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Old 07-02-09, 11:30 PM   #1
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Im fishing Very clear water the fish are eating bluegills so would i be better off with a soft plastic swim bait like the berkley hollow belly swimbait and money minnow;or should i use a hard swimbait. fish
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Old 07-02-09, 11:44 PM   #2
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ifn it were me now.....i'd have both tied on and see which they liked the best.
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well ifn it were me now id get a mattslures bluegill or something that resembles a bluegill if thats what theyre eating... just an idea
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Ya, if you got the money, than get a mattlures blue gill! But other wise try both!
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Either type could work. The best thing is to try both kinds and see what the fish want. Its generally easier to hook up with a soft bait then a hard one. If they're eating blue gills you have a chance at a nice fish. Good luck
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Old 07-03-09, 10:54 AM   #6
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well ifn it were me now id get a mattslures bluegill or something that resembles a bluegill if thats what theyre eating... just an idea
+1 man the mattslures bluegills are awesome .


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Old 07-03-09, 05:58 PM   #7
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As the proud owner of several of the mattslure blue gills I will say that they are killer. I But as bonsai stated, the hook up is not as good as a soft bodied. I think this is mostly due to the size of the bait.
Robo makes a baby blue gill shad that has been pretty darn good to me lately. I have also had several fish on a booyah blue gill colored spinner bait.

There is very rarely a trip to the water where I don't toss the swimbaits, but some of the alternatives will generate more fish.
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Old 07-03-09, 06:20 PM   #8
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The Matt Gill is an awesome bait for pissing fish off then they eat a smaller or different bait but got with the berkley Hollow Belly thats the only hollow belly I use,if you want to spend the money buy a 4in tru-tungsten bluegill its a sick bait I have 6 of them
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