Bluegill/Sunfish Imitators 2025

Brendan Duffy reply :

When you guys fish bodies of water stocked with bluegill or sunfish or crappie, what do you throw to imitate them to catch the bass?

brushhoggin reply :

storm wildeye sunfish kills em for me. unfortunately they dont make em very big . and on the high end, matt lures male blue gill is sickeningly realistic. also war eagle has a sunfish finesse spinner thats sexy and produces for me

b.Lee reply :

http://blackdogbaits.com/store/shellcracker/

Best Bait to imitate a bluegill yet

Randall reply :

Mattlures!

-nick- reply :

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Mattlures!

Mattlures makes probably THE best bluegill imitators.

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

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http://blackdogbaits.com/store/shellcracker/
Best Bait to imitate a bluegill yet

The 'Cracker is a nice bait, but surely you dont rank it above a Mattlures Hard Gill for actually imitating a live bluegill....

Hammer 4 reply :

I don't see the cracker as a bait like Matt's either..both are good, Matt's is much more life like.

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http://blackdogbaits.com/store/shellcracker/
Best Bait to imitate a bluegill yet

The 'Cracker is a nice bait, but surely you dont rank it above a Mattlures Hard Gill for actually imitating a live bluegill....

T-rig reply :

I haven't used the Jerry Rago Hard Tail Bluegill but it looks pretty neat.

fourbizz reply :

Mattlures has the only bluegill bait that I fish.

Mattlures reply :

You guys make me all warm and fuzzy inside

You all rule

Thanks!!!

-ebby- reply :

mattlures hard and soft baits imitate bluegill really good, well i have only used the hard but have heard great things about the soft as well.

Edit- i have used the baitsmith soft gill and liked the action on it too but it does cost about 10 more than matt's

Hammer 4 reply :

I have a few of Matt's soft baits....same deal there..they work..

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mattlures hard and soft baits imitate bluegill really good, well i have only used the hard but have heard great things about the soft as well.

-ebby- reply :

seems like we are only talking swimbaits right now but i also like throwing swimjigs with a trailer with a little action like a sassy shad type tail, i go with bitsy bug jigs in green pumkin or other natural color when i want something small.

bigtimfish reply :

Wat/red and wat/candy flukes

Hammer 4 reply :

Your right, just got caught up in the excitment..lol

I also use jigs, spinnerbaits, and chatterbaits..in gill colors.

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seems like we are only talking swimbaits right now but i also like throwing swimjigs with a trailer with a little action like a sassy shad type tail, i go with bitsy bug jigs in green pumkin or other natural color when i want something small.

-nick- reply :

Also rapala's dt cranks have a very nice bluegill color. As well as bandit.

Big Bait Fishing reply :

Mattlures hard-gill and Tylures sunfish ....

Steve_IA reply :

green-pumpkin tube

cutpullcut reply :

Bagley's "small fry"/"tru life" series...what ever ya want to call them.

Bream/Crappie/Bass/ Crawdad/and Shad

Rebel's "Bait series".....Bream /Crappie/Bass/Shad

I don't "collect".......I use em

fathom reply :

lc flat mini sr in ghost sunfish.

tough to beat around here.

Simp reply :

Alwayslooking got me a Bluegill/sunfish swimbait package from Academy and they LOOK AWESOME! It's to cold right now to throw them but these things look amazing. The individual pricing is also awesome starting at 9$.

b.Lee reply :

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Alwayslooking got me a Bluegill/sunfish swimbait package from Academy and they LOOK AWESOME! It's to cold right now to throw them but these things look amazing. The individual pricing is also awesome starting at 9$.

That is a nice kit there, catch anything yet?

-ebby- reply :

i wish they had an acadamy around here i want to try those out. And besides the baits i posted earlier i have to say i use the bait in my avatar by far the most. But i am a little biased

Simp reply :

I just got them a couple days ago from the Xmas exchange. I don't have a Academy around here either but I begged my partner for some H20 baits. I was ecstatic when I opened my gift! These things should be killer around here. I have several clear lakes with tons of sunfish and some great ponds with big bluegill and big bass!!

Incheon Basser reply :

Bandit and Rapala have great gill patterns for there cranks... as well as koppers

Incheon Basser reply :

Jackels Giron looks pretty great as well.. yet to catch anything yet... to be honest i have yet to catch a fish on anykind of swimbait hard or soft

Primus reply :

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http://blackdogbaits.com/store/shellcracker/
Best Bait to imitate a bluegill yet

I just got one about a month ago, I made a few cast with it and looks very good in the water. I'll have to wait a few months for the ice to melt to see how the fish like it.

Munkin reply :

I use the Bagelys sunfish crank but plan on getting some of those new Koppers pumkinseed baits.

Allen

catchnm reply :

Bagley Small Fry.

Going to be trying some of those Academy baits soon though.

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