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How to Catch Big Bluegill on a Pond

If you want to catch chunky bluegill, the best place to start is a farm pond. And specifically, a heavily fertilized pond with a crowded bass population, but low numbers of bluegill.

You'll find big bluegill extremely wary, even on the first full moon in May, a time many anglers swear by as one of the very-best times to fish for bluegill.

Using light line, no weights and a glob of worms that completely hide the hook, hide yourself on the bank in tall weeds. Cast your bait, and as the worms float down to the bottom, watch for twitches on the lines that signify strikes.

Also, to catch big bluegill, use big baits when fly-fishing. A No. 6 hook will allow you to miss the small bluegill, while hooking only the big ones. Once you have the right-size hook on your bluegill bug, choose the color and the number of legs of the bug. Most commercial bluegill bugs don't have enough legs to suit the trophy-bluegill fly-fisherman. Rubber legs create action on the water and draw bluegill to the bug. The visibility of the bait influences whether or not a bluegill bites. Spots, stripes and pretty designs on bugs may catch more customers than fish. But, if you believe a certain color will definitely catch bluegill, fly-fish with that color, even though the bluegill may not care.