My favorite all time bait is the Little George lure. I have used em a long time. I have a lot of go to baits both in spinning baits and soft plastics but the Little George is my favorite.

As far as live bait, I am partial to hand dug garden worms, crickets and grasshoppers. I've caught crawfish in ditches and bayous before too, but now I've got a couple crawfish traps if I want to catch some, but most of the ones I've caught are to big to be bait considered for anything but trophy sunfish like big redears, warmouths and greenies.

Like was said above, worms will catch most any sunfish and just about anything else. Bluegills are more likely to hit crickets, grasshoppers and most other small insects. The more indigenous to the area around the water the better.

I love most ultralight fishing scenarios. I am buying smaller and smaller lures. In the 1990's I was introduced to Slider fishing for largemouth bass and I had a blast. Generally, my light tackle forays were for crappie or some large Texoma bluegill that sunned around the docks around Walnut Creek.

Lately, I have caught most of my bluegills on 1" curly tail grubs loaded onto a 1/32 or 1/16 ounce jighead that I connected to a small safety pin spinner , like those produced by Arkie and sold at Walmart for less than a dollar.

I plan to purchase a telescopic bream pole in the near future - in order to dunk a few crickets or worms as I continue my search for fish to catch, photograph and release.

Tenkara flyfishing is another route I plan to take as well. I've flyfished since 1982 - but the new Tenkara rods, sort of like high end canepoles - no reel involved, have really started to appeal to me. It's sort of like flyfishing, less tackle or expense (most outfits for around $125 or less, includes rod, line, leader, etc.). And it is said most anyone can be casting in less than 10 minutes - unlike the cost associated with regular flyfishing tackle and the learning curve of learning to properly make an effective cast with the outfit.

Finally, I carry a jar of those Berkley crappie nibbles in my small soft side tackle bag which proven their value as a means to tempt Mr. or Ms. Bluegill.