Pre spawn bluegills

All right guys, I’m getting the itch for open water like all the rest of you. Anybody had any luck right after ice out on ponds for bluegills? I assume they will head for the shallows and feed? I’m gonna go try it this weekend if I can get through the mud to get to my favorite pond. I’ve found some articles about using ice fishing jigs and a bobber with a very slow retrieve. Tell me your stories and lets go catch some fish!!

Go for it and let us know how it goes. I usually use a small bobber and a piece of worm with a small hook and a split shot but a ice jig would do just the same. I have noticed that they like gulp products as well, I usually just pinch off a piece of an old one and put it on a hook.

56twister i agree with you completely but i even use small yellow mister twisters for them in the spring