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.

1. In Lakeland, at Saddle Creek, grass shrimp, crickets and red worms were the bait of choice for shellcracker and bluegill. Small domestic shiners were the go-to bait for bass. The catfish bite ...

Swim jigs can even mimic shad, bluegill, perch, goby, and a variety of other baitfish from a foot deep out to 20 feet. But targeting shallow vegetation with these baits is the most effective way ...

Orange Bluegill can be obtained with star quality when fishing from the below locations.