, tipped with a panfish-size leech or piece of nightcrawler, under a \u00bd- or \u00be-inch Lite-Bite Slip Bobber<\/a> and cast into the bed and along the edge,\u201d he says. \u201cTwitch the jig to give it some action. Or, if the weeds are real tall, reel in a couple of turns and then let the bait fall straight back down.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While early-season panfishing isn’t always easy, every trip is exciting because panfish of all sizes roam the shallows and there’s a better-than-fair chance of catching an oversize bluegill or crappie.During the summer months, however, anglers have to do some searching if they want to catch extra-large panfish, according to Team Northland pro and panfish expert Brian “Bro” Brosdahl. “For the most part, those big ’gills and crappies won’t be in the shorel…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tip-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhere To Find Big Summer Panfish | Northland Fishing Tackle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you want to 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