Early Spring Bream Fishing

[semocrappie]

I'm from southeast missouri and was wonder what types of baits and techniques would work for redear and bluegill this time of year, unsure of current water temp but s/b 50ish. Any help would be appreciated!

[fishindaddyo]

hard to go wrong with a bobber and live bait IMO. Try stopping by the local petshop and buying a pack of live mealworms or waxworms. Take them to the water and bait them on a longshank aberdeen hook and either slip-bob rig them or swivel/bobber rig them and wait. You should hook up with some that way. Another thing to try is small curlytailes plastics on a beetlespin rig. Think of a miniature spinner and maybe even add some live bait pieces on the hook, too. If you take two rods and rig one each way you have one to cast/retrieve while waiting for the bobber to go down on the other one. HTH! Best Fishes.:D

[deathb4disco]

I'd go with bait under a float, too. I prefer maggots, but waxies/mealies/crickets are good, too.

I'd look for deeper water near spawning flats.

[semocrappie]

Thanks for the info guys, thats sort of what I was thinking. The impoundment is small so I'm going to try some flats with weedbeds near their shallower spawing grounds.