Noob Question Crappie/bluegill 2024
LWD reply :
Hello Bassresource! Can bluegill be caught using crappie small plastic lures as well? Thanks, real new to crappie fishing, was just wondering since the lures are so small that bluegill can perhaps bite on them too?
HeavyDluxe reply :
Short answer: Yes. 
Longer answer: Still, yes. The town pond I fish most often is a panfish factory. The kids and I have pulled them out of there with everything - live worms, snipped bits of old soft plastics, crappie jigs, small spinners, and everything in between. They are aggressive, competitive feeders and when they are turned on you can even catch them on a bare hook.
LWD reply :
Hey HeavyDluxe, thanks for answering my question. Next time I go fishing for crappie, I can expect I may catch a bluegill too. ,
Marty reply :
Well, crappie can take lures considerably larger than bluegill can, but both species will take a wide variety of artificials.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Isn't much a bluegill won't try tro eat. I've caught them on 1/2oz spinnerbaits, DD22s, even small swimbaits. A couple of my favorite baits to fish for both at the same time are 2" grubs on a 1/32oz jighead, or a 2" tube on a 1/32oz jighead with a small safety pin spinner arm.
Snakehead Whisperer reply :
On 3/20/2013 at 7:28 AM, Marty said:Well, crappie can take lures considerably larger than bluegill can, but both species will take a wide variety of artificials.
Doesn't stop the bluegill from trying though 
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Little cranks like Strike King Bitsy Minnow work well for gills.
Marty reply :
On 3/20/2013 at 8:41 PM, QUAKEnSHAKE said:Little cranks like Strike King Bitsy Minnow work well for gills.
I agree. Mini Fat Rap is my favorite, but I think anything of equivalent size would be just as good. I used to get them on the smallest size Kastmaster spoons.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
On 3/21/2013 at 7:43 AM, Marty said:I agree. Mini Fat Rap is my favorite, but I think anything of equivalent size would be just as good. I used to get them on the smallest size Kastmaster spoons.
Yep the MFR catches them use that too. Rapala has a new UL Crank I bought one but havent tried it yet. Here a pic of some little cranks, they will catch bass as well.
Top--Rebel TeenyR
Mid left-- Mini Fat Rap
Mid right-- Rapals UL Crank
Bottom left---BPS XTS Micro Light
Bottom Rt--Bitsy Minnow
GeorgiaBassBros reply :
Ive caught bluegill on just about every smallish lure i own, they are super aggressive feeders and will gladly take any crappie lures you happen to throw by them.
trailer reply :
I always catch them on small jig head hooks and tubes of any color. The most disturbing bait I've caught them on was a Bomber crankbait for bass that dove to about 12 feet. The bait was bigger than the fish!
Crestliner2008 reply :
Bluegill are particularly responsive to small spoons; i.e.: 1/12 oz. KastMaster & 1/8 oz. Swedish Pimples. Works well in cold water too. Use a drop & pull technique. You'll get bit.
slonezp reply :
Crappie normally won't hit something that doesn't move. A bluegill will hit just about anything, although i would say minnows and minnow type baits are on the bottom of their list.
Hyrule Bass reply :
you want bluegill on a lure, get a rebel tad fry or a rebel crickhopper. i prefer the tad fry a little more though for bluegill. its a floater/diver and works well for me...
NEjitterbugger reply :
On 3/20/2013 at 8:35 AM, Bluebasser86 said:Isn't much a bluegill won't try tro eat. I've caught them on 1/2oz spinnerbaits, DD22s, even small swimbaits. A couple of my favorite baits to fish for both at the same time are 2" grubs on a 1/32oz jighead, or a 2" tube on a 1/32oz jighead with a small safety pin spinner arm.
I have got one on a jitterbug LOL
CABassin reply :
On 3/28/2013 at 2:36 AM, NEjitterbugger said:I have got one on a jitterbug LOL
Me too! I was fishing for bass on a pond near a golf course and my brother and he bet me I wouldn't catch anything on it. Didn't catch any bass, but caught one of the biggest bluegill either of us had ever seen.
slonezp reply :
I've caught bluegill on bare gold aberdeen hooks. Bluegills are more agressive and more protective of their beds than bass. They bed in large groups and can be easy pickin's with live bait.
ww2farmer reply :
I have two baits in my bluegill rotation. Strike King Bitsy Pond Minnow, and a 1" gulp minnow on a dropshot.
LWD reply :
caught my first bluegill on a lure the other day, 1/8 oz rooster tail. It was kind of like fishing for bass. It was the biggest bluegill I caught, size was from tip of middle finger to two inches below the wrist from mouth to tail.
CoBass reply :
When I target bluegills, my go to bait is a trout magnet. They're really small and the gills absolutely love them.
gr8outdoorz reply :
My favorite Bluegill bait is actually a fly. Its a small green/yellow frog popper. Bluegills on a 3wt or 4wt fly rod is a fun fight!
trailer reply :
Does anyone else throw the little tube baits for perch?
slonezp reply :
On 4/21/2013 at 3:18 AM, trailer said:Does anyone else throw the little tube baits for perch?
Guys on the Great Lakes throw white soft plastic jerkbaits or paddletails. Otherwise it's softshells, minnows on crappie rigs and flies tipped with minnows, or shrimp. I do know some of the larger 14"-15" perch people have caught have had gobies in their guts
wnybassman reply :
Bluegills will d**n near eat anything...............
Bonifas9017 reply :
Anyone use little spoons for bluegill
wademaster1 reply :
Bluegill will hit anything that you throw at some point in time....
Bankbeater reply :
Around here if they are on their beds they will go after just about anything that moves near them.
Jay Ell Gee reply :
On 4/19/2013 at 2:25 PM, gr8outdoorz said:My favorite Bluegill bait is actually a fly. Its a small green/yellow frog popper. Bluegills on a 3wt or 4wt fly rod is a fun fight!
Smart man! I used to have a TFO Professional I series 8'6 fast action 3wt that I could cast roughly 70 feet before leader. Try catching a gill that far out on a 3wt! What a ball.
I regrettably sold it, but I am filling that hole with a new St. Croix Legend Ultra 8'6 4wt.
weekendwarrior reply :
2 words...Beetle Spin. I've caught more bluegill on these little guys than any other lures I've ever used. They will work on crappie and bass as well.
derekxec reply :
ive caught them fishing for bass with bass lures of all sizes...there is a lake about a mile or so from me that they are very aggressive in so we used to throw top water yozuri baits and catch them...they are excellent snook bait
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