Thread: Bream jigs less than 1/32

I use a 1/64 oz. black beetle (and sometimes other colors) often and particularly from a boat. I buy bulk bodies and bulk unpainted 1/64 oz. jig heads. Although the beetle is usually most productive, I also have 1" curly tails and tubes that I'll fish as well. Tackle is a light action 6 ft. rod with 2 lb. Trilene XL. 2 lb. Stren is fine (it's what I grew up fishing with), but isn't readily available in the stores around here. Can cast about 25 - 30 feet with this rig. I also like to turn my anti-reverse off when fishing 2 lb. test as I prefer to back reel in order to give line rather than rely on the drag with that fine line, although if you use higher quality reels than I do that may not be preferable. Catch a lot of 8 - 16 inch bass on them as well. Like others said, I reel slow and keep close to the bottom.

Edited to add, if you're going to use a float, no need to change from 4 lb. Stren. My dad and I caught thousands of bream using 1/64th oz. beetles 3 ft. under a float on 4 lb. Stren when I was a boy. We fished a flat on a lake in west TN where the water was 4 - 6 feet deep and would fan cast until we found fish and then drop anchor. His favorite color beetle was white with a red spot on top. We'd reel them extremely, imperceptibly slow and catch bunches of them. Didn't catch many shellcrackers this way though, almost always bluegill and redbreast.