I was fishing for channel cats in one of the ponds and they werent biting at all. I put a smaller hook on and tryed little pieces of hotdog hoping it would work. It turns out in 1 hour I brought in 26 bluegill and a couple bass. Try this next time you're bluegill fishing it works great.

Chicken hotdogs are one of my favorite baits for any kind of freshwater fishing. If you let them sit out for a few days, the "skin" gets hard and they will stay on the hook longer. They are great for catfish!

the bottomline is, bluegill are voracious feeders and will hit almost anything, even if they cant fit it in their mouth...

A a kid I used to throw shiny gold hook into a school of bluegills and watch them hit it. No bait, just hook. They ARE voracious.

have caught some massive bluegill in my local lake on chicken livers...mostly because they are about to go on bed...they wanna fatten up before their spawn. they sure are good fried tho mmmm mmmm

id love to get on some great bluegill fishing with some huge bluegills. its been quite a few years, where my friend took me to this pond that had amazing bluegill. we caught a bucket full in an hour. no clue how much any of them weighed, but they had huge humps on their heads. that pond also had some great bass fishing

Hotdogs for bait only if they get passed me....kidding. I think that any sandwich meat will work since most of them are salted anyhoo.

I like chicken livers wrapped in bacon and baked in the oven yummy.....

Hotdogs for bait only if they get passed me....kidding. I think that any sandwich meat will work since most of them are salted anyhoo.

I like chicken livers wrapped in bacon and baked in the oven yummy.....

Ya won't catch em if ya keep eatin all the bait.

A small hook with 1 or 2 kernals of corn works well also and stays on the hook a little better than hotdogs. If you get an inch long grub and rip the tail off it works just as well and is more durable than natural baits too.

Worm and i like small bits of meat of any kind but they eat everything

the bottomline is, bluegill are voracious feeders and will hit almost anything, even if they cant fit it in their mouth...

No kidding.. I was aiming for a musky today and ended up with this instead: