Best Ultralight Lures For Panfish? 2025
averagebass123 reply :
What are the best ultralight lures you have ever used? When i say ultralight, i mean small enough for bluegill to bite, not just crappie.
Please suggest hard-baits too! I really want to get a micro sized topwater
Bankbeater reply :
a small white rooster tail.
Dyerbassman reply :
Crickets
keith71 reply :
1/32 jig head teamed up with 1 to 2 inch curled tail grub. Strike king bitsy pond minnow.Rebel teeny wee craw.Rebel cricket hopper is my favorite for topwater strikes, dont reel it in I barely twitch it on the surface and bluegills hammer it.Get the cricket hopper in yellow so you can see it from afar,its especially good if theres a mayfly hatch. I throw all of these baits on 4lb trilene xl.
MCS reply :
Love me some beetle spins, with and without the spin it will catch a fish. For my 3 yr old I rig it under a float and he just casts and reels all day long. Also second the rooster tail they work, curly tail grubs. Small minnows like a little rapala countdown or Bass Pro makes a tiny minnow, strike king bitsy minnows are good too but I found they bend at the tie easier than rapala or bps do.
ec1 reply :
As far as micro top waters go, I once had a tiny siglett by megabass, that thin was like a mini jitterbug and caught tons of sunfish, rock bass, and smallies. Super hard to find now though.
In the dead of summer, the smallest sized chug bug wasn't bad either. I never seem to get crappies on topwater though.
Another alternative is the rapala original floating in its smallest size. You'll need 4lb test or lighter to throw that though
gallowaypt reply :
X2 on the rebel cricket hopper
Avalonjohn44 reply :
My son and I use Lunker City Hellgies, 3 inchers. They devour them on a jighead.
Pepul reply :
Matzuo nano crank
bartdude186 reply :
My favorites are the cricket hopper, smallest floating rapala, a rooster tail, and my favorite is the beetle spin. i also have a tiny hula popper, i didnt even know they made them that small so when i seen it i had to buy it.
Blues19 reply :
2" chartreuse curly tail grub on a 1/16 oz jig head
Marty reply :
I'm sure there are many small lures that panfish will hit. I used to do well with bluegills on a small Kastmaster and Rapala Mini Fat Rap.
wnybassman reply :
I have used Maki Plastics for years. He has turned micro plastics into an art form. In reality, any little plastic will catch fish though. I usually dropshot them.
The Young Gun reply :
On 5/7/2013 at 5:13 AM, Bankbeater said:a small white rooster tail.
X2
ncbassfisher1496 reply :
Beetle spins and small spinners
And for hardbaits I use the Strike King Bitsy Minnow with some luck
Darren. reply :
Lunkercity Fin-S 1/16oz crappie jig head, and 1.5" Panfish Assassin minnows in various colors, dipped in JJ's Magic.
powerduster reply :
Joe's flies work the best for me. Then its a toss up between yozuri pins and strike king bitsy minnow.
Jay Ell Gee reply :
Size 8 to 10 poppers work well. Sinking spider flies, wooly buggers, nymphs, foam spiders/grasshoppers.
If you don't use a fly rod look up the float n' fly bobber.
Can't go wrong with a rooster tail or beetle spin, though
Tuckahoe Joe reply :
Another vote for small white roostertails.
thehooligan reply :
Anything with the name rebel on it, lol. All there little crankbaits work great, i also like vibrax inline minnow spinners and 1/16oz yozuri pins minnows. These are my three ultralight boxes
Snakehead Whisperer reply :
x2 on the Rebel lures. The most fun is the bumble bee topwater crankbait, hands down.
tholmes reply :
On 5/7/2013 at 5:39 AM, keith71 said:1/32 jig head teamed up with 1 to 2 inch curled tail grub. Strike king bitsy pond minnow.Rebel teeny wee craw.Rebel cricket hopper is my favorite for topwater strikes, dont reel it in I barely twitch it on the surface and bluegills hammer it.Get the cricket hopper in yellow so you can see it from afar,its especially good if theres a mayfly hatch. I throw all of these baits on 4lb trilene xl.
The Rebel teeny wee craw is my favorite hard bait for bull bluegills. Very effective.
Tom
Gavin reply :
Usually rig the kids up with a trout magnet or 1/32oz tube under a small weighted float. If you fly fish small popping bugs, madame X's, and wooly worms, all with rubber legs.
Tim Cianciola reply :
strike king bitsy minnow works for me, charetruse
Comfortably Numb reply :
I have just stared playing with the small fish and am enjoying it.
I like 1/16 jighead with 2" fluke looking minnow I make. Beetlespin and Roadrunners too.
Havnt tried a little crank yet.
I use 8# powerpro braid and love it. Its diameter of 1# mono and like sewing thread. Saves alot of baits and retieng when snagged on logs. Just pull and straighten the hook and bend it back.
I use a 5' 6" lite Ugly stick and a 10 reel. Not exactly ultra light but cast 1/16 baits well.
Crestliner2008 reply :
In over 35 years of panfishing, I've caught more crappie, bluegill & yellow perch on a 2" curly tail (various colors) on the back of a 1/16 oz. ball head jig, than all the other baits I've tried combined. That being said, for the past 4 seasons, I've had extraordinary success with the Bobby Garland's Baby Shads on the same ball head jigs. If I had to pick only one however, it would definitely be the curly tail. 
Teal reply :
Small 1/32 oz jigs with tiny tubes or grub tails. Anything chartruse or pink has been good to me.
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