Friday Perch at Hyrum

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Did OK today. South side was best for us. actually in 29 ft of water but did catch a lot of bluegills in 15ft. Many suspended. Got to winterize the new motor. Never had one that did itself. Simple easy and quick. Maybe 3 minutes.

I still have not tried my preferred bait for bluegill in Utah. In Texas, while growing up, raw bacon was like the best bait to catch huge bluegill/bream. Raw bacon is so much more expensive now so Im a little hesitant to spend that much to catch bluegill. 
Gabe

I have also used raw bacon for bluegills...and other species.  Never found it to be any better than worms or other natural baits.  But if you wanna use "pig meat", you can also use small bits of ham.  And a piece of wienie will catch a lot of fish.  I have even caught bass on wieners...and trout.  

After a lot of experience with Utah gills, I would suspect nothing would work better than a piece of crawler or a waxworm or mealworm.  Although the gills in Mantua seem to like the perch meat baited jigs I soak there at times.