minnows for warmouth

[jonnythefisherman1]

today was a ok day at the ohio erie canal. using minnows, i tried rigging upside down with 1/64 oz mimic minnow fry jighead. it worked well and i caught a 6" warmouth bass, and a broiler warmouth. then i tried weightless and caught another one, then i tried the "jig head kissing" technique. it looked well and i caught a last one.

[Slab]

I used to keep a few Warmouths in an aquarium. Very cool fish, very aggressive, used to jump out of the water to grab worms.

So my question is, what's a Broiler Warmouth? I even googled it and found nothing.

[jonnythefisherman1]

I used to keep a few Warmouths in an aquarium. Very cool fish, very aggressive, used to jump out of the water to grab worms.

So my question is, what's a Broiler Warmouth? I even googled it and found nothing.

oh, just my term for warmouth that are too small to fry, hence the name broiler warmouth.

[Slab]

Doh, ok, works for me. Thanks for answering.

[jonnythefisherman1]

yeah, and i dont think people know what a warmouth is! when i told one guy what was biting, i metioned warmouth, and he sounded confused for a sec, then went on to somthing else.

[luvtofish]

While I was bream fishing yesterday caught about 6-8 warmouth but most of them were only about 4-5 inches long. I did catch a couple of larger one and one of them had an 8 in. plastic worm in it's mouth. At first I thought it was hooked but when I pulled it out it didn't have a hook in it.

[jonnythefisherman1]

While I was bream fishing yesterday caught about 6-8 warmouth but most of them were only about 4-5 inches long. I did catch a couple of larger one and one of them had an 8 in. plastic worm in it's mouth. At first I thought it was hooked but when I pulled it out it didn't have a hook in it.

yeah, they love worms! they literally jump out the water for 'em! when i was reeling in one of my worms, a warmouth jumped and took half the worm!

[DrJohn]

what's the advantage of rigging minnows upside down??? I've never tried this, but have read about it a couple of times this week.

[jonnythefisherman1]

what's the advantage of rigging minnows upside down??? I've never tried this, but have read about it a couple of times this week.

it gets minnows to struggle more and, have you ever seen minnows swimming away from your target species? with the upside-down technique, the minnows is too busy trying to right itself to notice the predator-fish coming to seal it's doom. if you go to try it, give some feedback!

[CrappiePappy]

Save your minnow money, if you're targeting Warmouth :p .... just tie on a 1/16oz chartreuse marabou Roadrunner

Trim the marabou back, by cutting 1/2 the length off, between the hook bend & the longest strands (works especially good if you're getting hits, but no hookups)

Cast the Roadrunner down the bank, especially where there's rocks or stumps/roots ... and keep it out away from the shoreline, in water that's a couple of feet deep, or more. Stairstep rock banks, or cliff wall banks are good areas to try (if present), if you're fishing from a boat.

There may be even bigger Warmouth, out a little deeper (and in the same areas where you're catching the smaller ones) ....

... cp