I caught a blue gill yesterday on a t-rigged 9" zoom black sapphire worm. Darn thing engulfed it. I was bass fishing and continued to get bluegill/bream bites on the tail so I switched to my panfish set up and just ended up nailing the bream on a small curly tails. Also ended up catching a couple bass on it. Never seen a bluegill eat a 9" plastic worm though.