Quote Originally Posted by dmann436
yes, they work too but dont stay on the hook as well, I'm 60 yrs old and have tried most everything you can think of. one thing we used when I was a kid and still works great, however a little nasty for some people to try, is to cut a sliver of belly meat off a little throwback bream, bout 1/8 wide by 1/2" or so long, leave the skin on, it's tough, just run the hook thru one end, make sure you run hook thru the skin and meat and let it hang below the hook, lasts along time and they eat it up, PLUS you never run outta bait !!
You are just a youngster, I'm 72 yrs old and still trying to learn how to catch brim and crappie. Up until about 10 yrs ago I thought the only fish in sweetwater was a bass but as I aged and got all those little pains it just got to be too much work to chase um so I got some long poles and changed over to crappie and having a blast. Still have a lot to learn and even more about brim. Got 15 crappie today, pink/wht the hot color, in about 5 hrs before my back told me it was time to go home. I jig fish with an attractent, don't use minnow tho I sure they would help me catch more.