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What to throw when sight fishing bass around bluegills?

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I like to slow roll a scrounger head thru the bluegills with a beaver style bait rigged vertically so it has the taller profile like the bluegills or I'll throw a prop bait in bluegill pattern as well.

 

Also have caught a few on a drop shot but the bluegills will keep pecking the bait too

 

Wacky green pumpkin worm,bluegill crank or swim jig with a craw trailer.

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On 6/20/2017 at 1:27 AM, Dorado said:

Wacky rigged 4" Green Pumpkin (overcast) or Watermelon (Sunny days) both with either Red Flake or Black Flake for slow times. 

 

On 6/20/2017 at 1:35 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

Wacky rigged green pumpkin stick worm,

On 6/20/2017 at 6:13 AM, ETX92 said:

 

Wacky rigged green pumpkin trick worm

 

 

Nailed it guys, that worked, but wound up not really being sight fishing.  I T-rigged to deal with the vegetation and dead wood nearby, and caught fish on slightly longer casts not flipping close by.  No big ones yet, but success anyway.

 

 

23 hours ago, Yeajray231 said:

I told you to throw something other than a stickworm if it was a public area

:D  Maybe these ponds don't get a lot of pressure. At least, not by anglers intentionally targeting bass.  Surprising, but never seen anyone else there except the odd crappie fishermen, despite being in a very public spot.

Ahh crappie fisherman. Most keep them.. 

 

I have more stickworms than I know what to do with. The three main areas I fish are not so intrigued by stickworms much anymore... Used to be killer.. that's why I have so many.. it's slowed down for me. 

 

I like the senkos. Along with pretty much all of GY's plastics. And there isn't a color I own that hasnt caught a bass.. Itd be cool to be able to try every color Yamamoto makes. Haha. On second thought, I don't even have enough time to be able to fish every color they offer ! 

 

 

This is clearly about artificial immitations, but the bluegill spawn is my favorite time to throw indigenous swimbaits. Those bluegill are easy pickings with a fly and bubble and a live gill freelined out in the danger zone makes for a fun day.

I use jigs with trailers, wacky/t-rigged senkos, trick worms, keitechs, blue gill pattern swimbaits. I will try them all and let the bass tell me what is working for the day.

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