favorite crappie/bluegill bait 2024

largemouthbass reply :

What is your favorite crappie/bluegill bait besides live bait? I am trying to become a better ultra light fisherman.

-t0pwater.fish#n- reply :

Buy the smallest shrimp you can find at the supermarket, they work extremely well for me. (Also if you live nearby an Asian food market, they will have really shrimpy smelling dried grass shrimp skins.)

If the bluegill are stocked where you live, corn can be a killer.

tuxdaddy reply :

Powerbait "nymphs" on a 1/64 oz shad dart(I use the ones from trout magnet), under a slpi float..

thunderstruck reply :

Bluegills, where I live, eat everything from slugs to senkos.

FivePoundBluegill reply :

I have caught bluegill on some pretty odd baits. I have caught them on bubble gum, a bare trebble hook, and small poppers and torpedos topwater bass fishing. These are just extriem events though that do not happen much. When I first started fishing I would fish for bluegills often and the best baits were bread and corn. I would catch a large number of bluegill with them. Now adays I do not fish for bluegills anymore but I often catch very good size bluegill throwing a medium size yellow or white rooster tail while fishing for bass and crappie. That is probably the best bait for good size bluegill.

Daniel My Brother reply :

For bluegill I like small bits of nightcrawler.

For Crappie nothing beats live minnows. If you'd rather use artificials, try a small marabou tail jig fished vertically.

Taliesin reply :

I'm not much of a crappie fisherman, but if I had to try and catch one without live bait I would go with small maribou jigs (used to be called crappie jigs) under a bobber.

For bluegill I really like small in-line spinners (Roostertails) and small safety pin spinners (Beetlespins). Thes will also catch occassional crappie.

BassPonder72 reply :

Beetlespin, Beetlespin, Beetlespin...Uh Oh! Now I've done it.

I have caught them plenty of times on poprs when bass fishing too!

ejtaylor822 reply :

Beetlespin - black with yellow stripes.

bass109 reply :

BassPonder72 nice fish

BassPonder72 reply :

Should've gotten a replica made! ;D

bassboy1 reply :

Well, I caught a 3 inch bluegill on a 5/8 ounce crank. Sucker musta tried his best to get his tiny mouth on that hook. I have had them grab at a T-rigged finesse worm. But, when going to catch them, nothing beats a nightcrawler, a bamboo cane pole, and a cork bobber.

dgquail reply :

crappie - live minnows, bluegill - crickets.... if you had to pick an artificial, I would suggest some type of small jig, or beetle spin type bait

roadwarrior reply :

Bluegill: crickets

Crappie: small minnnows on a split shot rig & small plastic crappie jigs on a 1/16 oz jig jead

NEBassMan reply :

i love 1/8oz rattle traps for crappie. also small crank baits. they tear em up.

guest reply :

For bluegill I like a Beetle Spin or a Strike King Bitsy Pond Minnow. I catch some honkin' BG on the Strike King.

For crappie I like a Blakemore Roadrunner with a curly tail grub, or a small deep diving Shad Rap in silver. I'm not much on jigging for crappie.

That little Bitsy Pond Minnow will catch anything:

guest reply :

Another plug for the Bitsy Pond Minnow, and my son and fishin' pardner

Chris at Tech reply :

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...small in-line spinners (Roostertails) and small safety pin spinners (Beetlespins). Thes will also catch occassional crappie.

Ditto!

And also add maribou jigs in chartreuse or yellow.

fishing=life reply :

try a little rebel crawdad they work great and you might even catch a few largemouth too

deerhuneter02 reply :

I just caught 20 perch/bluegill on hotdogs today. I was fishing for about an hour and a half. I also caught two bass (3 lber and 1.5 lber).

zbigbadaaron reply :

live: peice of nightcrawer, or red worm, or mayfly

artafical: paddle bug, or small curly tail grub

southbassfisher reply :

Blue gill- chartuse grub, red worm

Crappie- chartuse grub, minnows

MuchyMan reply :

a fuzz-e-grub fished above weeds and fish nests

beetlespin91 reply :

for bluegills i use bread and critter spins

I have only caught two crappie in my life but i caught one on a beetle spin brown tail and on a rattle trap

the captain reply :

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Bluegills, where I live, eat everything from slugs to senkos.

Ditto but the best thing I have found is a small(1-2.5 in) piece of red or brown senko. Also 4" ribbon tail worms chartruese w/ green flake Strike King works real well in the crick.

Indianafisherman reply :

I can't believe nobody mentioned my two favorites the roadrunner and mini- mite. I like chart. head with a black or white body with mini-mites.

BassHunter69 reply :

i like the beatle spin neon yellow with black stripes

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