I am located in south louisiana and have a one acre pond stocked with Coppernose Blue Gill, Flathead Minnows, Channel Cat, Red Ear, and Black Crappie. We have the same issue from time to time with the CC but as much as I hate messing with it, chicken liver will get them to bite everytime. We have used worms, dough bate, beef liver, hot dogs, and whatever else we can find and they bite on it sometimes but most of the time don't touch it. Carefully throw a piece of chicken liver on the bottom and be ready, 9 out of 10 they will take it within a few minutes. Biggest issue for us this summer has been the Blue Gill and Red Ear has not bitten at all. We have not caught one since the spring. The Black Crappie was stocked last December and we have not caught or seen any of them yet either. Hopefully they are still there and growing.
