Thread: Good Setup for Bluegill?

1/64oz jig white with a red or white honey worm (hold on to your rod )

Originally Posted by Drum_Master

I have run out of crickets when I was a kid, and caught gills on a shiny brass hook! There are not too picky, and if using live bait prefer worms over crickets because crickets don't stay on the hook well. Half a nightcrawler can catch several bream.

Stay on pretty good for me. Sometime even catch more than one fish from the same cricket. run hook through the butt and come out right under the crickets chin. Worms are messy and ya get ya hands all black, not a big deal but i would rather not have to wipe my hands on my pants all the time. I use redworms for crakcers cause they hit em better than crickets, but if not for that im either using crickets or if you can get em I also like grass shrimp (this may be a southern thing, dont know if you can get em all over)

The setup you pictured is great for crappie, but for Bluegills I would downsize. You will get more bites and still catch the bulls. Try a 1/64 or 1/32 jig or just a #8 hook with a wax worm on it.

I have never been able to figure out what on earth is a sticky thread

Originally Posted by gone_fishing

I have never been able to figure out what on earth is a sticky thread

A "sticky" thread is an important or popular thread that is permanently "stuck" to the top of the page. It actually says "sticky" next to it. So, no matter what page of the forum you're on, the sticky threads for that forum will be there at the top.

For example, the Bream forum has several "sticky" threads: one on big fish, one on posting pics, one on rods and a couple on favorite baits or lures. If you're on page 1 of the Bream forum you will see those sticky threads at the top of the page. If you go to page 8 of the Bream forum, those same sticky threads will be at the top of that page.

they have new bait out called timbucktu preserved canned crickets waxworms and redworms has a shelf life of a month or two arter opening

These are my two favorite rigs for bluegills, sunfish and crappie, from ice out to freeze up. 1/80 or 1/64 oz jigs. In clear shallow water I rig them under clear bobbers. In dirty or deeper water I use a stick bobber. And when they are really deep, I use no bobber. Some times have to increase the jig weight if there is a wind, otherwise everything else stays the same.

I cant speak for you guys up north but i can say here in NC i can take a green and black beetle spin and really catch a mess of Bream and Shell cracker in no time at all.