Tired of battling the wind, I tried a little shore fishing a few times this past week. I thought it would be a good opportunity to try out some various artificials and see what worked.
The other evening I was fishing next to a guy who was pulling in one crappie after another. He was using a hook and minnow setup. I was using yellow Gulp minnow grubs (the kind that come in the pouch, not the bucket). I didn't even get a bite. Then I tried a couple different kinds of Berkley power minnows, one being the "realistix". No dice.
At one point while I was reeling in past a shoreline brushpile, I saw a couple of crappies attracted by the movement come darting out of the branches. When they got a look at my bait however they simply turned and swam away.
When the guy catching all the crappies moved on, I even fished his very spot without a single bite -- same place where he was catching a fish with every cast.
A couple days later, I took my daughter out shorefishing for bluegills. We were using waxworms and hammering the fish. Then I decided to try out some Berkley grubs (dunno what they're called, but they look sorta like waxworms). I rigged one pole with the Berkley and one with live waxworms. Needless to say, the waxies caught fish after fish after fish. Berkley, nada.
Final score: Live Bait: 1,000,000; Berkley: 0.
Anyone else have any luck with this stuff for panfish?
