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Bluegilll Matching Colors

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Is that a trick question? :eh: I prefer bluegill colored baits to match bluegills :eyebrows: If you're talking soft plastics Zoom's "green weenie" and Berkley Havocs lime-purple passion imitate juvenile bluegills excellently.

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Senkos, black w/ blue flake or smoke w/ purple flake.

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Mattlures Ultimate Bluegill.

I would have said hardgill, but you wanted plastics. :)

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What the others have said but I dip the tail in chartreuse dye scent. I still remember the first time I wore polarized lenses and how the gill's tail glowed now every time I throw something to imitate a gill it has a chartreuse tail. I'll even replace the rear hook on a crankbait to white feather and dye it chartreuse

I use a 3/8oz tungsten weight pegged, bluegill pattern skirt with a "swimming" trailer on a 4/0 EWG worm hook.

I like the lake fork hyper worm in black/blue, the havoc pit boss in lime/pink, blue rage craws, or grubs.

I can flip/pitch this in grass, hop it on the bottom or swim it depending on what the fish want.

I really love this setup because of its versatility. I can change skirt color and trailer without retying so going from a brown craw to a bluegill to a shad is quick and easy. Also can fish it on the bottom, in grass, or swim it mid-depth.

Can also remove the weight peg to make a standard t-rig, or slide it up the line to make a carolina rig. remove the skirt and fish a worm or a fluke.... Lots of possibilities.

Thats more than you asked but I thought Id mention it because it makes it easier to change the color/action without tying on different baits.

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Any color. Bluegills are pretty colorfull, and I have never had a problem catching bass that feed on bluegills with baits that look nothing like a bluegill.

Here are my bluegill colors jig and trailer. Works everytime.

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NorthStar "New Gill" Swim Jig or Flip & Swim

I also like to throw paddletail swimbaits as a trailer or on a weighted ewg hook.

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