Thread: Do You Want To Catch More Bream?

Originally Posted by deathb4disco

I use a swivel BELOW the float. That way, you don't mess up your casting. Plus, you can use lighter line below the swivel (mono or flouro) so if you get hung up, you only lose the jig, not the float and the rest of the rig.

Great point, sorry about that.
I don't use slipbobbers and normally don't use a bobber placed over 5-6 feet from my bait or jig.
And now that I'm thinking of my reply, a swivel above the bobber would hinder on the proformance, too. Yepper, swivel needs to be under the bobber with a 2-4 foot mono/flouro leader, then slip bobber.

Yep, that sounds a lot better. :D

Originally Posted by camofish

swivel needs to be under the bobber with a 2-4 foot mono/flouro leader, then slip bobber.

I thought that's what you meant.

Originally Posted by Buckeye Mike

Not trying to be a Pain, but i thought this post was about Bream or Bluegill, but you said that you caught'' 28 nice keeper crappie'' in this post. Is a crappie considered a BLUEGILL in the south ? i don't know being from Ohio. But your setup does work, even in OH.

MORE CRAPPIE AND BLUEGILL FOR THE FRYING PAN is possible if we would take a deep breath and just slow down. I dangled my jig motionless beneath my bobber letting the waves undulate and move the marabou. We had just had a nice cold front here in the Birmingham area and I knew this was the time to strike. It was calm, sunny and chilly for this area. I was using 1/32 and 1/64 jigs that move slow and P.O. the fish into attacking it. Result, 28 nice keeper crappie. Smallest was about 11 inches. :D :D :D A crappie will almost hook itself if you are fishing slow. Here is a drawing of my setup. The key is to slow down then slow down some more! Nine times out of ten slowing down will put more food on the table. Take it from "Old ship" and slow it down.:D :D :D :D


The last line of my post says I use the same setup for Bluegill. I just switch to a 1/64 or 1/80 jig and a thinner slip bobber. By the way the 'Gills in the south make Ohio's look like dinks. Ive spent 30 years fishing West Branch, Mosquito, Berlin, Mogadore up in Ohio and never caught Bluegills like I have down here. It would take 30 of those to equal the meat in 5 of the ones we have down here. GO BROWNS!!!