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I usually only fish bass, but I have a great pond in my neighborhood that is full of bluegill. I was wondering if this setup is good for northern Illinois bluegill. Its a yellow 1/16 jig head with a small plastic and pink Crappie nibble. The whole thing is a total of about 2 inches long.
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I like smaller jigs for gills: 1/32 and 1/64 oz most of the time.
At the top of the page in this forum, there are two sticky threads on best baits/lures for bream. Check 'em out.
I like a #8 gold long shank hook, split shot and a bobber....cricket on the hook!!!
1. Get some 1/80th ounce "grizzly jigs", tip with wax worm.
2. Long shank cricket hook, cricket, small split shot, bobber.
If you can't catch them with these two take up golf.
1/64oz or 1/80oz kiptail jig tipped with waxie, cricket or crappie nibble under a small weighted float works best for me.
I usually go with a small slip float, small split shot, small hook, and a waxie.
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.
That's a good looking jig and twistertail, but I would downsize it to a 1/32 oz jig and a 1" or 1-1/2" body. You'll probably get a lot of short strikers on the 2" plastic.
You failed to tell us what tackle you are using. A bait casting reel with 20# line is not exactly the right equipment. Be sure you use light line with the small jig heads. I use 2 to 4 lb. line on a 4 1/2 ft UL rod. Good luck
4 or 6 lb test on a light/medium action pole.
for bluegills i sometimes use 1/100-1/64oz tied jigs or jig heads with small power bait or other plastic body.sometimes small flies,or just a aberdeen style hook with a plastic bait on 5 pound power pro with a 5'0 or 4'8 UL rod
1/64oz jig white with a red or white honey worm (hold on to your rod )
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)Quote:
Originally Posted by Drum_Master
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
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by gone_fishing
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.
I like the setup. Looks like it would work to me. Thumbs Up
JHO
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A 2" twister tail will sometimes catch larger bluegills if they are aggressive, but as others have said, most of the time you will do better with a 1" to 1 1/2" twister tail (if that's the lure type you choose). Once you have located a school of them, a small float dangling bait or a rig like slabsrus recommends will usually outfish a twister tail.
I like that powerbait setup too. It works good for perch, rock bass, bluegill, and other panfishQuote:
Originally Posted by slabsrus
the lighter the better. 1/32 oz. jig w/#6 hook and very small tube, usually in brown or black. Pinch the skirt off right behind the hook to take care of fish biting short.
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Originally Posted by Bronson
Makes it much easier for the bluegill to inhale.
Grizzly jigs all the way. on an ultra lite....4lb line
A black knat fly on a 9 foot flyrod has taken probably thousands of bluegills for me over the years
this helped me alot
YouTube - Informative Fisherman - Beginner Bluegill fishing
[IMG]file:///C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.png[/IMG]1/80 ounce Grizzly jig, with waxie, they made a movie and a book to show how to use 'em and catch more fish. my favorite is #37 - killer!