best bait for bluegill

[Team_RamRod]

I have a local pond by my house that is LOADED with bluegill. I usually fish with the regular old night crawlers, but was looking for somthing a bit more potant. What do you reccomend? Somebody said that waxworms were good, but i dont know.

Thanks

[matt s.]

panfish worms,grubs,corn,small crikets is what i use...all deadly bait for bluegills.

also seen people use bread or cheese...but doesn't stay on the hook well...

[deathb4disco]

Any small grub is excellent. Wax worms and mealworms are very good, but maggots are my top bait. You can order all three at Grubco (see link above.)

[Barnacle Bill]

I like to use an ultra light with a beetle spin. You can always add your other bait to the beetle if needed. A small piece of shrimp works good sometimes too.

[deathb4disco]

In a series of very unscientific tests, I pit the beetle spin against my much beloved maggots. These tests occurred over a period of about a month and a half in very similar conditions. Although I caught fish on the beetle spin, the maggots out-produced them by as much as 10 or 12 to 1.

The beetle spin (and similar-sized artificials) will tend to attract only the bigger gills, but maggots will attract all sizes. The biggest I got on maggots (about 10") were actually slightly bigger than the ones I got on the beetle spin.

[turkeyfootnc]

Get a tube of crickets and you will fill your bucket in no time.

[sticko]

open a wasp nest use the grubs out of it works good . as does can corn
crickets are tops also.

[caseydrew]

By far the best bait I've ever used is the brim reaper.

See the following link: www.blueribbonlures.com

[mrwillis]

Two things...
I love to fish big bluegill....two different ways....
I have really nailed them in nearby water on crickets. Things heat up fast on the water, but don't let them get away from you on the boat. They can be a nusiance to sit and listen to the "lost" ones.
Second, I absolutely SLAY THEM on a flyrod and a small popper. They are a ton of fun to catch on a flyrod, and it is very, very effective.

[birddog]

The very best bait I have ever used to catch gills are Catalpa worms. The only problem with them is they are only on the Catalpa trees for a very short time and only once per year. Break them suckers in half and hook them with the juice end at the point of the hook and hold on. 2nd would be crickets.