Green Sunfish – Best Bait & Lures

Green Sunfish in Golden Ridge Reserve

Hook size: B#9, S#8, G#7, D#6

Habitats: Shallow Pond, Deep Pond, Lake Shore, Shallow Lake, Pond Wetland

Traits: Jumper, Sun Lover

Baits and lures that catch Green Sunfish in Golden Ridge Reserve

Lures (spinning / baitcasting)

• Popper (retrieve: Twitching)
• Spinner (retrieve: Constant)

Soft plastics on a jighead

• Tube (retrieve: Jigging, Twitching)
• Grub (retrieve: Jigging, Constant, Twitching)

Natural bait (float or feeder)

• Bloodworm (hook 10-7)
• Redworm (hook 6-2)
• Cheese (hook 8-4/0)
• Eggs (hook 10-6)
• Bread (hook 10-8; throwable)
• Dough (hook 6-1)
• Hotdog (hook 10-1; throwable)
• Leeches (hook 7-2/0)
• Marshmallow (hook 10-8)
• Minnow (hook 10-4/0)

Feeder / bottom bait

• Artificial Corn - Yellow
• Corn (throwable)

Groundbait / other

• Lake Mix (throwable)

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Other fish in Golden Ridge Reserve: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brook Trout, Burbot, Channel Catfish, Cutthroat Trout, Freshwater Drum, Golden Trout, Kokanee Salmon, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Ohrid Trout, Rainbow Trout, River Carpsucker, Rock Bass, Sauger, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Signal Crayfish, Smallmouth Bass, Tiger Muskie, Walleye, White Crappie, Yellow Perch