Do you love big bluegill?

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Comment by Michael H. on June 14, 2012 at 6:18am: Haven't had much luck with the paratubes or the spoons. Course I've been stopping at a different spot to fish now. I was fishing a fairly calm reservoir, but i've been trying my luck in a 50 or 60 foot wide section of river. Lots of good cover and I caught one eating sized gill, but only on earthworms.

Comment by Doc Parker on June 12, 2012 at 7:45pm: Yeah, I forgot! The paracord idea was a good'un!

Comment by Leo Nguyen on June 12, 2012 at 5:52pm: Nice usages! Perfect to prevent soft plastics from entering the environment.

Comment by Tony Livingston on June 12, 2012 at 5:17pm: I love the paracord idea. It gives me an idea as well.

Comment by Doc Parker on June 12, 2012 at 2:47pm: Northlan bait co makes a small spoon called a forage minnow with a hologram of a minnow on it. They are very bright and sparkle a lot! I tip them with waxies, or a piece of redworm. They just kill'em! I believe the fish see them and try to steal the worm/waxy from the small fish that seems to struggle to choke it down, because I have caught bluegills under 2" long doing this as well as 1/2 lb punkinseeds! Be warned though, I also caught large and smallmouth bass, pike, big crappies, etc doing this and lose them to bigger fish regularly. I believe( even though I haven't tried it) that small plastics that look like grubs would work as good.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on June 12, 2012 at 2:36pm: Im with Mr Sheehan and Ronnie - wickedly creative.

Comment by Vince Fusco on June 12, 2012 at 2:32pm: I have vertical jigged Kastmasters in the summer when the good gills have gone in search of cooler waters, and done well when tipping them with a wax worm or a red wiggler.

Comment by Ronnie M. on June 12, 2012 at 2:02pm: That's a good idea. Let us know how it works out for you.

Comment by John Sheehan on June 12, 2012 at 11:04am: The hook looks like it doesnt fit well on the ring and would be easy for the fish to throw .Brilliantly practical idea though .Nice going