How to Wacky Rig Bass Around Bluegill Beds

The bluegill (bream) spawning season is an excellent time to target hungry post-spawn bass in the shallows. Wired2fish caught up with Chris Lane on Alabama’s famed Lake Guntersville for a lesson on locating bluegill bedding areas with the naked eye and catching bass using wacky-rigged stickbaits. TACKLE USED • SOFT PLASTIC - Bass Pro Shops 5-3/8’’ Stik-O Worm, color - June Bug and Green Pumpkin: • HOOK - Eagle Claw TroKar Pro-V Weedless Finesse Hook, size 1: • ROD - Duckett Black Ice Series Spinning Rod, 6’ 9“ Medium-Heavy: • REEL - Johnny Morris Signature Spinning Reel: • LINE (braided mainline) - Bass Pro Shops XPS KVD Signature Series 100% Fluorocarbon, 12-pound: • LINE (fluorocarbon leader) - Bass Pro Shops XPS Hyperbraid 8, 10-pound: With the shad spawn completed, bluegills present the n