Quote Originally Posted by "G" View Post
If your getting hits but missing fish....go to bigger hooks. I use 1/8 oz. jigs with 1/0 sickle hooks....this larger hook has improved my catch rate and every fish is hooked solid in the roof of the mouth If I don't tip with a minnow....I have a crappie nibble on.
Possibly good advice for crappie, but bluegill (the forum we're in), not so much. Going to a 1/0 hook is a surefire way to miss 99.9% of all bluegill that bite one's jig - the way to go when missing fish is a smaller hook, #8 or #10.