Plastics for panfish

I recently started using plastics and found them to be very successful for crappies but not Gills. So i was wondering what brand of plastcs would be good for Gills

Thanks

Little Atom Micro Nuggie! I start with them 95% of the time for either gills or crappies and rarely have to change. If you’re on bigger agressive fish the regular nuggies can work well. If finicky, sometimes I use their Wedgie, often pinching it in about 1/2 and using just a little bit of the thin tail.

If they are super, super finicky to the point of having to basically dead stick, I might go to using live bait, but that happens very, very rarely. The little Atom baits are anise scented and work well for me.

That said, I have given them to others who seem to have less luck with them. I think plastic generall requires a little more constant movement to trigger a strike. Guys that tend to hop a jig and then hold it still seem to struggle more with plastics.

I like the shrimpo tails from CJ&S, also triger X makes some that work well too. The 1.5″ are little long for my prefence so I shorten them

I use a lot of Trigger X Mustache worms, and Wax tails if I am targeting specifically gills. I will normally start with red, black or natural and then go from there depending on the fishes response. I have found gills to get very picky if you are using horizontal jig like a Tubby jig and the body of the plastic is not right up against the head, lots of times they won’t eat it. Normally if I miss a fish and I and I have other fish come look at the jig but not touch it I will pull it up and check it. Crappies will do the same but not as often as the gills tend to.

Check out the company Panfish Plastics. They have a variety of quality plastics that work well for Gills. My favorite is the “Chigger fry” Profile in White, natural green, red, brown, and black. It’s a great bug profile with a small finess tail on the back. Awesome scent too.

http://www.panfishplastics.com/

Micro Spoons & Jigs Domination Spike…..unbelievable on gills

I have been using northland impulse jigs and tail my bait store only have them in 1″ size, is that the size most of you are using

I’ll echo Glenn-d on the domination spike, the detail is almost too much. I’ve also had good luck on the GoJo by J&S custom jigs, and the waterbug by B-Y baits. Most of the time red works best, white for crappies but other colors work too, just depends on their mood.

Crabby Bass Lures has some plastics that must come from the same mold as the Domination Spike.

http://www.crabbybasslures.com/Small-Lures_c_9.html

The CBL Squirts are great in the same way as the Dom Spike, and the Crabby Helgie is pretty great and works great in open water too.

http://darkstar72.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-phone-call-is-all-it-took.html

Red Trigger X mustache worms have worked pretty well for me when not using waxies or Raps.

How are you rigging the mustache worms

The second pic is how I normaly rig it and the first is what I do if the gils are not taking the jig all the way in when they bite. The mustache worm is really versatile and you can rig it a lot of different ways.

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I was introduced to B-Y Baits and the owners last year. Been using their plastics exclusively, ever since. Great baits, guys, prices and product line. I’m not sponsored by B-Y in any way. The only thing I benefit from talking about their product line is: hearing of, seeing and watching others success using the line of B-Y products.

Thanks for all of the help the mustache worm is a very cool bait.