Bluegills, longears, pumpkinseeds, redbreasts, crappies, and perch provide fodder for fish fries all over the country year ... and flies, but it’s hard to beat bait when targeting panfish.

Bluegills can be found anywhere, from huge lakes and small ponds to drainage canals and reservoirs. Any body of water body that maintains a couple feet of livable depth year-round is a good bet ...

Although they’re not on the radar of many panfish ... of a bluegill’s diet and are another example of what bluegill eat. These tiny morsels thrive among aquatic vegetation all year long ...