equinox im8 fishing pole Lew's Wally Marshall Pro Target Series Spinning Rod, Graphite Blank, Winn Dri-Tac Split Grip Handle, Black/Green : Sports & Outdoors striped bass BERRYPRO Salmon & Steelhead Spinning

Drag System For small fish applications and small streams, consider a clicker reel

Some of the best heads for bluegills and red ear would include the following: Eye Hole Tungsten Jig 1/16 ounce Size 8 (coming in November) Eurotackle ESR Micro Finesse Tungsten Jig Size 8 Northland Tungsten Panfish Jig Size 6 Z-Man Micro Finesse ShroomZ Jig Heads 1/30-1/15 ounce Trout Magnet Tungsten Jigheads 1/32 ounce Size 8 Eye Hole Jigs 1/64 ounce Size 6 As for plastics, while bluegills and red ear will hit crappie plastics and even swallow them, if you will scale down from 2-inch crappie baits and focus more on 1 inch baits, you will land a lot more quality panfish

Thats why Im a big fan of worms

Todays blade baits now come in several sizes for the baits and blade sizes