for YEARS, i have been able to catch some nice bluegills but had only 1 shellcracker for every 20-30 bluegill. biggest change i made was to go with nightcrawlers ONLY. the crackers have been very shallow lately - read less than 10ft and around gravel flats. i fished with a partner and we would drop crawlers on one line and wax/meal worms on the other - result was crawlers are definitely preferred. good luck and harvest only what you plan to eat.