Bluegill for Stripers

[FlyLie]

Anyone have experience trolling for stripers using bluegill for bait? Thinking about trying it on the Cumberland River tailwaters.

[agreynolds]

have used them for years here and in tennessee particularly at Cherokee Lake. Good durable bait.

[TroyRalph502]

They work fairly decent. But a 5lb stripper will eat a bluegill as big as your hand no problem.

[usmc_0311_hunter]

i have never trolled using live bait woulsnt they just spin in circles? does it look naturall? i always use a 4 inch artificall shad with a heavy jig head and do pretty good good enough i never tried anything diffrent lol

[Lowerider]

I've used them on the lake with good success - always bottom fishing though. Some swear if you clip the fin a little with scissors you'll do even better.

[stripernut]

dont know about the river, but they will work at times in the lake.

[kygorski]

used them at Lanier, they work but not the prefered bait.

[kygorski]

They should work in the river, there are tons of bluegills in the creeks