We have tried the tiny circle hooks but still had some bluegills swallow the darn thing. Most of the time we use part of a night crawler and leave a 1/2+ piece hang off the end on the small jig. It works good under a bobber but most of the time we find our gills in deeper water and just jig it over side of the boat. I have put small minnow on them and caught crappies and bass but mostly use them for gills.