I was fishing today and noticed lots of schools of bait moving in and out of the flasher, and big lines below them. It took me a few minutes but I finally caught one, small 12″ bass. Being the smart fella I was, I thought they were bass chasing minnows or tiny shad. I switched to a 1″ gulp minnow and caught 5 or 6 more of the bass and one 8″ gill. I had a ton of fish come up off bottom real quick and then sit on the minnow and eventually go back down. I couldn’t figure out what they were. Eventually I caught one of them, A PERCH! Okay, now its coming together. Perch and bass chasing small schools of shiners! Well I ended up with 3 of the little perch at the end of the day, lots of lookers but few takers.
Upon cleaning the perch I discovered them to be PACKED full of 1″ bluegills. No minnows, no shiners, no shad, just bluegills. Those must have been schools of yearling bluegills I was seeing getting chased around. Now what would a guy use to mimic a small bluegill? They didn’t take a liking to the gulp minnow very well. Tried jigging spoons of various colors and styles but they wouldn’t touch them. 
