Any good bluegill mimicking baits out there?

LURECOLLECTOR · March 16, 2011, 07:05:33 PM

i can tell you they will catch fish we have the one you have and the longer versions in my link you will be happy with them we use scents also $12.00 gulp cray and Baitmate Fish Attractant Classic Crappie and Panfish Fish Attractant $8.00 good luck this year

FishnJon · March 16, 2011, 07:43:23 PM

They also seem to be targeting small bass. There must have been a hefty one smacking the surface, because whatever it was (Largie, most likely) was chasing a 10 inch bass, which was jumping for it's life. Caught a couple dinks after that on a rapala x-rap, 5 dinks in 2 1/2 hours, not very good.

Band1t · March 16, 2011, 08:29:29 PM

Mattlures U2 Bluegill

hands down....the best bluegill....not cheap, but for $17.99....worth every penny!!

Pharticus · March 16, 2011, 09:01:20 PM

Quote from: Band1t on March 16, 2011, 08:29:29 PM
hands down....the best bluegill....not cheap, but for $17.99....worth every penny!!

Did you remove a treble off the bottom?

Band1t · March 16, 2011, 09:50:03 PM

Quote from: Pharticus on March 16, 2011, 09:01:20 PM
Did you remove a treble off the bottom?

nope...they come without one, but you can add one if you want to swim it....most people use them in the feeding position on beds and don't want a hook on the bottom.

Band1t · March 16, 2011, 10:13:47 PM

this is how they look in the feeding position

scottydoesnt · March 17, 2011, 05:16:38 AM

^^^ That's like $175 worth of swim baits in the tank!!

FishnJon · March 17, 2011, 05:48:24 AM

Quote from: Band1t on March 16, 2011, 10:13:47 PM

this is how they look in the feeding position

Whoa...those look good. So they work fine when swimming? I fish from the shore so beds are a little hard to spot. I wouldn't be surprised if you can catch fish jigging them along the bottom in "feeding position".

Band1t · March 17, 2011, 08:01:00 AM

Quote from: FishnJon on March 17, 2011, 05:48:24 AM
Whoa...those look good. So they work fine when swimming? I fish from the shore so beds are a little hard to spot. I wouldn't be surprised if you can catch fish jigging them along the bottom in "feeding position".

yeap! the boot tails are for swimming and the flat tails are for jigging. and once the floating ones come out...they will be for waking and dead sticking!

LURECOLLECTOR · March 20, 2011, 12:37:43 PM

just found these today they look pretty good click on links to see different fish northlandtackle.com LIVE-FORAGE™ FISH-FRY MINNOW™ JIG

LURECOLLECTOR · March 20, 2011, 12:54:14 PM

better yet after you go into there website click on new items then LIVE-FORAGE™ FISH-FRY MINNOW™ TRAP bluegill with two hooks

Pharticus · March 23, 2011, 10:27:34 PM

FWIW, I went out back to the pond today and fished for a bit. Tried a lot of different lures and presentations. Nada.

Then I tied on my Storm Lures Wildeye Sunfish (see post #25) and caught my first largemouth of the year on my 3rd cast! I can't wait to see what these baits can do when the temps rise.

gillrod2728 · March 24, 2011, 04:24:30 PM

Well crankbait wise I slayed the bass with a KVD Square Bill Crank in blue gill color.

bassindude · March 24, 2011, 06:51:53 PM

Quote from: gillrod2728 on March 24, 2011, 04:24:30 PM
Well crankbait wise I slayed the bass with a KVD Square Bill Crank in blue gill color.

Curious if it had the rattle or not? Jim

gillrod2728 · March 24, 2011, 07:11:04 PM

It was the 1.5 model with rattle. I will be buying some2.5 and 1.5 in both rattle and non in the bluegill color now that I no how well the color worked.

zamguy · March 28, 2011, 04:07:46 PM

Northland makes the LIVE-FORAGE baits, but they also make a real nice spinnerbait in "bluegill". And if you are looking for plastics, ROBO worm makes a good "bluegill" dropshot worm.

Bassh8er · April 01, 2011, 12:41:54 PM

I have good luck with a KVD swim jig in the blue gill color and add a Yum 3.5" Money Minnow in the bluegill color for a trailer. You can swim it, or work it like a jig; very versatile.