Spoons For Bluegill

[OneMoreFish]

I fish for gills with rattle buckshots all the time. Also use Hali jigs, forage spoons and demons. My favorite is the buckshot though, but I always replace the treble with a dropper chain with a single hook or size 18 treble. They are so heavy on the rod it makes it incredibly easy to see the bite.

[Raquettedacker]

Small silver Hali and a couple spikes on the dropper hook...

[IceholeHEN]

Hali is a definite go to. I use the littler ones with a mini bobber on the hook. usually plucks gills right out.

[Foxzyk]

1/16th silver or gold hammered slender spoon with the treble switched out to a single hook dropper. I tie the dropper with 2lb Flouroclear and don't use a chain.

[panfishman13]

got to use the Clam pinhead minnow this year and man, in the smallest size that spoon is a gill killer. it's been a long time since i've had such aggressive strikes through the ice.

[Ice_Fly_Guy]

I like the Northland forage spoons, and like others have mentioned, I like a slender spoon or something of the like that will search out to the side of the hole, but with a dropper line and a #14 ice fly on the business end.

[3300]

My favorite spoon for bluegill is a 1/16th ounce slender spoon.

X2.
prefer a dropper single hook so your not digging out three hooks to get back to fishing.
spikes are all i carry for live bait.

[Charman03]

When I was younger I watched an old timer hammer the gills on the smallest Swedish pimple. Ever since then I’ve used them with good success. A lot of times I’ll start with one and never switch if the bite is good. Occasionally when you get a lot of lookers I’ll downsize to a 3mm tungsten. I put a waxie on everything or half of a ratso tail. The aggressive gills will hammer the spoons

[Duke M]

You can always make your own. The added benefits is that crappies love them, we catch perch on them. The down side is losing them to big large mouth bass.

[Big Lefty]

I like the Northland forage spoons, and like others have mentioned, I like a slender spoon or something of the like that will search out to the side of the hole, but with a dropper line and a #14 ice fly on the business end.

Interesting idea.  I'm going to tie a few of those up.  For those who do it, does the single hook/floro dropper get hooked around the main line often?  I'm sure I would notice on the Vex, but I could see it happening, especially with a Slender Spoon.

[Ice_Fly_Guy]

Your instinct is correct, the fly will once in awhile get fouled up with a slender spoon.  As you said, you'd be able to tell with the flasher.  Keeping the dropper line on the shorter side helps.  I use 4 lb line for the dropper line...using 2-3 lb will increase the chance of the foul-ups.