Bait for sunfish

[zenyoungkoh]

I just got my first fishing rod yesterday. n im fishing in my neighbourhood pond. Im very certain ther is fish there cuz i saw some ppl fishing successfully for fishes there. Im looking to catch smaller fish that i can put in my 55 gallon like spotted sunfish etc. I dont mind catching the big guns once in a while too. I have a shake-speare 6' lake/pond combo. so the question is what bait would best attract most bites

 

[aznkidang]

The basic like earthworms,krill,shrimp,and mealworms

 

[DREAM-faw]

wax worm

 

[keller54]

wax worms and meal worms work great, i fish a lot and ive noticed that they work way better than night crawlers my favorite for catiching sunfish/bluegill is meal worms.

 

[dookie]

flies

 

[PayaraMan]

Pretty much anything live and small will work.

 

[Passionate 4 pikes]

i would use small lures they will bite anything small. they will bit earthworms as good as anything though if you use a bobber set it at different levels. for example in the haet of the day move it up cast close to structure, branches and large rocks etc.

 

[zenyoungkoh]

Will defrost market shrimp work? I havent got the chance to buy worms yet. But i do have 1 inch grubs and some other assorted stuffs in my tackle box that came with my rod. What about cereal and stuffs that can be found at home?

 

[aznkidang]

Will defrost market shrimp work? I havent got the chance to buy worms yet. But i do have 1 inch grubs and some other assorted stuffs in my tackle box that came with my rod. What about cereal and stuffs that can be found at home?

That what I use Catched lots of sunfishes and catfish

 

[pengu13]

worms work, like red wigglers. small spoons tipped with something, grubs work great i've found even the berkly grubs work well. if you want a small one i use to just wad out a little with a small hook on line in my hand. the tiny ones tend to be fearless, like bite wiggling toes