Best Ultralight Lures For Panfish?

[averagebass123]

What are the best ultralight lures you have ever used? When i say ultralight, i mean small enough for bluegill to bite, not just crappie.

 

Please suggest hard-baits too! I really want to get a micro sized topwater

[Bankbeater]

a small white rooster tail.

[Dyerbassman]

Crickets

[keith71]

1/32 jig head teamed up with 1 to 2 inch curled tail grub. Strike king bitsy pond minnow.Rebel teeny wee craw.Rebel cricket hopper is my favorite for topwater strikes, dont reel it in I barely twitch it on the surface and bluegills hammer it.Get the cricket hopper in yellow so you can see it from afar,its especially good if theres a mayfly hatch. I throw all of these baits on 4lb trilene xl.

[MCS]

Love me some beetle spins, with and without the spin it will catch a fish. For my 3 yr old I rig it under a float and he just casts and reels all day long. Also second the rooster tail they work, curly tail grubs. Small minnows like a little rapala countdown or Bass Pro makes a tiny minnow, strike king bitsy minnows are good too but I found they bend at the tie easier than rapala or bps do.

[ec1]

As far as micro top waters go, I once had a tiny siglett by megabass, that thin was like a mini jitterbug and caught tons of sunfish, rock bass, and smallies. Super hard to find now though.

In the dead of summer, the smallest sized chug bug wasn't bad either. I never seem to get crappies on topwater though.

Another alternative is the rapala original floating in its smallest size. You'll need 4lb test or lighter to throw that though

[gallowaypt]

X2 on the rebel cricket hopper

[Avalonjohn44]

My son and I use Lunker City Hellgies, 3 inchers. They devour them on a jighead.

[Pepul]

Matzuo nano crank

[bartdude186]

My favorites are the cricket hopper, smallest floating rapala, a rooster tail, and my favorite is the beetle spin. i also have a tiny hula popper, i didnt even know they made them that small so when i seen it i had to buy it.

[Blues19]

2" chartreuse curly tail grub on a 1/16 oz jig head

[Marty]

I'm sure there are many small lures that panfish will hit. I used to do well with bluegills on a small Kastmaster and Rapala Mini Fat Rap.

[wnybassman]

I have used Maki Plastics for years.  He has turned micro plastics into an art form.   In reality, any little plastic will catch fish though.  I usually dropshot them.

[The Young Gun]

a small white rooster tail.

X2

[ncbassfisher1496]

Beetle spins and small spinners

And for hardbaits I use the Strike King Bitsy Minnow with some luck

[Darren.]

Lunkercity Fin-S 1/16oz crappie jig head, and 1.5" Panfish Assassin minnows in various colors, dipped in JJ's Magic.

[powerduster]

Joe's flies work the best for me. Then its a toss up between yozuri pins and strike king bitsy minnow.

[Jay Ell Gee]

Size 8 to 10 poppers work well. Sinking spider flies, wooly buggers, nymphs, foam spiders/grasshoppers.

If you don't use a fly rod look up the float n' fly bobber.

Can't go wrong with a rooster tail or beetle spin, though

[Tuckahoe Joe]

Another vote for small white roostertails.

[thehooligan]

Anything with the name rebel on it, lol. All there little crankbaits work great, i also like vibrax inline minnow spinners and 1/16oz yozuri pins minnows. These are my three ultralight boxes

 

 

 

[Snakehead Whisperer]

x2 on the Rebel lures. The most fun is the bumble bee topwater crankbait, hands down.

[tholmes]

1/32 jig head teamed up with 1 to 2 inch curled tail grub. Strike king bitsy pond minnow.Rebel teeny wee craw.Rebel cricket hopper is my favorite for topwater strikes, dont reel it in I barely twitch it on the surface and bluegills hammer it.Get the cricket hopper in yellow so you can see it from afar,its especially good if theres a mayfly hatch. I throw all of these baits on 4lb trilene xl.

 

The Rebel teeny wee craw is my favorite hard bait for bull bluegills. Very effective.

 

Tom

[Gavin]

Usually rig the kids up with a trout magnet or 1/32oz tube under a small weighted float. If you fly fish small popping bugs, madame X's, and wooly worms, all with rubber legs.

[Tim Cianciola]

strike king bitsy minnow works for me, charetruse 

[Comfortably Numb]

I have just stared playing with the small fish and am enjoying it.

 

I like 1/16 jighead with 2" fluke looking minnow I make. Beetlespin and Roadrunners too.

 

Havnt tried a little crank yet.

 

I use 8# powerpro braid and love it. Its diameter of 1# mono and like sewing thread. Saves alot of baits and retieng when snagged on logs. Just pull and straighten the hook and bend it back.

 

I use a 5' 6" lite Ugly stick and a 10 reel. Not exactly ultra light but cast 1/16 baits well.