My favorite way to catch bream when they're shallow is to use 6 lb. test line with a 2" or 2-3/4 Rebel or Rapala. Tie about a 4" dropper 12" to 16" up the line. Tie a dry or wet fly, as in fly fishing on this dropper. Have caught doubles many times this way, sometimes I might get a bass on either lure. I think it disturbs the fish to see this minnow swimming along stalking a bug. Have caught fish when no one else could using this method. If I go up to 8 lb. test, I'll put a 2" Rebel frog crankbait on there along with the fly or popping bug on a dropper.

In creeks, I like to use the Rebel crawfish about 1-1/2" long. Sometimes I'll go up to the 2" version of the Rebel crawfish. Shoot, around here bluegill will hit practically anything, I can walk to a pond in about 5 minutes from where I live, and artificials seem to outfish live bait big time. The biggest bluegill I caught this year was 9-3/4 inches, got a photo on my cell phone of the baby, but probably can't get it on here. It came from a pond and she hit a crawfish color, smallest size Rat-L-Trap they make.