Bluegills and a fish missile
Bluegills are easy to catch in the fall. For some reason, they like to suspend about 3 feet down over 10, 15, or 20 feet of water near weed edges.
There are several ways to catch them. Bait fishers will do well with a small 1/32 oz. white jig tipped with a chunk of crawler below a bobber, or just a plain circle hook and crawler below a bobber. Either way, you have to keep moving until you find a school.
Fly folks can catch them with sinking nymphs (use #8 or larger, as they really inhale them this time of year) or small streamers. Keep an eye on the shallows, 3 ft. or less, when the sun sets. If you see rings, switch over to #12 adams dry and have fun catching big blues on a dry fly.
Oh yea, be prepared to have the hair on the back of your head raised by a giant northern fish missile you have attracted by catching all those blues in the same place. They like to strike your tired bluegill at the boat….
