Panfishing Techniques is a instructional based fishing episode breaking down simple effective methods for catching panfish. / theinformativefisherman informativefish...
Thanks for taking so much time to explain panfish ing in so much depth. I'd say I'm a pretty seasoned panfisherman and this was a nice refreshing video
Thanks so much for this video it really got me hooked on fishing and i started to catch about 3 a day and now im catching 10 a day! I even managed to catch a 7 pound cat fish! I love all your videos and you are the most informative fisherman i know! :D
Love your love for fishing, your passion and enthusiasm in catching these little guys. Your information is truly informative. Thanks for taking the time to do these videos. I'm new to pan fishing and I've learned so much from your well made videos.
Love catching pans on ultralight tackle!! Like fishingthepnw, I also have a penrod and have spooled with 4pound pline flouroclear! Another great video Nick!
I use a Phluger President with a 6’6” St. Croix premier in light action. I use 4 lb. Trilene XT. P-Line is great too. Great set up and the larger crappie and smaller bass are a blast. Those 1” power minnows in the jar are panfish candy. I love catching those little fresh water permit. I’m using P-Line CX Premium 6lb. for my river smallmouth. Tough line that casts super and won’t break on every snag. Cheers!
One of my favorite kind of ways to fish. Panfishing. Using an ultralight/light setup. I can fish for panfish all day long if I wanted to. Some of the easiest ways to fish. You're bound to catch bluegill and redear sunfish anytime, anywhere. Creek fishing is the best in my opinion. Many more species of panfish diversity in creeks. I catch all sorts of sunfish species in my local creeks. So much fun. Thanks for the tips!
i live in east Tennessee and we have some absolute MONSTER panfish (specifically bluegill but ive seen some huge shellcracker too). I catch em at a local dam on mealworms. Ive done everything from bass to deep sea snapper and shark but its still a blast to catch these little suckers. Great video man!
+Michael Minnick I live in Missouri, and the best way to find huge panfish around here is to find private ponds that are underfished- old farmers are a good place to start. Nicer neighborhoods sometimes maintain private lakes or ponds that rarely get fished. At one where my parents lived, I used to catch 15" crappies, mostly on bass lures. As long as you ask for permission, respect the residents, and don't take advantage, they don't usually mind people taking a few fish, esp if you know someone in the neighborhood.
Ian Easterday What are fishing for? I've heard of people using bluegills (and other sunfish, esp. green sunfish) for largemouth bass, striped bass, and catfish. First I'll point out that there are bluegill-imitating lures, some of which are pretty good, and you can always cut them up and use portions of larger bluegills, esp. for catfish. Around here, many bait shops also carry 4"-6" bluegills or green sunfish, but there are a lot of monster blue & flathead cats in this area. If you still want to catch your own, I would advise a couple of different options. 1) use tiny hooks (#8-10 & smaller- longer shanks help you unhook deeply hooked fish, without increasing size) and small baits like mealworms, waxworms, and red worms cut into pieces. Go to a heavily fished, public lake and fish of the dock or another easily accessible place, and try fishing off there. Overfishing produces an abundance of smaller, stunted fish. If you throw an insect or a piece of a worm into the water, you can often see these little fish swarm out and grab it. 2) Get a dip net, and scoop weedy areas near the edges of lakes. I've caught all kinds of creatures doing this, including minnows, baby bluegills (about 1-2" long), crayfish, tadpoles, frogs, salamanders, and aquatic insects like hellgrammites. Just make sure you know the laws, know what you can legally use for bait (bluegills should be fine, but there may be limits on how many per day you can collect), and don't release any species where it might be invasive. Oh, and be careful. I've also caught snakes.
Great video. Thanks for the detail and instruction re: rigging, knot, technique. You have a great attitude and your information helps get a beginner like me out on the water with the kids.
Nice Video, I love pan fishing! Actually last week I caught a 10lb carp on an ice fishing rod with 2lb line, really fun battle, 10 minute fight. I'm going to post it pretty soon on youtube on my fishing channel!
I got a little panfish setup for Christmas from my wife (lew's laser lite speed spin) and took it out for about an hour. I only hooked into one fish on a beetle spin, but it was a pound and a half or so bass. On that light tackle with four pound test, I promise it was about the most fun I've had landing a fish. I love that little thing. You can fling those light weights out a mile! Just can't recommend a panfishing setup enough, even if I haven't actually landed a panfish yet. :)
This is one of my favorite videos of yours, because it help me a lot!The first time I used the drop shot rig for bluegill, i caught 15 very quickly. It is now my go to panfish rig!
for scaling you can also use a spoon underwater its keeps the scales from flying everywhere and its easier to handle and there isnt a chance of cutting yourself
Love you videos,, do you show how you setup your graph, ,I have the old style Lowrance also and I like how you show the panfish in that deeper of 58 feet.. Thx for the panfish videos
Excellent video from beginning to end! It was nice to see the different ways that you used to catch the various fish. Plus I had not known before that there was a difference between Bluegill and Shell crackers. I always thought they were the same fish. At the end of the video where you showed a simple way to prepare the fish was also fascinating as I did not know they were edible. I am mainly a trout fisherman up in the streams of the mountains of Colorado but occasionally I will go to the reservoirs like Cherry Creek and Chatfield to do some brim, shad, and bluegill fishing. Keep up the great work and I'll be watching for more videos from you in the future. Thanks again and tight lines!
i love fishing for panfish. i use a light 8 foot pole with a light shimano reel. i usualy just go for the old worm on a hook and float. with the worm ive caught 30 or so in an hour, tried different lures and only caught a few in an hour.
What model/make is that UL rod, if you don't mind me asking? Looks like a St Croix but what model? Just curious because I was looking for a good UL rod for panfishing. Thanks!
You mentioned not wanting to fillet them but showed them with the bottom fillet cut off in one of the pictures. How are the bones on a fish this small?
Hookin' up with a big bluegill on an ultralight with some 1 or 2# line is just as fun of a fight as hookin' up with a large mouth on a med/heavy with 4# (imo). Also, it's _usually_ really good action and _always_ good times and good eatin'!
Scale them Make a cut just behind the top of the head and cut down but not all the way. Grasp the head and pull down. All the insides come out without touching. Ready for the frying pan!
You should cut them open from the top to bottom so that they are like connected but open and take everything out clean them and fry them all in all with seasoning (with out scales of course) and there is no need to worry too much about bones because they get crispy maybe on the bigger ones but that's fine if you're careful
What's the chance of getting CC on your videos? (I'm deaf) I've just started fishing and pan fish are pretty much what I'm after. Yellow Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, etc. There is NO LIMIT on Yellow Bass this year in Kentucky and I really hope to get as many as I can. :)
hey nick can i find panfish/carp bait size in a eddy right next to a blown down damn its approxmintly 10 to 20 foot and should i use a slip bobber or a dropshot rig and its a rocky bottom what do u suggest. i heard river baitfish do better in the river as bait than a pond raised fish...
I got a new open face real and took it out fishing. I have used this type of real before (a very long time ago.) with no problems. This time I had back lash after back lash. Any tips on not back lashing an open face real? Thanks love love you site.
Would this rig work in a river with a fair amount of current? I am used to fishing in lakes with no current and I have been having trouble fishing in rivers.
(i live in the small african country if Zimbabwe) I go fishing o lake kariba where catfish and bream (tilapia) are the game and you should try a technique where you have 2 hooks with worms rather than 1 and a weight, it sinks ok and you get good, fast bites
You know for a long time I thought I was too old to panfish. An to be honest thats some of the best fun I have when Im out fishing!!
I like the fact that you just love to fish, you have just as much fun fishing for gills and carps as for bass. I am the same way.
I love ultra light fishing for panfish!
I am so happy to see someone that does not filet a pan fish. Good job, I enjoyed your video.
Thanks for taking so much time to explain panfish ing in so much depth. I'd say I'm a pretty seasoned panfisherman and this was a nice refreshing video
Thanks so much for this video it really got me hooked on fishing and i started to catch about 3 a day and now im catching 10 a day! I even managed to catch a 7 pound cat fish! I love all your videos and you are the most informative fisherman i know! :D
I really enjoy this show. The host is well spoken, easily understood and obviously knows his stuff. Great show!
Love your love for fishing, your passion and enthusiasm in catching these little guys. Your information is truly informative. Thanks for taking the time to do these videos. I'm new to pan fishing and I've learned so much from your well made videos.
Love catching pans on ultralight tackle!! Like fishingthepnw, I also have a penrod and have spooled with 4pound pline flouroclear! Another great video Nick!
It's a blast!
Thanks man!
When I remove scales I use some pliers to hold the fishes tale them I take the back of my knife to scrape off the scales and it works like a charm!
I use a Phluger President with a 6’6” St. Croix premier in light action. I use 4 lb. Trilene XT. P-Line is great too. Great set up and the larger crappie and smaller bass are a blast. Those 1” power minnows in the jar are panfish candy. I love catching those little fresh water permit. I’m using P-Line CX Premium 6lb. for my river smallmouth. Tough line that casts super and won’t break on every snag. Cheers!
A pan fishing video from the bank would be nice too.
Yeah we don’t all have boats mr fancy
From a far away the Netherlands I totally agree with you Moises!! Greetings from Holland, Pat. 👊🏼👊🏼
This is extremely helpful. Thanks for taking the time to record all of this.
Thank you Sir for all the good tips. I'm retired now and want to do some fishing. North West Alabama
One of my favorite kind of ways to fish. Panfishing. Using an ultralight/light setup. I can fish for panfish all day long if I wanted to. Some of the easiest ways to fish. You're bound to catch bluegill and redear sunfish anytime, anywhere. Creek fishing is the best in my opinion. Many more species of panfish diversity in creeks. I catch all sorts of sunfish species in my local creeks. So much fun. Thanks for the tips!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this video, THANK YOU so much for sharing your panfish techniques and tips! Long video but every bit informative.
Excellent excellent video. Great video for new angulars. You explain everything is a fun and exciting way. Thank you.
president with a st croix...great combo! that's what I roll on my pan fish setups. tightlines
Love those ultralight rod bends! New fan from Indiana.
i live in east Tennessee and we have some absolute MONSTER panfish (specifically bluegill but ive seen some huge shellcracker too). I catch em at a local dam on mealworms. Ive done everything from bass to deep sea snapper and shark but its still a blast to catch these little suckers. Great video man!
+Michael Minnick I live in Missouri, and the best way to find huge panfish around here is to find private ponds that are underfished- old farmers are a good place to start. Nicer neighborhoods sometimes maintain private lakes or ponds that rarely get fished. At one where my parents lived, I used to catch 15" crappies, mostly on bass lures. As long as you ask for permission, respect the residents, and don't take advantage, they don't usually mind people taking a few fish, esp if you know someone in the neighborhood.
+Mark S I wanted to use bluegills for bait here in Florida but I can't catch them small enough
Ian Easterday
What are fishing for? I've heard of people using bluegills (and other sunfish, esp. green sunfish) for largemouth bass, striped bass, and catfish. First I'll point out that there are bluegill-imitating lures, some of which are pretty good, and you can always cut them up and use portions of larger bluegills, esp. for catfish. Around here, many bait shops also carry 4"-6" bluegills or green sunfish, but there are a lot of monster blue & flathead cats in this area.
If you still want to catch your own, I would advise a couple of different options. 1) use tiny hooks (#8-10 & smaller- longer shanks help you unhook deeply hooked fish, without increasing size) and small baits like mealworms, waxworms, and red worms cut into pieces. Go to a heavily fished, public lake and fish of the dock or another easily accessible place, and try fishing off there. Overfishing produces an abundance of smaller, stunted fish. If you throw an insect or a piece of a worm into the water, you can often see these little fish swarm out and grab it.
2) Get a dip net, and scoop weedy areas near the edges of lakes. I've caught all kinds of creatures doing this, including minnows, baby bluegills (about 1-2" long), crayfish, tadpoles, frogs, salamanders, and aquatic insects like hellgrammites. Just make sure you know the laws, know what you can legally use for bait (bluegills should be fine, but there may be limits on how many per day you can collect), and don't release any species where it might be invasive. Oh, and be careful. I've also caught snakes.
I fish for freshwater snook. panfish Are not normally not on there diet but since they are in freshwater they eat mainly small bluegill
Great video. Thanks for the detail and instruction re: rigging, knot, technique. You have a great attitude and your information helps get a beginner like me out on the water with the kids.
Nice Video, I love pan fishing! Actually last week I caught a 10lb carp on an ice fishing rod with 2lb line, really fun battle, 10 minute fight. I'm going to post it pretty soon on youtube on my fishing channel!
Drinking game idea: take a drink each time Nick says 'Shellcracker'! Have fun!!
Thanks for your tips on Red Ear, I did not know they liked to stay close to the bottom.
I got a little panfish setup for Christmas from my wife (lew's laser lite speed spin) and took it out for about an hour. I only hooked into one fish on a beetle spin, but it was a pound and a half or so bass. On that light tackle with four pound test, I promise it was about the most fun I've had landing a fish. I love that little thing. You can fling those light weights out a mile! Just can't recommend a panfishing setup enough, even if I haven't actually landed a panfish yet. :)
Great video I learned a lot and can't wait to try it out
Thanks Nick for the vid. I'll try that sling shot cast some day.
It's very effective when crappie get under docks...
Excellent, informative, entertaining video!! Well done!
Thank you Eddie, much appreciated!
This is one of my favorite videos of yours, because it help me a lot!The first time I used the drop shot rig for bluegill, i caught 15 very quickly. It is now my go to panfish rig!
for scaling you can also use a spoon underwater its keeps the scales from flying everywhere and its easier to handle and there isnt a chance of cutting yourself
That behind the back hook set. Love it haha. Thanks for sharing brotha. Have a great day! :)
Very instructive,loving every minute
My favorite channel and favorite fisherman....good job Nick.
Love you videos,, do you show how you setup your graph, ,I have the old style Lowrance also and I like how you show the panfish in that deeper of 58 feet.. Thx for the panfish videos
Excellent video from beginning to end! It was nice to see the different ways that you used to catch the various fish. Plus I had not known before that there was a difference between Bluegill and Shell crackers. I always thought they were the same fish. At the end of the video where you showed a simple way to prepare the fish was also fascinating as I did not know they were edible. I am mainly a trout fisherman up in the streams of the mountains of Colorado but occasionally I will go to the reservoirs like Cherry Creek and Chatfield to do some brim, shad, and bluegill fishing. Keep up the great work and I'll be watching for more videos from you in the future. Thanks again and tight lines!
Think am gonna prep them this way. Ones that got gut hooked were small and i want my hooks back,,,
Good job I fish for those things all the time,and there are really big ones in the delta. I like the video from start to finish.
i love fishing for panfish. i use a light 8 foot pole with a light shimano reel. i usualy just go for the old worm on a hook and float. with the worm ive caught 30 or so in an hour, tried different lures and only caught a few in an hour.
i know where im going Saturday love pan fish great video
I love it when they swim in circles when caught. Always a good effort.
What model/make is that UL rod, if you don't mind me asking? Looks like a St Croix but what model? Just curious because I was looking for a good UL rod for panfishing. Thanks!
where can i buy that exact spinner
I have a dock demon little ultra lite combo paired with a beetle spin I've caught hundreds of bluegill in southeast ohio ponds
Another great video Nick. Got 9 in the freezer. Fun to catch and tasty.
Thanks Johnny!
sweet video man! i love to bass fish but i also love to fish for panfish on ultra light tackle like my pen rod!
Yeah it's crazy fun! I'm going to try to catch a carp over 10lbs on 2lb line this week...
whoo!! that would be insane! i'd be afraid just to set the hook or that it would empty out my entire spool. i've never been brave enough to fish 2 lb.
Damn. I’m going to try that slingshot cast method.
You mentioned not wanting to fillet them but showed them with the bottom fillet cut off in one of the pictures. How are the bones on a fish this small?
Great info, great presentation😃
Hookin' up with a big bluegill on an ultralight with some 1 or 2# line is just as fun of a fight as hookin' up with a large mouth on a med/heavy with 4# (imo). Also, it's _usually_ really good action and _always_ good times and good eatin'!
Scale them
Make a cut just behind the top of the head and cut down but not all the way.
Grasp the head and pull down.
All the insides come out without touching.
Ready for the frying pan!
Really great video. Learned quite a bit. Thanks!
You should cut them open from the top to bottom so that they are like connected but open and take everything out clean them and fry them all in all with seasoning (with out scales of course) and there is no need to worry too much about bones because they get crispy maybe on the bigger ones but that's fine if you're careful
I catch bluegill and perch everyday on a jighead and twirltail grub
.What is the name and description of the ultra lite rod you are using and where can I buy such a rod?
float line seems like the best one
What's the chance of getting CC on your videos? (I'm deaf)
I've just started fishing and pan fish are pretty much what I'm after. Yellow Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, etc. There is NO LIMIT on Yellow Bass this year in Kentucky and I really hope to get as many as I can. :)
I really enjoy your panfish video. Good Information. What size wt do you use for drop shot?
Its refreshing to see somebody that actually eats fish.
Lol, these guys I do
***** Good I think that is how fishing all was started.
17:59 behind the back...your silly IF......love the vids!..keep em' coming
How well do these techniques work when the lake floor has heavy weeds?
How do you access the place, and is shore fishing safe there for kids?
You should do your top 5 favorite panfish rod
You should use crickets, we have caught 9-12 inch brim frequently on a cricket
What is that black apparatus hanging around your neck? can see it at 2:55
hi it is braden you should try fishing for striper with that rod the day i meet you i used a rod like yours to catch striper
A tide for freshwater? Is this brackish water? Here is Florida most if the fish you find in brackish water are of the salt water variety.
do red ear taste different than bluegill?
hi there what cain of reel you using ....? i have 4.8 rod what would be a good spinning reel?
Where's the place u were fishing at
I would like to know what month is the best for panfish on the delta, I love those tasty fish 😋
April on the delta is great for the biggest panfish in my opinion ecspecially for crappie but for number it's all june
You mentioned this time of year... Is this video current and is it early winter/late fall?
hey nick can i find panfish/carp bait size in a eddy right next to a blown down damn its approxmintly 10 to 20 foot and should i use a slip bobber or a dropshot rig and its a rocky bottom what do u suggest. i heard river baitfish do better in the river as bait than a pond raised fish...
You are good enjoy keep up the good work can you do a video on catfishing
I got a new open face real and took it out fishing. I have used this type of real before (a very long time ago.) with no problems. This time I had back lash after back lash. Any tips on not back lashing an open face real? Thanks love love you site.
Would this rig work in a river with a fair amount of current? I am used to fishing in lakes with no current and I have been having trouble fishing in rivers.
What model fish finder are you using? Mine does not display such a crisp reading on the bottom.
would the dropshot kinda rig work in mountain creeks?
is that sac river
where is that lake or pond at
Great video
What's your favorite rods for panfish
0:48 Lol this type of year.
whats your rod and reel setup you are using in this video?
(i live in the small african country if Zimbabwe) I go fishing o lake kariba where catfish and bream (tilapia) are the game and you should try a technique where you have 2 hooks with worms rather than 1 and a weight, it sinks ok and you get good, fast bites
I do that all the time, great rig!
Where was this video taken?
Stockton CA
what marina is that
what combo were you using in this video?
Good video. Lots of nice tips
Excellent informative video.
Well done, sir.
Great fishing
Where street you catching these fish?
What action rod are you using here?
what ultra light rod are you using? Looked like a st. croix
Great Video. Very Informative. Thanks !!
overall your videos are great, keep doing what your doing
what rod and reel combo are you using?
Went out today caught two back to back on a 3/8 boo yah buzz bait while bass fishing lol!
How do you avoid baitrobbers?
Where's this at
Could you give me the name of the rod and reel please?
St.Croix triumph moderate soft with a Pflueger presidential