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[Pondboy46]

I love to fish for bluegill and sunfish. I know lots of ways to catch them but I was wondering if someone could post some other great ways to catch them in small ponds. Mostly when I catch them I use worms, small spinners and inch long crank baits.

[grimlin]

Other than Live baits,I use the small plastic grubs(1"),plastic tubes(1.5"),small inline spinner, small strike king crankbait or the small spoons.


Inline spinners are one of my favorites.

[BassinSoldier]

A new one I have discovered recently by trial and error is Gulp Maggots. I have taken the wife and kids out and they have had a blast with these. I will go down to the water after scoutin out an area where I see some gills swimmin around. I will toss out a good pinch of these to chum them up and get them frenzied then bait the wife and kids' hooks and toss them into the fray. The kids grin ear to ear, and I get the enjoyment of that, on top of watchin a beautiful woman jump up and down like a lil girl when she catches them "all by herself". LOVE it!!! I have since taught her to bait her own hooks and take the fish off on her own while I am casting for green fish after I get the gills all riled up for them. SO much fun had by all of us!!!

[Crestliner2008]

Get yourself some 1/12 - 1/8 oz. KastMaster and Swedish Pimple spoons. Load up a light action spinning rod with 6# test Fireline. Put a quality (I prefer Spros) crane swivel on the end. To that, add a 2' fluoro leader and a simple crosslock snap (NOT a snap-swivel). Attach either spoon to the snap and you're good to go. Sometimes they prefer one over the other.

Replace the treble hooks with a #6 single. Pick a hook with a good sized eye though, so it doesn't bind on the split ring of the spoon. Cast it out - count it down - retrieve at a speed just fast enough to create the spoons action. Occaisionally stop the retrieve and let it flutter back down.

You will catch a LOT of 'gill and yellows doing it this way.

[grimlin]

A new one I have discovered recently by trial and error is Gulp Maggots. I have taken the wife and kids out and they have had a blast with these. I will go down to the water after scoutin out an area where I see some gills swimmin around. I will toss out a good pinch of these to chum them up and get them frenzied then bait the wife and kids' hooks and toss them into the fray. The kids grin ear to ear, and I get the enjoyment of that, on top of watchin a beautiful woman jump up and down like a lil girl when she catches them "all by herself". LOVE it!!! I have since taught her to bait her own hooks and take the fish off on her own while I am casting for green fish after I get the gills all riled up for them. SO much fun had by all of us!!!

Something about catching Bluegills can really bring the kid out in you. I still remember the age i caught my first bluegill.

Heck I still fish for bluegills to this day yet. Just pure good old fun.

[Red Earth]

I love to fish for bluegill and sunfish. I know lots of ways to catch them but I was wondering if someone could post some other great ways to catch them in small ponds.

would help us tell you other ways if we knew the ways you were doing it...

Get yourself some 1/12 - 1/8 oz. KastMaster and Swedish Pimple spoons. Load up a light action spinning rod with 6# test Fireline. Put a quality (I prefer Spros) crane swivel on the end. To that, add a 2' fluoro leader and a simple crosslock snap (NOT a snap-swivel). Attach either spoon to the snap and you're good to go. Sometimes they prefer one over the other.

Replace the treble hooks with a #6 single. Pick a hook with a good sized eye though, so it doesn't bind on the split ring of the spoon. Cast it out - count it down - retrieve at a speed just fast enough to create the spoons action. Occaisionally stop the retrieve and let it flutter back down.

You will catch a LOT of 'gill and yellows doing it this way.

sounds like too much work and trouble just to catch a few bluegills. its not rocket science.

a small abeerdeen hook with a split shot up the line and any kind of worm will catch bluegills all day long. if you want artificial, just toss out a Rebel Tad Fry...

[roadwarrior]

I suggest ultra-light gear, split shot rig and crickets. When you run out of crickets,
use "parts", which will work just as well as whole bugs.

[SirSnookalot]

Inline spinners are one of my favorites.

Bluegill magnets.............They are excellent for our mayan cyclids and peacock bass in South Florida too, I've been killing the LMB on them.

[Red Earth]

I suggest ultra-light gear, split shot rig and crickets. When you run out of crickets,
use "parts", which will work just as well as whole bugs.

this works great as well, with crickets i like to use a small float

[38 Super Fan]

I like to use a small dry fly, like a Betts, you can cast them on spinning gear with a weighted float quite well.

[flukemaster]

When I'm out in deep water looking for them I use a few different things. First is a small crankbait that dives at least 6ft. I'm not looking to catch them I just want to know if they are there. Then I'll follow up with a 1/32oz jighead with half a night crawler threaded on and put that under a cork at the depth the crankbait was hit.

The other think I use is a 1/16oz yellow jighead with a slider grub threaded on. I put that on an UL setup and slow roll it back to the boat. The big bluegill love this.

Then there's the 1/16 oz RoadRunner. By far my favorite when they are shallow.

[Crestliner2008]

Awesome video! Love those big gills!

[Pondboy46]

I suggest ultra-light gear, split shot rig and crickets. When you run out of crickets,
use "parts", which will work just as well as whole bugs.

I found out using a small peice of hot dog works great. Gets a fish within 5 seconds of hitting the water. I found this when I was fishing for catfish with hotdog and they weren't biting.