Quote Originally Posted by Basshunter82 View Post
What’s a good artificial bait for bluegill/redear? Or are you guys using live bait?
Use ultralight spinning reel, spooled with 2 lb line. So you can cast very small jigs. Little 1/32 oz black hair jig, little white 1/32 oz roadrunner jig, with 1.5’’ slider paddle tal grub, or curly tail, junebug/chart color, cast to the cliff and crank it very slow as it sinks, just fast enough to keep the slack out of your line and so the little blade on the jig will spin, it don’t take much speed, so go slow and watch your line if you see it the line move just a little to either side, just lift your rod a little and many times you will have a fish before you even feel it through the rod, just like catching crappie when they are biting really lite, and if you don’t want to spend 3 or 4 hours catching 30 good eating size, then take you some crickets and you should be able to do it in half the time. Sunshine makes fishing hotter on the fisherman, but the bluegill bite best when the sun is bright, good luck