Quote Originally Posted by crappiepastor View Post
Hey guys, my 10 yro grandson is coming for a visit next week and I want to take him Bluegill fishing. Problem is, I've never done it - I fish for crappies and walleye's almost exclusively. Yea, I've caught bluegills by accident, but never actually rigged and fished for em.

Figured I'd use crickets or wax worms on small hooks under floats. But need some advise.

What's the best way to bluegill fish?
What kind of habitate do you look for?
How do you hook a cricket?
Any other advise will sure be appreciated.
Use a slip float... I find it much easier for kids to cast them as you don't have as much line hanging to get tangled. We almost always use jigs I tie unless going after redear. Sometimes we tip them with wax worms or red worms. Cricket's also are deadly, but bluegill pick them pretty easily. I find kids do much better hooking fish w/ worms and waxies. We are still finding gills on beds in my area and I will always hit those first. My second area would be deeper water out from the beds, then I would go to wood, docks, etc. Like was already said hook crickets behind the head in the soft neck area and take the hook out through the crickets rear. Have fun!