07-26-2011, 09:56 PM
Generally not an expert fisherman, but I bet I can give you a tip here. (my turn for once!)
Bluegills are brave and not line shy, but one thing I see is that, when they are pressured a bit, they tend get shy to bite. They see your jig or worm, flash up to it and then dare each other to bite first. MANY times I've watched big bluegills dart up, look at a bait, and then stop and stare, usually with others. The bigger ones wait til another bites or nibbles, then often grab the worm chunk out of their mouth.., etc.. Or they just stare and won't bite, all because they've seen it before.
The answer is a simple change up. If you fish with a bobber and worm, just switch to a clear bubble, fill it full til it sinks slowly, and then retrieve it slowly... they can't tsand that worm creeping along..
If you had been catching them with curlytail jigs, switch to ice jigs like a nuclear ant with wiggly legs. Just stuff like that...
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Bluegills are brave and not line shy, but one thing I see is that, when they are pressured a bit, they tend get shy to bite. They see your jig or worm, flash up to it and then dare each other to bite first. MANY times I've watched big bluegills dart up, look at a bait, and then stop and stare, usually with others. The bigger ones wait til another bites or nibbles, then often grab the worm chunk out of their mouth.., etc.. Or they just stare and won't bite, all because they've seen it before.
The answer is a simple change up. If you fish with a bobber and worm, just switch to a clear bubble, fill it full til it sinks slowly, and then retrieve it slowly... they can't tsand that worm creeping along..
If you had been catching them with curlytail jigs, switch to ice jigs like a nuclear ant with wiggly legs. Just stuff like that...
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