
Iowa – only minnows, green sunfish, orange-spotted sunfish, frogs, crayfish, salamanders and mussels.Illinois – only shad, minnows, and crayfish may be used as live bait.Idaho – fishing with live bait fish is not legal.Delaware – only minnows can be used as live bait.Connecticut – Bluefish is one of the few fish that cannot be used as live bait.California – the rules differ wildly from one area to another.Alaska – illegal to use live bait in freshwater.Alabama – illegal to use any game fish as bait besides bream.

What we want to do first is to provide you with a detailed list of all states in the USA where it is not legal to use bluegill fish as fishing bait.

States Where It’s Illegal to Use Bluegill as Bait
