Bed Pic 2024
WPCfishing reply :
tatertester reply :
Nice!
HoosierHawgs reply :
WPCfishing reply :
On 6/2/2015 at 10:29 AM, jakob1010 said:
Solid Foam Latex Mattress.jpg
Solid Foam Latex Mattress.jpgI was waiting for that ... lol
BooyahMan reply :
On 6/2/2015 at 10:29 AM, jakob1010 said:
Too good haha.
The only beds I've been able to spot are Pumpkinseed beds. 
charter21p5 reply :
Great photo. Thanks for posting.
Big C reply :
Does it mean anything if they wet the bed?
papajoe222 reply :
On 6/2/2015 at 10:29 AM, jakob1010 said:
Silly, that's a mattress and box spring not a bed.
WPCfishing reply :
Bluebasser86 reply :
Seeing lots of bluegill beds starting to pop up around here too.
WPCfishing reply :
On 6/3/2015 at 1:36 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Seeing lots of bluegill beds starting to pop up around here too.
Where are you located? What is water temp.
Bluebasser86 reply :
NE Kansas, water temps are running in the high 60's low 70's.
WPCfishing reply :
Same here in Southern New England.
Gotfishyfingers? reply :
On 6/3/2015 at 1:36 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Seeing lots of bluegill beds starting to pop up around here too.
Ya, those look more like Bluegill beds rather then Bass beds.
J Francho reply :
Those are bluegill/sunfish beds.
Danturner reply :
Bluegill/sunfish beds
RoLo reply :
On 6/3/2015 at 9:26 PM, J Francho said:Those are bluegill/sunfish beds.
Yup
Bass beds are normally separated by several feet of territory.
Bluegill sunfish normally nest in colonies with beds separated by inches.
Roger
scaleface reply :
Fly rod time .
Wayne P. reply :
WPCfishing reply :
^Awesomeness!!!
WRB reply :
Active beds look the opposite as those shown; should be clean light color center areas with darker surrounding bottom area. When you see a colony of beds, it's not bass.
Tom
nosdog2 reply :
Cool screen shots!
Wayne P. reply :
On 6/4/2015 at 4:43 AM, WRB said:Active beds look the opposite as those shown; should be clean light color center areas with darker surrounding bottom area. When you see a colony of beds, it's not bass.
Tom
No so in all cases. It depends on the soil type. The photo I posted was taken on May 11, 2014 after the first bass spawn. Two weeks earlier there was no sign of them, not even with Imaging.
WRB reply :
The screen shots are amazing and good photo's. Rarely see dark bed centers with bass or bluegill, in fact the cleanest and sweet spot is usually a lightest colored pebbles, depending on the type of lake bottom.On 6/4/2015 at 5:41 AM, Wayne P. said:No so in all cases. It depends on the soil type. The photo I posted was taken on May 11, 2014 after the first bass spawn. Two weeks earlier there was no sign of them, not even with Imaging.
Tom
WPCfishing reply :
I've only seen a few area's with bass beds in the lakes I fish in southern New England. I'm totally confused as to why. I'm not the only bass fisherman reporting this.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Bluegill beds around here are usually dark in the middle and light on the edges due to all the silt in the areas they normally chose to make their nest.
flyfisher reply :
I am just glad this thread wasn't started by Raider.....
There is one cove on a lake I fish that has beds much like wayne posted but in an even bigger area. I have tried to get a picture but it never turns out. Maybe i will try again this weekend
WRB reply :
Silt kills fish eggs, both bass and bluegill, one reason beds are in wind protected areas.
What is interesting is bluegill and bass eggs take about the same length of time to hatch and water temperature determines that. Bass start the spawn earlier in cooler water, about 62-67 degrees, eggs can take 7 to 10 days at that temperature. Bluegill start the spawn about 70 to 75 degrees, eggs take about 4 to 5 days to hatch, warmer the water at the depth the beds are in the faster the eggs hatch for both bass and bluegill.
Bluegill are egg eaters, bass are bluegill eaters and any other live prey.
Shallower a bed is the more problems the fish have protecting the nest site from birds like herons, shallow water is warmer, more susceptible to waves, egg and fish eaters, so it's a double edge sword.
Generally bass beds are in about 3' to 5' of water, bluegill 1' to 2' of water, both can be deeper.
Tom
Wayne P. reply :
This is spawning shellcrackers in very muddy water:
Wayne P. reply :
There are several bass beds in this screen shot:
WPCfishing reply :
Great pics Wayne
Wayne
WilliamMcCabe reply :
Taken today - bluegill beds
deep reply :
*Hank reply :
That`s really cool!
Pradopower reply :
Took this this morning at the pond down the street. It was a little breezy so it's not real clear.
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