Thread: Go to bait?

for the most part i resisted fishing live baits because it was messing and always required way too much effort to deal with. and from what i can tell i could do crappie and bass just fine without love bait. i can do catfish on stuff that can sit in the fridge. bit the bluegills want live bait. and they really want crickets. I would rather use a piece of worm but all i get is small fish. even on big night crawlers it's still smaller fish. as soon as i toss out a cricket i start get bigger bluegills and the are a lot quicker to bite. the fresher the cricket the better. and while the will bite on other baits they just seen to bite a lot better on crickets. and I still ge the occasional bass or catfish.

Wax Worms are my goto bait for big gills.

my go to is a rebel crick hopper twitched on top, they attack it like a bass

I use wax worms all summer in up state ny and just pound them. Tried them several times here in florida, no bites. bought a grass shrimp net a while back but have not tried it yet.

Wax worms get my vote

For big Bluegills it's hard to beat a night crawlers hooked in the middle with ends wiggling !

I guess my go to bait would be, a wax worm on a black or pink ant under a spring slip bobber.

Red worms