Old dog can learn new tricks.

WV is not known for massive bluegill,though we do have some decent ones.I fished a 9 acre lake today, and struggled to find any gills of size.Digging through my tackle I found a bag of 2” gulp minnow,like magic the bite came alive.
I admit,I would have never thought 7-9” gills would attack a 2” minnow,I tend to downsize for gills,but perhaps I’ve been wrong all along.I also fished honey worms wacky style for the first time, I must say,wacky out fished the standard thread the hook style technique 5 to 1.

I have a jar of the Berkeley Honey Worms and always forget to try them.

You never know what they gone hit till you try

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Originally Posted by Yaker

WV is not known for massive bluegill,though we do have some decent ones.I fished a 9 acre lake today, and struggled to find any gills of size.Digging through my tackle I found a bag of 2” gulp minnow,like magic the bite came alive.
I admit,I would have never thought 7-9” gills would attack a 2” minnow,I tend to downsize for gills,but perhaps I’ve been wrong all along.I also fished honey worms wacky style for the first time, I must say,wacky out fished the standard thread the hook style technique 5 to 1.

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Yep,those Honey worms actually do work.

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Originally Posted by jvg

You never know what they gone hit till you try

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And that’s the truth. And it changes all the time! LOL
Bob

I’ve used honey worms for several years with good success,but rigging waky style under a float upped the game considerably.I believe the slow fall made all the difference,the float gives some casting distance.

I've caught tons of bluegill (and crappie) with those Gulp minnows. They are always in my tacklebox.

Break out the "Slim Jim " . Cut slices about 1/8 of an inch . Amazing . lol

Fishing with slim Jim’s is like fishing with bacon.........ain’t gonna happen,that’s my food :yikes

the tiny gulp minnows are deadly gill baits , but way to expensive ,go bar s weenies and eat all of them except one and feed that one to the bluegill .....:Rofl

It's rare that I have to think hard what fish will strike, especially sunfish, sunfish or bass in the same water. Of the 38 fish I caught yesterday, most were crappie along with about 10 nice size gills caught on a variety of soft plastics rigged on 1/24 or 1/16 oz lures. Depth averaged 5-8'. Here are a few:
https://i.imgur.com/ojem9Qg.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/HbxD88N.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/zkUk7NZ.jpg

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Fish were caught from 9am - 4pm using slow retrieves and pauses with rod tip twitches. Crappie Magnet grubs did well.