Thread: Do You Want To Catch More Bream?

MORE BLUEGILLS 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

This will also work for Bluegill and any Panfish! Slow it down!

Very good stuff,thanks for the info,I'll try that this weekend

I see you have Spider wire line in the diagram.

The other day out on the water, 1 out of the 3 of us was using fireline and wasn't hooking up. 2 out of 3 were using just mono and hooking up left and right. It wasn't till after my buddy with the fireline put a tiny swivel on and a mono leader did he start catch'n the crappies and gills.

So my point is:

Try a swivel instead of the bobber stop and use a mono leader so the fish catch see the line.

Just a thought.

Great tip otherwise.

Originally Posted by camofish

I see you have Spider wire line in the diagram.

The other day out on the water, 1 out of the 3 of us was using fireline and wasn't hooking up. 2 out of 3 were using just mono and hooking up left and right. It wasn't till after my buddy with the fireline put a tiny swivel on and a mono leader did he start catch'n the crappies and gills.

So my point is:

Try a swivel instead of the bobber stop and use a mono leader so the fish catch see the line.

Just a thought.

Great tip otherwise.

You said use a swivel instead of a stop knot. Consider this.
Wouldn't the swivel screw up the casting as it goes through the guides? If you were slip floating deeper than 10 feet it would get tangled up in the reel too. I'll stay with a stop knot because it does not hinder the cast. I have fished spider wire in #4 lb or #6lb for years. To me it holds up well in wood.

Originally Posted by shipahoy41

You said use a swivel instead of a stop knot. Consider this.
Wouldn't the swivel screw up the casting as it goes through the guides? If you were slip floating deeper than 10 feet it would get tangled up in the reel too. I'll stay with a stop knot because it does not hinder the cast. I have fished spider wire in #4 lb or #6lb for years. To me it holds up well in wood.

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.

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.

Ship, you should try using a waggler float (Thill or otherwise.) They're much better than the Thill center slider you're using.

Center sliders were designed for fishing vertically, as in ice fishing. I know a lot of people use them as slip floats for casting jigs, but that's not their intended purpose. Wagglers are better any time you're casting.

You make a good point, though. Nothing a bluegill eats moves fast.

Originally Posted by deathb4disco

You make a good point, though. Nothing a bluegill eats moves fast.

Very true!!!!
Go lighter and slower, sometimes is the trick, for sure.

I fly fish only for all panfish. Slow is the name of the game. Most time using wet flies the take will be while the fly is sinking, the line will run out b4 I even begin working the fly.