From live offerings that wiggle and squirm to sleepers borrowed from saltwater and your own pantry, here are our picks for the best baits for bluegills along with a bunch of other panfish species.

Top-water lures, plastic worms or jig and pigs are the best lures. Bluegill and redear fishing is good with worms. Catfish are biting all types of catfish bait. Nightcrawlers, liver or stink bait ...

I promised to offer a list of the best lures that an angler can have in his ... on a Mepp’s Musky Killer and have caught limits of bluegills on tiny Mepp’s spinners. I love fishing with ...

Trolling crank baits that run 20 feet deep is an option. Walleye are 25 to 35 feet deep. The best fishing by far is for bluegill. Fishing is excellent using worms under a bobber in shallow water.

On Crooked Lake, bluegill has been the best bite using red worms on the bottom on the north and south ends of the lake. The bass bite has remained good, with live bait being the best bet ...

From live offerings that wiggle and squirm to sleepers borrowed from saltwater and your own pantry, here are our picks for the best baits for bluegills along with a bunch of other panfish species. As ...