Aug 15, 2005 · Consequently, in a well balanced bluegill population, parental males grow to a large size before sexual maturity. Bigger bluegill dominate nests within a spawning colony. There is some evidence of an actual hierarchy in nest sites, with the most "dominant" males getting the most desirable central nests and being most likely to attract a female ...

Feb 13, 2009 · I think the train of thought was. 1. Those mattlures bluegills look like real bluegills. 2. That's an awful lot to pay for a single bait

Sep 30, 2017 · Kosta, striper fishermen use live bluegill for bait in the Delta all the time as they are known as a big fish bait. This time of year, some of stripper fishermen usually start off catching bluegill on flats using red worms. Then they'll move off into the deep channels and drift fish the bluegills for the big stripers.

Feb 1, 2016 · It's fine for bluegill, I could easily go down a weight too. For small bass it's good too. But once I got a little more serious about the bass, the size of the flies & the size of the fish indicated a move up. I fish mostly smailles so I went with a 7wt for that. A-Jay

Jul 27, 2017 · Long story short, I run a summer day camp for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Part of what we do is take them fishing. I decided to go for bluegill since many of these kids have never caught a fish and have short attention spans to boot. So, I went online an ordered some circle hooks (le...

Jul 21, 2019 · I'll “bluegill-ize" (repaint) hardbaits, look for certain plastics colors, and have looked at a LOT of skirts over the years. I've yet to find what I would consider the perfect BG skirt. Although I’ve been a long-time fly-tier, I’ve not yet bothered to …

Feb 1, 2018 · The places where i fished alot, bluegill was there main forage and i even saw a bass that choked on a bluegill. So my lures were choice to imitate a bluegill was an Keitech swing impact bluegill flash with an Kietech bluegill flash swim jig,An B and B or Grn pumpkin pit boss, or an green pumpkin jig with an Green pumpkin 4inch pit boss.

Oct 22, 2012 · Northstar makes a great swim jig and I've also had success with the KVD swim jig in the bluegill color. It looks great and is easily available. Whatever the jig, I like using a 3.5" Yum Money Minnow trailer in the Bluegill color when I'm swimming a jig.

May 12, 2024 · A friend recommended a blank for a bluegill rod and I built one. 6' ultra light moderate action. I used it in FL for the past couple of months with a 1/32 oz beetle spin and caught dozens of bluegills and a few bass with it. Fun rod.

Feb 20, 2021 · Z man makes a couple chatterbaits in bluegill pattern. Coupled with a rage tail menace in a dark pattern works very well to imitate a bluegill. I don’t have a photo at this time but I used this combo last season and it was very effective where bluegills were a primary forage.