I love fishing with a passion, Its one of the only things i look forward to ALL WEEK .

Are you really using the tips we gave you...I mean EXACTLY like described? For instance, when you fished your spinnerbait, did you do like I said and throw it to some kind of structure(rocks,tree limbs,stumps,weeds), of did you just toss it out in open water? You have to find the fish, they are just like any animal, they like to hide. Even something as unassuming as a single stick poking out of the water will hold a fish, seems ridiculous but its true. As for the bluegills, you said you could see them, so you KNOW they're there. out of all those tips, surely ONE of them should work. When I was your age, we caught them with a few feet of line tied to a stick. The bottom line is, you don't even need all those tips, whether they work or not. I said from the beginning, "If you can put a worm on a hook, you can catch them". If you can see those bluegills, put a small bug(grasshopper,worm,cricket) on a small no. 8 hook and toss it to them. If they don't eat it, I'm gonna quit fishin'!                    
 

I did, I threw my spinner bait to the tree lines and ran it parallel, And yes i can see the bluegill i was using a bobber and a size 8 hook and my doughballs..

Forget the doughballs, you need a wiggly, squiggly bug or worm.

Must it be alive? Or could i use Berkely Gulp Worms??

And i dont know how to hook a live bug?

Must it be alive? Or could i use Berkely Gulp Worms??

And i dont know how to hook a live bug?

You're over analyzing again, just jab the hook through the thing, no big fancy technique needed. You can try the gulp, but my money is on the live bait.

Just jab the hook trough the worms? Or could i use tiny small minnows?


and i found something interesting im going to buy and try look at it: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Luck-E-St...u=15992012

Yes, just jab the hook through the worm. Yes, a tiny, small minnow will work. And yes, that grub kit looks like a great deal for 5 bucks.

Ok i will try all these i just set out a minnow trap and go 30+ minnows but only 5+ were big so ill try those then ill try the grub kit, and with the worm do i even double loop or just through the body

Just be patient, thats the name of the game here. And mo is right, live bait IS better.  I keep the berkly stuff around 'cause it stays usable and works, but live bait is only live for a limited time and once it dies and goes bad, it's REAL bad!

When the say use a worm they mean use a worm. The only bait that I know that works great on pretty much any species of fish is a worm. I wouldnt worry about using any thing else if your trying to catch a fish. Put a live worm or a half of 1 on ur hook with a splitshot on about a foot and a half up on ur line and cast out. Do what mo throw out near bushes, trees laying in the water anywhere a fish could hide. Below dams or pillers in the water can also work. Fish try to stay out of fast moving currents. It takes a while to start learning how to fish, where they hide, and what to use but right now just use a worm its the easiest and the best bait money could buy.

Don't even use the bobber. My 11 year old granddaughter catches bluegill and green sunfish by the dozens with just half a nightcrawler on a # 6 hook with no weight or bobber and she catches one every few minutes. Follow these instructions and you'll catch sunfish. Use crickets if you can't get nightcrawlers. If you get no bites within 15 minutes, move to another spot.

Can she see the bluegill. Does she jig? What kind of line,Pole and does she cast or just drop it?

I dont think ur getting this. Seems like u want to do lake fishing. My set up is a 7foot spinning rod with a spinning reel. I use 6lb fishing line. Size 8 to 6 hook. Heres what u do put a worm on ur hook. You can use a splitshot or not but if u use 1 does not have to be big. Go to a spot and stand there. Take it a throw it out. Let it sit (without moving it)for like 5 to 10mins. If u dont feel nothing wind it in and in the same spot where ur standing. Cast it out again, try to throw it out a little further. If still nothing take and cast it out maybe a little to the left, then again to the right. Maybe try casting it out like20 timesor more before you move. Fish the spot,thats y it is called fishing. If nothing in that spot walk down the lake and do it all over again. Just keep repeating this and Im sure u will get something even a bass.

Come on, you guys have got to be kidding? Or that poor fellow is fishing in the Great Salt Lake

Posted By solitario lupo on 26 Sep 2011 02:04 PM
I dont think ur getting this. Seems like u want to do lake fishing. My set up is a 7foot spinning rod with a spinning reel. I use 6lb fishing line. Size 8 to 6 hook. Heres what u do put a worm on ur hook. You can use a splitshot or not but if u use 1 does not have to be big. Go to a spot and stand there. Take it a throw it out. Let it sit (without moving it)for like 5 to 10mins. If u dont feel nothing wind it in and in the same spot where ur standing. Cast it out again, try to throw it out a little further. If still nothing take and cast it out maybe a little to the left, then again to the right. Maybe try casting it out like20 timesor more before you move. Fish the spot,thats y it is called fishing. If nothing in that spot walk down the lake and do it all over again. Just keep repeating this and Im sure u will get something even a bass.

I agree with Soli' except for one point.  Instead of waiting 10 min's and realing in, wait a few mins and then real in maybe 5 ft then wait another few mins and real in another 5 ft.  After you get the bait back to shore or close to that real in all the way and cast some to the right or left and repeat the process.  I learned this from fishing with my 6 year old grandaughter one day.  She was catching 'gills, sunnys, white perch and small bass left and right and I was getting nutin'  Then I realized that she was casting much shorter than I was so I was casting past where the fish were.  She outfished me that day probably 4-1.  Lesson learned!!  And I let her brag about that day every chance she gets!