Thread: Small plastic?

Mainly casting

I love to fish for bream. I use an ultra lite rig and cast to chunk rock banks, seems like if you get it in the right place you'll catch one.

I almost always use a 1/16 oz creekspin. I've inquired about them making a 1/8 oz version, but nothing yet. The 1/16 is perfect for bream.





Wal Mart carries an assortment of little plastics from Creme, I've had goot luck with most of them. Chartreuse, pink, white, combinations of these, acid rain color, all work great. Some kind of pink really gets them going.

These little craws are deadly. these are from Southern Pro.



The Creme frisky frog is another favorite, Ribbit makes a very similar bait in more colors.



Stanley Ribbit Runt




Wal Mart also sells a little beaver that is a killer bream bait.

trout magnets work very well. I have been using some 1" plastics from Crazy Angler and they have performed well on a 1/64 oz jig that I mold myself. I am using jigs for bream exclusively for the first time in 50 years of fishing for bluegill and redear. That is saying something. They have been doing that well for me.

What do the 1 in baits look like?

Whirly Bee would be a good one to try:

Whirly Bee Split Tail Grub

Straight tails like the image copied above are your best bet for summer doldrums. Yesterday I caught over 60 fish in 83 degree water in less than five feet for over an hour, anchored. The photo also shows an important component of the rig: 1/32 or 1/16 oz jig head. I always assume fish are suspended but irritable in water that warm and the little wiggles the tail makes is just about what is needed to provoke a strike. Curl tails need to be retrieved at a faster speed and fish are not in the mood to chase. LURE SPEED MATTERS!

Take any thin straight tail worm and cut off 2" - 2 1/4" off the tail end. I prefer barbless hooks with my wire holder and make sure the hook point is filed as sharp as possible - key for fish almost hooking themselves! There are many straight-tail grubs sold and the thinner the better along with body shape which should also be on the thin side. I make my own and don't use a mold:


Straight thin tails and rounded tail baits work all year long in any season. Compared side-by-side with action tails, they catch far more pan fish IMO. The cone tail grubs shone above are one of my best lure designs for catching all fish species. Anytime I record a picture of lures, they merit reproduction after having caught over 20 fish each along with the thin tail grub shown below:


Modifying baits pays off big time! :



4-6# test line is also crucial for the above baits to do their thing at the slowest retrieve possible. This doesn't mean your not covering a lot of water by fan casting, but that your retrieves are more efficient searching for fish you can provoke into striking. Nice thing about that is finding large groups or schools of fish - multi-species much of the time - where it's not uncommon to catch fish on consecutive casts (3 fish per minute). The fish I caught yesterday in one shallow area of the lake: yellow perch, sunfish, crappie, bass.

cool ideal what is the wire holder? always looking for small plastic worms but bass worms is all there is around here

Thin bass worms are fine especially those used on shaky heads.
A jighead grub lock is simple to install. 24g coated wire, wire cutters and pliers are all that's needed. Wrap once around the jig eye base, cut one end close and use pliers to press end even closer; bend other end into an L. Allows using grubs over and over.