hey
s'pose 2 go fishin in east texas tomorrow. can anyone tell me a good bait for bream, bluegill, ect. Also the weather not lookin so good does bream, bluegill, ect. bite during bad weather??????????
thanks,
aka_sam
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hey
s'pose 2 go fishin in east texas tomorrow. can anyone tell me a good bait for bream, bluegill, ect. Also the weather not lookin so good does bream, bluegill, ect. bite during bad weather??????????
thanks,
aka_sam
Maggots (a/k/a spikes) are an incredible bait. I started using them about ten years ago and haven't touched a cricket since. Both Vados and Grubco sell them.
Sometimes I will use a larger bait like meal worms or a chunk of crawler.
I fish with meal worms alot but can also give a vote for maggots. Will use worms or crickets occasionally but prefer meal worms/maggots mostly.
I have fished off our dock and watched the bluegill, sometimes
they wont touch crickets, or worms, but put a waxworm in their
area and they kill it. Just my 2 cents.
Chef
night crawlers are good bait they stay on for a long time and you can catch more fish per worm
if ya fishi in East Texas is gonna be rainin and the bream not really started yet, maybe in some farm ponds, my opimion worms work very good and stay on longer than crickets
Suns out ought to be good round banks, I like meal worms.
If your having trouble catching gils on waxies, downsize your hook size to a 16 or smaller,and just use a small part of the waxie.You will be surprised at how they will start biting again..The wife and I have been doing this for years.
I agree with Glen. I usually use a #14 hook but will drop down to a 16 or 18 if the fishing's tough.
I used to order 2000 spikes every spring, they beat anything else -bar none!-
put 4-5 on a # 8 or 10 cricket hook and keep throwin it back till there aint nuthin but a skin left!! (don't you think thats too small a hook, you'll catch some hefty white pearch and bass on em)
HOWEVER----LAST YEAR I bought Berkley's Honey Worm and gave em a try-
fellas you wont believe this but they fished neck n neck with the spikes. I cut them half into crossways and threaded them on past the throat, dont need to try to cover the point. they come white, red, and yellow, white seemed to be a little better. keep rethreadin it on till it won't stay on anymore, then get another
here is cabelas link to honey worms:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...h-results1.jsp
GRASS SHRIMP
I've caught tons while fishing in the rain.
dmann436 or anyone
Have you tried the Gulp earthworms? I too have used the honey worm on a very small hair jig in my brother-in-laws very small pond and had good luck. Am looking to try the Gulp earthworms when the shellcrackers start here in the big lake.
yes, they work too but dont stay on the hook as well, I'm 60 yrs old and have tried most everything you can think of. one thing we used when I was a kid and still works great, however a little nasty for some people to try, is to cut a sliver of belly meat off a little throwback bream, bout 1/8 wide by 1/2" or so long, leave the skin on, it's tough, just run the hook thru one end, make sure you run hook thru the skin and meat and let it hang below the hook, lasts along time and they eat it up, PLUS you never run outta bait !!
I am not sure when bream spawn down there but on Ky Lake it is May. In the shallow or when they spawn, i have found nothing better than a 1 inch Charlie Brewer Slider Grub. If it ever gets slow, just put a cricket on the slider grub but i hardly ever use live bait when they spawn.
I am guessing that bream isn't spawning down there yet and probably live bait will be best.
http://www.fishingworld.com/Slider/D...48705821260153
You are just a youngster, I'm 72 yrs old and still trying to learn how to catch brim and crappie. Up until about 10 yrs ago I thought the only fish in sweetwater was a bass but as I aged and got all those little pains it just got to be too much work to chase um so I got some long poles and changed over to crappie and having a blast. Still have a lot to learn and even more about brim. Got 15 crappie today, pink/wht the hot color, in about 5 hrs before my back told me it was time to go home. I jig fish with an attractent, don't use minnow tho I sure they would help me catch more.Quote:
Originally Posted by dmann436
I vote for bee moths as the best bait for big bluegills. Put them on a small hook and you will catch fish. Crappie love them also.
The bee moths are smaller than waxworms but larger than a maggot.
1. Roach Bugs
2. Yellow Kernel Corn
3. Red Salmon Eggs
4. Poping Bugs when May Flies come out.
Cheap and deadly baits............
A kid down the road from me suggested corn and I thought he was nuts. I guess he wasn't lying. Do you use fresh corn or canned corn? Does it matter?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cane Pole
I used can corn in a river wihen I was a kid and also used them in a big lake not sure if it's the best bait but it does catch fish.
Catalpha worms. When you can find them. Pinch the heads off and turn those suckers inside out,bait your hook and HANG ON !
I like what stevej says, "never to old to learn" what a great attitude. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveJ
If fishing a pond where the fish are fed commercial feed, you really can't beat whole kernel corn. But it is sort of a specialty item, for special situations.
A small black jig is great if you tip it with a meal worm or piece of shrimp.
A small beetle spin is great with they are bedding. So is a tiny Rebel crank bait, crawfish style and color.
If I were going to a strange reservoir I'd use the black jig and meal worm. That's pretty foolproof. If the fish are there, they'll hit it. Full moons in April-October her are expecially good times to fish.
Don
I used these this past weekend and we tore up the bream.:D Power Wigglers
I was fishing a farm pond in the evening and in the morning the following day. We rigged them on a 1/32 oz jig head under a cork. I was really impressed at how many fish you can catch on just one. Plus they are easy for the kids to re-bait their own hook.
I use a Colorada Spinner with the smallest hook I can find and tip it with night crawlers. That spinner makes them bream go crazy.
I cast it toward the bank and tightline it back to the boat.
whole krennal yellow corn works great too !
put corn in ziplock bag throw in cooler will last all day
one krennal is all you need on the hook .
Tried Power Wigglers today, 20 fish with using just one bait in 10 minutes, wow. The fish will hit nightcrawler bits more aggressively, but you lose time rebaiting where the power wiggler stays on. Found they also hit crappie nibbles pretty hard but they really don't stay on the hook.
To avoid the smallest fish like fishing w/ little gitzit jigs with whatever bait tipped on the end. In a lake environment, cocktail shrimp soaked in fish attractant seems to be good for larger ones.
I don't guess I ever saw if you wanted to fish live bait or artificial?
I fish artificials all of the time. Mostly on a flyrod anymore, but you could fish these several other ways as well.
The first bait I like is the Bream Killer:
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/feat...h/part258.html
The bream killer is a really good bait. It slowly sinks and bream will wear it out.
Next is the Foam Spider:
http://warmwaterflyfisher.com/flymonth/FOTM012003.htm
This bait floats on top on the water. We use it in tandem with the Bream Killer fished about a foot apart. It's not uncommon to catch two bream at once.
Next is a waxie:
http://flytyingforum.com/index.php?a...ow&showid=3166
This bait looks like the real thing and is simple to make. It can be fished alone or in tandem with a dry fly a foot apart.
Wet flies are good too:
http://www.hatchesmagazine.com/page/april2006/156
These sink slowly and look like drowned insects.
Dry flies are really good:
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/begin/101/part27.html
These ride the top of the water.
Scuds:
http://www.flytyingforum.com/index.p...=$s&showid=673
You can either just let them drift or wiggle them.
Small Wooly Buggers:
http://www.tie1on.net/wbtm.htm
I tie these either in a size 8(Mustad 3366) or a size 12(TMC streamer hook). The whole fly is 1 1/2 inches long. I tie them in many different color combinations but my favorite is tan Marabou, rootbeer Pearl Chenille, with a gold bead. Looks like a softshell crawdad and the bream and bass have been smoking it here lately. I also take a brown marker and put some vertical lines on the marabou. Makes it have more depth and livelyness. You can present this several ways. Best here lately has been retrieving it fast.
There are alot of baits that bream will hit. Some days some baits are better than other. Easiest way to find out is watch what they are doing. If you see them hitting the top of the water then go for a floater. If you see them taking bugs just below the water then go for something that will sink slowly. If not either one of these then throw a bait out there that "swims". Lots of ways to catch fish, but the best is offering them what they want.
Oh and if you can't tell I am heavy into tying flies. It has helped me learn more about the fish. ;)
Flies!
I got this 1/2 pound Bluegill among other Bluegill and LMB on my Dixie Bug.
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-...eam(Small).jpg
Two and a half pound LMB (Largemouth Bass) on the Dixie Bug
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-...LMB(Small).jpg
Dixie Bug
I also think spikes are the only way to go when fishing for panfish. They are super effective and super cheap.
I went yesterday for a little while. I used a few different rigs with good success on redear and bluegills. I used one of those tiny chartreuse Yazuri snap beans followed about 18 - 24 inches later with a leader of 6 lb vanish and a size 12 or so brown nymph (maybe a bead head hare's ear - don't remember). All but one was caught on the nymph. I had another pole right with a 1/16 oz or so glow in the dark, chartreuse and white, Lindy hair / feather jig with chartreuse crappie nibble on it. I had very good luck with this until a tree limb jumped out and snagged it (small lake surrounded by trees). It came loose from the limb after a little shaking, but the 4# solar line didn’t hold and jig plopped in the pond (I have mixed thoughts about less than 6# line). The final lure I used was a little Beatle Spin in a mottled brownish color. I’m guessing it was 1/32 oz or so. It is the smallest one at Walmart. It worked well on BG / RE and accounted for the only LMB. Two others in the two prime seats (front & middle of boat) only caught one fish or so each. The person using a 1/8 oz jig most of the time only caught a crappie (largest fish of bunch) and the person using nightcrawlers on a 13 foot pole only caught a rock bass. I’m surprised the nightcrawlers didn’t work better, but lure choice does make a difference.
here in Michigan i use what we call black ants the gill and specks tore them up baited with a waxworm
Crickets are my favorite bream bait but I have been using berkley power wigglers with very good results.
http://www.secretbait.com/waxworms.JPG
Good for 3 or 4 each worm.
I like to drag downsized spinner rigs in deep water with Lindy sinkers. I use #14 red bait hooks behind both natural and brightly colored beads and tip with small leeches. Big gills love leeches and dragging spinner rigs will save the day on those outings when that wind is making your other presentations difficult.My favorite spinner rig is a solid yellow and solid black bead combination that I call my bumblebee.
You are all wrong.... Down here in swamp east missouri. we really tear up the blue gill here. Get you a loaf of bread and let it dry out . them break it into little bitty pieces and throw the whole thing into the water. We the gills start hitting the bread. You light the fuse on a stick of dynamite toss it in with the bread..... stand back,and get the dip net ready........
Woo Hoooo you can get a bunch of fish that way.
P.S. Don't tell the game wardens I told you this.......
The bream in my ponds are trained on crickets and catalpa worms. I have given some people those words of wisdom many times over the years but they insist on using those nasty, gooey nightcrawlers and wonder why they are not catching any fish. I just keep my mouth shut and keep catching fish.
Here in central Fl., grass shrimp is the killer bait for gills bream and catfish..that's all i ever use and by the way, I'm 77 years young..:D
Well... here's my two cents worth. Live bait is great but you usually have to change it out after every hit. The best jigs I have found are the small grizzly jigs in brown or black tipped with a crappie nibble.
You don't have to use the crappie nibble but I have found it to be very reliable. Now I know some are going to say that you have to put the crappie nibble on after every fish too but it is way easy and they dont crawl around or have to stay locked up or alive.
These jigs work as well or better than live bait.
I am no way affilated with Grizzly Jig Comapny but they make the best jigs bar none. If you want to visit thier sight go to www.grizzlyjig.com.
I search for fish with a small roadrunner. Small fish attack the tail...thump, thump, thump and eat the tail. Large bream eat it whole and get caught!
night crawlerz and crickets