Thread: Beginner Bluegill Hunter. Need Favorite rod suggestions.

I'm still have room for another rod or 2 if you guys have opinions.. I would love to hear other gill fishermen's preference on rods and rod length and line.

Originally Posted by LVSpinfisher1

…don’t remember where I got them from.


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of course after 10 or decent size panfish, it looked like this.



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I have one of the Bass Pro Microlite graphite rods at 6'6", fast action, light (not ultra light) and I like it very much. I also have the TCB rod and it is a lot of fun when bringing in the panfish.

Originally Posted by Basscaster

I'm still have room for another rod or 2 if you guys have opinions.. I would love to hear other gill fishermen's preference on rods and rod length and line.

Basscaster, besides a nice JDM rod I’m enjoying fishing with my go to bluegill rod is a trustee Fenwick Eagle bought from Dicks sporting good in 5’6” and currently paired with Abu cardinal x10 and 4lb kastking mono. Hope it gives you an idea.


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PM me your address and I will send you some 1/64 oz jig heads that I pour. Use them with 2# line and a secret lure that I will send you..... then catch lots of fish.

I have 2 okuma celilio 6'6" ul rods I use both with Pfleuger Trion size 20 reels and 2lb trout sos line. Have one set up with #8 Aberdeen hook and very small slip float this is the one I use for live bait. Other rod is setup to throw jigs usually the panfish magnet. Use anywhere from 1/16 to 1/64 oz jighead. Just love fighting gills with ul rods and 2lb line. Makes them all feel like monsters!

I have one quantum really micro lite el cheapo rod that is possibly the most fun to use when I target the panfish .
Not taking panfish terribly serious is my thing and we also have a Zebco mini 22 that came as a combo set up with a 5 foot rod that is just as much fun to use on sunfish.
I don't think I own an actual panfish set up that costs much over 40 dollars or so .
The little 5 foot Shakespeare micro spin combos from wally world work pretty well too at 30 bucks or so .
Of course the sky is the limit and some folks drop serious bucks into sunfish tackle , so it might be your thing to do so and or not so much , depends on how far you want to take it .

I've fished with a Okuma Cellilo 6'-6" rod over the last year. Quite a nice rod for the price.

Also consider the Diawa Presso 6'-6" version. It's my favorite ultralight rod. Unfortunately, they are hard to find right now.