The Best Bluegill Bait that’s not Worms! You’ll be Shocked!
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- The Best Bluegill Bait that’s not Worms! You’ll be Shocked!
I went down to the creek to do a little fishing. This time I went fishing for Panfish. I used a bait that I love when I dont have to run to the store.
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Not many things in life beat the thrill of watching a bobber disappear. I felt that way at 5 and now 65.
I agree with that!
As a kid, I I can remember seeing a bobber disappear in my mind as I closed my eyes to go to sleep.
Does anyone eat bluegill. Yummy. Salt cornmeal and a hot pan of peanut oil
Yes! They are delicious! My favorite way is descaled filet in half put some butter inside and mayo on outside wrap in foil and throw on the grill.
A little bit of pepper too.
.... Bluegill and panfish of the like are one of the largest consumed fish in this country, caught naturally😮
If you want bigger panfish, you have to take those fish home and eat them. Overpopulation is a main reason why they stay small.
You got that right Jay! There’s some huge gar in this hole I’m sure they are chowing down and every once in a while we take some home! Thanks bud!
That's bologna! It takes 7 years to grow a trophy sunny. I fish waters that are not open to the public and get pounders. It is fishing pressure that makes small fish. They keep the big and put the small back to reproduce.
Ah, yes, alligator gar!
We ate bluegill as a kids growing up lot so delicious.
jayfroman,
You've got that right !
Eat ALL the little ones and soon all you'll have are big slabs. There's only a certain amount of food, feed 1,000 minnows or 10 hogs. Simple math / nature... ☆
As a teen, a friend and I spent a few years culling a stunted pond full of small bluegill. We would catch hundreds of small ones a day and pitch them in the woods for the raccons. Although earth worms were a bait of choice we were literally at times catching them off bare hooks About five years later we were landing much larger ones, including some hybrids. We also noticed an increase in the bass population. Somehow as kids and from reading countless fishing magazines we had an intuition what needed to be done to turn that pond around. It took a few years but absolutely worked.
That’s awesome! You figured it out!
15k views in 6 days with only 15k subscribers. I have a feeling your channel is about to blow up.
Ha isn’t that crazy! Shows you just never know when you tube is gonna say we really like you we want you to blow up. I haven’t changed a thing I’m doing, just having fun fishing. Thanks bud I really appreciate that
You must be related
@@nsbstrong3624 ha my brother from
Another mother
Don't know what camera you're using but it is great. First video I've watched that I can actually see the cork. Just like being there!
@@raymster8450 thank ya bud I appreciate that feedback. That drives me crazy just hearing commentary and not being able to see what’s going on.
Love catching bluegill from a little pond near my house. Recently began using Spam as bait. Cut into small cubes and heat in the microwave for a minute to get rid of excess moisture so it stays on the hook. Also caught a couple of good sized catfish using this bait.
Yes! Spam is an underrated bait for panfishing. I have always gotten hot
Dogs which is about the same and those panfish can’t resist it. I like how you heated that spam up to not make it crumble or come off the hook easy.
How small do you cut up the hot dogs
@@bryantc1701 the smaller the better. I like to compare them to the size of a kernel of corn.
@@TBassFactory can you fish with them straight out the pack or do you microwave them too
@@bobbyanderson8647 you can right out of the package
That is the fishiest looking creek Ive ever seen. I often scale, gut and fry those little bity bream. You can eat them bones and all. They crispy little fish chips.👍
Yes! That creek is loaded with fish James! I like to put mayo on the outside and butter inside of those gills. Wrap in foil and throw on the grill.
My favorite bluegill bait when I was a kid was raw bacon & the Bluegill loved it. Going camping I could usually talk my Mom out of a couple of strips of raw bacon.
Yes I’m gonna have to go fishing with some bacon now. Ha thanks bud!
I used hot dogs, they loved it.
I didn't have a very good experience with those fake worms. No bites, switched to salmon eggs and killed them
Oh dang, that’s awesome you figured em out
Best bait that’s not worms…CLICK BAIT
Did you click to see the bait?
@@TBassFactory7:54
The gulp worms work great. I've been using them for over a year and I catch a lot of bluegill. I normally use a #12 hook (I fly fish) with a tiny split shot on 4lb line. Rarely a cork. Bigger the worm can lead to a bigger fish. Biggest fish I caught was about a 2lb bass lol...huge for that #12 hook.
Dang Caesar you have that setup down it sounds like. I like it!
Try the gulp alive crickets they don’t disappoint
@mattjarrett4150 The gulp crickets work too. Thanks!
I’ve only used the Gulp minnows. Those things are killer bass bait. I’ll have to give worms these a try.
Gills will wrap u around anything trying to get free! Lol soooo much fun to tussle with !! Pound for pound best fighting fish
Yeah they are. They will surprise you how hard the pull.
Ever caught a warmouth?... bluegill/largemouth bass cross?... those babies really put up a fight!... they don't get real big except when fighting..used to catch them in south carolina as a kid, mostly in ponds
Dude. Slim Jim pieces. Save your money. Or canned whole kernel corn. 10x cheaper.
Yes I agree!
I used canned corn as bait when I was a kid. Worked great for blue gill!
Yes! David it’s crazy how well that corn works on those bluegill!
Illegal in some places though...
Great video!!! I subscribed!!!👍👍
Why would corn be illegal?@@70supertube
If you think those little fish are big ? You need to go fishing in missouri !
Yes! There are some biggins up there. I’m
From Arkansas and both states have amazing gills.
Great looking spot! I love that technique, use the GULP Maggots all the time on a 1/80 oz. jig head & a TINY weighted Bobber. Gonna have to try those worms. New Sub from Indiana!
Oh yeah! You know what your doing with that setup. Thanks bud I appreciate it!
When I was young we would catch them off of cigarette butts fished top water like a popper
That’s awesome
What you need is live cricket's, best bream bait ever!😊 You need to come to Florida, the bream here you can't get your hand around them! We call them titty bream, you have to hold them against your chest to take the hook out because you can't get your hand around them?😊
Yes they love those crickets especially in the summer time. Those Florida gills sound like copper nose being that big those are originally from Georgia and sounds like you have some of those monsters. Your lucky you got those sounds like fun!
@@TBassFactory If you ever get this way, try the lower end of the Suwannee River, you will need a boat with trolling motor, and pitch fish with crickets bact toward the banks! We have huge copper head blue gills, and huge Red Bellies, that you can't reach around them with your hand to take them off the hook, you have to hold them next to your chest! And good eating, my goodness! We have Shell Crackers and Crappies that big too! I enjoyed your video!
@@boogiemorgan I definitely will do that. I appreciate that bud!
@@TBassFactory Another good place that have big Bass, Copp head blue gills, and huge Shell crackers, and smaller Red bellies, is the Rainbow River, I have caught my limit in less than an hour there, and it is fresh clear spring water there. People inner tube down that river, but it don't bother the fishing! I have lost Shell Crackers so big they would straighten a good bream hook. If you go there, fish the deeper holes, set off to the side and pitch over in the deeper holes, darker green water! Use crickets and hold on!
Something I learned to use for brim and sunfish several years ago is using a tiny piece of one of my old bass worms and put it on a small hook. I forgot my red worms and needed to catch some brim for catfish bait. And now I rarely ever buy live worms to catch brim as long as the sun's out cause that worked so well. No sinker tiny little hook and little piece of any color rubber worm, it works like a charm
Yes I like how you made it work and caught em!
No no by
Fly fishing for bluegill is more fun than a human being should be allowed to have.
Ha yes! I love it too!
Always a good idea to wet your hands before handling them.
I’ll try to more often. thanks bud!
I had a jar that was many years old and they disintegrated when i finally used them , got to get a new jar.
Yep they go bad or shrivel up after awhile
Has your kayak ever flipped over while fishing?
I have honestly never flipped my kayak and I don’t ever sit down. Lucky I guess
what size hook are you using
I usually use small tiny trout hooks, or 1/32 oz jigheads
@@TBassFactory Thanks!
I catch grasshoppers with my grandsons. We use barbless hooks. They reel in the blue gills and red ears like crazy out of our creek.
That’s awesome. You sound like a great grandpa! Making those memories!
*Live nightcrawlers cut in half work better* but yeah
Yes they do! I agree
My son used to fish an old farm pond. Bluegill all day long with canned corn.👍👍
Yes! I’m gonna have to try out the ol can of corn again! It’s been a bit!
Open can put in small handfuls in baggys,freeze extra bags.
Fish can't digest corn ,they die a painful death cause they can't pass them,Don't use corn.
Try bacon rind, the white part. How do you people not know about that? Beats ANY thing for bluegill or other panfish. ANYTHING. You won't use anything else after you try it.
I need to try that, thanks bud
@@TBassFactory I`ve been using it since the early 1960`s. Nothing beats it. If there's other people by you they'll be begging for a piece. A strip cut so it has "legs" and a head like a frog works for bass too.
When I was growing up my family grew crickets commercially and sold them over a large area. Our cricket buckets weren't the ones you buy at the bait shops, they were 5 gallon buckets with screen wire stapled over large holes cut in the sides. When we went fishing the way we found the big ones was to literally toss a handful of bugs on the water. If the big ones didn't start popping them pretty quickly we moved on to a different spot. I always had a rig ready with a hook and no weight. When we tossed the crickets in I'd toss my line in the bunch. Never failed to get me hooked up, that topwater action was a blast.
Crickets are so much fun that’s awesome
Did he show where on the set up he put the bobber and split shot?
Usually I set the bobber at about 2 feet from the hook but sometimes you gotta figure out if they want it at a different t depth. The split shot I usually put a foot from the hook so you can go to a foot deep with bobber.
I think flies would give you a run for your money.
It’s possible but nothing beats fishing for panfish with a bobber and live worms
Use a barbless hook. Won't catch less fish.
Yes! Your right
Filet brean drop in shrimp boil they are good
Oh yeah, you’re getting me hungry!
Used to 'borrow' a can of corn from Mom's pantry and fill a stringer full in a few hours. We had a fish fry every Friday in the summer, all from fish, we caught as kids. Think Dad appreciated the help.
Now that’s awesome
Those are just tiny ones where I come from
Yep some big ol gills out there in places
Wasp and yellow jacket larvae are good if youre good enough to rob thier nest
Yeah I thought that same thought right after I got hit by a black wasp the other day and killed the hive
@TBassFactory If it's a fairly small sized nest you can kill the live ones with a tennis racquet when the rest fly off then rob the nest
Title: The Best Bluegill Bait that's not worms!
Reality: Surprise it's just fake worms 🤣 great video brother! I love those things for bluegills. Try the maggots too from Gulp! they also work very well.
Try using the skin of bream
I gotta try that
I'm enjoying all your awesome tips and tricks you share with us. I mean for me I can use all the help I can get lol. Keep up the awesome job and appreciate all you have been doing for us all. Till the next's one GodBless and Tight Lines
Ha I need some help sometimes BJ it’s not always catching. Thanks bud!
I did this and bluegill don't like it
Oh wow well they definitely some worms
You look like a retired MMA fighter.
Ha, yeah I get that a lot. One guy told me Forrest griffin one time.
I Never caught anything with them.
They definitely work for me when I’ve used them.
Best bait i ever used for any kind of panfish is cockroaches
I gotta try that
Man I never heard of that.......
Anything works for them
Yes a lot of good baits out there
Take a pinch of bread from your sandwich and make it into a small ball shape. You will catch so many that you'll end up not having a sandwich for lunch.
Ha yes yes and yes. That’s one way to catch them
D news. Agreed
Every single freshwater fish i ever seen will eat a small piece of bread.
Your hook is not rite I never miss panfish
Yep. Thanks Robert
They enjoy McDonald's French fries too
Yes they do and having the crispy outside they will stay on the hook longer.
Fake worms are still worms.
Yep
I need to try these in the creek. I had no luck with these in a pond that I catch tons of huge bluegills with real worms.
you should do a catch and cook with those bluegills
Yes I should, that would be a tasty and fun video. Thanks bud!
@@TBassFactory Maybe just add your own little twist! (only because there's SO many C&C vids already)
Cheers! I subbed :)
Beer batter and panfish deep fried will really surprise you how good it is! We’d catch them, clean them and fillet the meat off the sides and de-skin and put them in milk cartons, cover with water and freeze. You can keep adding fish fillets until full. When you have several cartons of fish meat…thaw them and fry them! Wonderful tasting white fish meat!
I use fish like that for bait
Yep they would be some good bait
Man, you're deadly accurate casting
Thank ya I appreciate that!
Thank ya I appreciate that!
Seriously need to check those out.. I'm tired of buying worms every weekend just to have the ones I don't use die because I don't have the means to keep then alive...
Yeah they work awesome bud. You should get ya some
@@TBassFactory I actually grabbed a jar today! Hope to try them out this weekend...
A rubber spider works the best. The little gills bite at the rubber legs and swim off with it not getting hooked, then the big gills take the spider away and get hooked because they get the whole body and the hook.
That’s awesome Daniel you have that spider figured out for those big gills.
Trying #10 blk & red spider bait over $8 in worms daily.
Crappie love bacon
I’ve heard that before but I’ve never tried using it
I like to use tiny fly hooks with a tiny small bobber. No worms needed.
Yep that will get the job done!
Just the plain hook? I'm kinda lost on that one.
Pretty? Eat them.
Pretty on a plate too
What oz weight?
I use either the biggest split shot above a weightless hook or a 1/32 oz jighead
Can go wrong with a can of sweet corn and a good spot either haha
Yes! I actually am planning
On going fishing with some corn soon.
we got a saying in minnesota " use small bait catch small fry, the bigger the bait and hook, the bigger the catch....it's like rides at valley fair ' you must be this big to be on this ride'.." throw in a northern pike or muskenlunge and it will solve your small fry problem. also why are you wasting those big rods on pan fish for? the little snoopy poles and bait casters for $15-$20 is all you need for pan fish. heck i use my ice fishing stuff to catch them as cut baits. anything i don't use gets buried in the garden as fertlizer.
Yep a lot of times simple is the best for going fishing! Thanks bud!
Red worms or wigglers
Yes both work so good!
I always used a popping bug and a bream killer, attached to a fly rod with great results.
Yes those poppers are fun catching those bluegills.
Just saying..i can dig worms cheaper than I CAN BUY "GULP" BAITS..GULP MINNOWS "FOR AN EXAMPLE" CLIMBED IN PRICE TO $8 FOR THE ARTIFICIAL MINNOWS..
Yep your exactly right James I’ve probably been on 15 fishing trips with the same thing of gulp worms and worms are free if you dig em up. Especially if you have a good spot for those ground worms.
Dude I walked into a liquor store in Michigan (from Indiana) and this guy had the biggest bluegill I've ever seen taxi'd. Like 4x that first fish. 5 of them. I don't know if they make fake mounts, if they do, I apologize lol.
That is an absolute monster and sounds like on the edge of unbelievable. I bet they lookEd like monsters at that size.
where in Michigan?
Been baiting trot lines for years with hot dog chunks and they produce almost as good as crawfish tails or shrimp We joke around here that we knew a trick to turn a 99 cent pack of hot dogs into a catfish dinner That price aught to tell you how long we been doing it
Buy the cheapest dogs ya can find cut em into chunks about as long as the dogs are thick Just before you head out the door stick em it the microwave just long enough to get the juices flowing an stick em on your hook in the outside and out the other outside skin of the dog then tip the point back in a little so the fish don’t feel it till it’s too late Trot lines limb lines cane pole yo-yo or fishin rod it don’t matter they’ll all work Good luck an Tight lines
You that right bud! I can tell you’ve been doing it quite awhile. I miss those days of trot lines on the river and seining backwater for crawdads and bream to put out and check throughout the night. Those Trot lines are so much fun!
That’s not big
Yep! Thanks bud!
Your thumbnail said it's not a worm. Sure looked like one from down here in Kentucky...😂
Ha not a real one at least! That fishing up there in Kentucky should be on fire right now!
@@TBassFactory it sure looked real to me 😂 I'm going to Briar Creek Nolin Lake and the Spillway all weekend.
@@jefflay5818 oh man! I hope you tore em up!
@@TBassFactory Wal-Mart was out when I went to the lake this past weekend. Though I got the gulp minnows and the gulp catfish blood bait and only got one bite off the minnow and none off the blood bait. I used chicken liver and caught several.
Try crickets
Yeah I need to haven’t done it in awhile! Thanks bud!
Wax worms work good
Yes!
Crickets
Yes!
I pop them on my fly rod….. type 3 sinking line and a deer-haired dragonfly nymph. No bait needed here.
That’s awesome I bet they fun to catch on that setup!
Hmmm, I tried those things and did not have any luck with em. Perhaps, I will give them another try and hold my mouth in a different position next time......lol
Ha yes Wayne. I haven’t had somebody say that in a long time. Got get em bud!
I see catfish bait. Good video. I learned about Gulp worms. 🪱 Will crappie hit Gulp worms ? 🪱
Oh yeah crappie and catfish will hit them too. Thanks bud!
I know the best bait to use lol I grew up in a small town and they hit it as fast as it hits the water and it's free ill make a video I get back out there don't cost anything but time
Oh yeah! Sounds great Carl!
Wasp larvae works really really good we've been using that since the sixties
I forgot about those wasp larvae this is the time of the year to find a bunch of those.
Yeah wasp larvae are only available in the Outhouse this up at the Lakes to keep you from going to the bathroom lol
What state?
Texas! Just outside of San antonio
Those really aren't that big son
.........
Yep! Thanks bud!
Take Redworms and put them in a large box of worm dirt and put flour and bread over top, then add some rotted hotdogs chopped up, when they get stinking they will attract bluegill, catfish, bass. smells like old garbage.
I bet that does get stinky and if it’s hot I bet that happens real fast. That will attract everything.
great
Thank ya bud!
That Buddy looks much better in Butter....and Cornbread....!!!!!
Ha I like the way you thinking Michael!
Have you ever took a wasp nest with the larvae and used that, bluegill love those, little tricky getting to the wasp nest, might get a sting but that's the risk.
I haven’t but I’ve heard of stories of using those and tearing em up. I’ll have to try that someday
A bare hook often works...
Yeah I’ve caught them on a bare hook
I once caught many bluegill & redbreast with pieces of a white plastic trash bag that held my braunschwieger/catfish bait from the nights catfishing...it only smelled like braunschweiger but I couldn't keep the panfish off the hook!
That is so cool you definitely tricked em!
I’ve been catching giant bluegill using gulp minnows on a drop shot. Biggest one was .80lbs
Dang that’s a good one Paul!
When I was a kid my favorite bluegill bait was the inside of a 3 Musketeers bar. Best bait ever. I could take a bite and then put some on the hook. My uncle would take few feet of twine and tie a knit on one end. Bluegills would hit the knot and he would jerk and they would flip up on the bank.
That is so cool Big Al. I have never heard of that with a 3 musketeers. Sounds like a good reason to be stocked up when ya go fishing.
The twine trick would be a sight to see for sure!! Sounds like fun fishing trips
Chartreuse poppers work great, too!
Jeff, "Deerhearse" channel
Yes they do!
Wax worms are a favorite.
Wax worms works so good Dale!
Your pretty good at fishing. The bluegill are great to use to catch flathead catfish.
Thank ya Crain! Yes those are some perfect gills for catching some flatheads.
@@TBassFactory Your welcome, could you try to make a video with them fishing for flat head catfish.
@@crainoxlong2338 I sure can I’ll try and get that bait together and go catch some
There is probably so many in there that they are stunted. Go put a trap in there and use them to catch catfish or give them to someone that does fish for catfish. Then, when there are fewer in there, they might get bigger.
I think bluegill are beautiful.. like many I've caught them in many different locations.. sometimes when the sun hits them just right you can get a kaliescope of colors you couldn't see in a painting..
Yes Phil that’s one of my favorite parts of catching them is seeing what colors I might get!
The Gulp wax worms work great. Especially in the winter up here in Minnesota
Yes! They sure do!
Bluegill were ontroduced into a few ponds in South Africa as a feedfish for the also introduced smallmouth bass. The best bait we use for them are flying ants....
Oh wow Mike! That is awesome you have bluegill over there in South Africa. I bet those flying ants really catch them.
@@TBassFactory we do have bluegill in sheltered dams with no inlets or outlets because they dont survive in the natural water courses. The indigenous fish wipe them out before they can reach a survival size. On the other hand, we do have a problem with other introduced species wiping out the native fish. Carp, largemouth bass and trout, once caught are not to be releasesed. The SA record for a bass is just under 16 pounds. (7.19kg)
@@mikespencer4922 wow that is a big record
Beautiful honey hole. Picturesque. And thank you for the bait tip. I was going to try plastic red worms with worm juice scent, but this looks better.
You’re welcome bud!
Big ?
Ha yep!
As you will formulate from the comments below, a hungry bluegill will hit just about anything it can get in its mouth.
Yep you got that right Bob! From a bare hook to whatever you can think up. Thanks bud
Used green peas from Mom's tuna casserole when we were picnicing one time and slaughtered BG.
Big Fun!
I can totally picture that working!
Try leaches they stay on the hook better and catch about everything
I need to try that one of these days but down here in Texas I don’t know the first place to find leeches to fish with but I bet they would work
I used horsefly when i had the shrimp will work
I had luck with grasshoppers small ones
Yes! You using good stuff John!
crikeet
Yes crickets are some the best in the summer for those gills.
Yellow belly bluegill is the Best catfish bite
Bluegill...always fun to catch those feisty little fighters!
-Jeff, "Deerhearse" channel
They hit so hard and pull hard for the size