These are our favorite lures, flies, and live bait options for catching giant bluegills and other panfish species.

Dressed either with a maggot, a waxworm or an artificial imitator such as a piece of Berkley Gulp! bait or tiny plastic tails, smaller jigs help provide the profile these panfish are already keyed in ...

These versatile lures will be referred to in this article as “panfish jigs,” but the truth is they can be used to catch just about any species that swims. I once took a small tackle box of ...