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Try the Florida forum. Years ago I saw kids using lures to catch bluegill on.

I have two prefered methods of catching bream that does not use "live" bait. You mentioned you do not want to use a spinner but, I love to explore with a roostertail. I cast a 1/16th once black in clear water. I like pumpkinseed too.
When I know they are spawning, I also use a "micro" jig under a weighted cork 2' deep or less. Again, my prefered colors are black or anything brown. At times I have done well with other brighter colors though.
Where you fishing at? Here in central Arkansas it is time to be worrying about those red ears on the flats. The weighted cork method does well.
DP

I love to use a black and chart curly tail in the local areas around the house.I will cast out parallel to the bank let it sink all the way down and retrive very slow.I have good success on bluegill and i do not tip jig.If they are short striking i will tie a small fly on a leader to the hook of the jig.It works very well for me.Good luck

I fished jigs for bluegills for 30 years, but if I cloned myself and one version of me fished with jigs and the other fished with live bait, the "Bait Deathb4disco" would win by about a 10-1 margin.

But if you're set on jigs, I'd use a 1/32 or 1/16 head and a 1" body. I don't think the body type is as important as size. Last fall, I was taking a 4" Slider worm I use for bass and cutting it into four 1" pieces. The gills loved it. So did the little bass!

I would use nothing bigger than 4# line (2# would be better. You could put 4# on the reel and use a 2# leader.)

Finally, try to find some deeper water. "Deep" is relative depending on where you fish, but bigger fish will spend some time there every day.

Get in touch with that guy in the icefishing forum that claims his jigs never need live bait.

If you don't have some of these in your tackle for the gills then you don't know what your missing. I goto wally world and buy some beetle spin bodies. Then I take a sewing needle run a piece of spinner bait skirt through it in an X pattern. There you have it, one of the best gill baits you can use. Cheap and easy to use. Add a 1/32 or 1/16 jig head and you're done!!:D

yep- they do seem to love anything that looks like a spider or insect. That is a great idea in the above thread!

Originally Posted by amren

Ok so I really want to catch bluegil with jigs. Not spinners, flys, or anything else, just jigs.

I tried tube jigs, hair jigs, and curly tail jigs. I tried several colors of each.

So I fished for 30 minutes and caught 8 crappie, then went home ( it was getting dark )

Well even before that I only caught crappie.

So I tipped the jigs with a piece of worm and caught a couple crappie then I switched to a blue and white tube jig and caught a bluegill.

If you have to tip the jig with what i started using jigs so i wouldnt have to use, then why even use lures.

But really if people use jigs to catch bluegill but only catch them when they tip them with a worm or spike then why do it? Why not just use a hook and worm or spike?

Is there anyway to catch bluegill with a jig without having to tip it which beats the purpose for me using a jig in the first place?

I love catching crappie, but I want to catch bluegill off lures too, that are not flys, or spinners.

Any advice?

Kastmaster as small as you can find in silver to represent a tiny minnow. The other is called a Super dupper bye Luhr Jenson.