Plastics For Bream

I've never used a jig and plastics for bluegills, but I can see how they could be effective when the 'gills go deep in the large hydroelectric lakes. I recently bought some "Silverfish" and 1/64 jigs from Snake Doctor, but I haven't had a chance to try them yet. All work and no play makes GF a seldom fisherman! And I bought some of the Flip Tail baits on Ebay that were bought up for resale when the company went out of business.

But what are some other plastic baits that you guys have found to be effective when jigging for bream?

Thanks

GF

I use the Trout Magnet with great success.


Regards

1/32 red or black road runner head and a 1 inch black slider body .:ThumbsUp

I agree with Alphahawk, trout magnets work better than anything else I've tried. You might try tipping it with a small piece of worm.

When I first started fishing for Crappie I fished with a friend who fished smaller lakes and ponds. He had a wooden jon boat and electric motor only. We trolled one rod a piece (this was the 70s in Georgia). We used 4# line with 1/32 oz. Hal Fly jigs mostly just two colors. Back then the Hal Flys were hair and not plastic. We used red head silver body white tail or black head silver body white tail.
My friend kept detailed records of all his trips and results. We found that trolling in one of these small lakes probably around 6 to 10 ft deep we would catch maybe 20 crappie and 15 Bream. Without fail, most of the crappie were caught on the red head and the Bream on the black head.
We never thought a whole lot about it but he had dozens of trips worth of data to back this up.
I was amazed that we could catch bream out in the middle of a lake trolling a jig of any color so it was all new to me. Later on the curly tail plastic grub came out and it seemed to catch more crappie and also Bass, but we caught less of the Bream on this type jig.
He moved to Oregon and I moved back to SC and we have not fished like that since then. On one of his recent trips to SC we got into a huge Bream bed on Lake Murray and he switched from crickets and red worms to a small jig and caught them as fast as we did on live bait.
Moral of the story is you can catch Bream on jigs just like Crappie.

In my experience the Crappie Sliders will outfish any other jig, plastic or otherwise, at least two to one, sometimes more. I rarely ever bother using any other artificial for bluegill. Just my $.02.

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Originally Posted by tnpondmanager

In my experience the Crappie Sliders will outfish any other jig, plastic or otherwise, at least two to one, sometimes more. I rarely ever bother using any other artificial for bluegill. Just my $.02.

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do you use the 1 inch or 2 inch ? I have never tried the 2 inch .:popcorn

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Originally Posted by Gill Fisher

But what are some other plastic baits that you guys have found to be effective when jigging for bream?

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See the sticky threads at the top of the Bream forum main page.

Eagle, the 2-inch are all I use. My favorite colors are white with chartreuse tail, red/chartreuse, and black/chartreuse. I have never tried the 1-inch.

I've been looking at the Crappie Slider website and I'm going to need some help. First, what kind of Crappie Slider plastic are we talking about, tnpoindmanager? And the plastic are listed as being 1 inch 1 1/2 inches and 2 1/8 inches, so which size are you talking about? And finally, what type of heads are you using? Just a plain jig head, a head with a spinner attached, etc?

Thanks

GF

Alphahawk, which Trout Magnets are you using? Color, etc?

Thanks

GF

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Originally Posted by Gill Fisher

Alphahawk, which Trout Magnets are you using? Color, etc?

Thanks

GF

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For Gills I almost always use Bison...which is black and gold....on a black TM head....and only use 2# test line and sometimes 1# test. I fish a lot of lakes, and catch a lot of Gills.....that color out produces any color I have used. I find Gills prefer darker colors....at least on the lakes I fish. Those include clear, deep water reservoirs, and small shallow lakes and rivers.

Regards

The 2" are all I have used. I use a plain jig head with a hook size no larger than #6, and a 1/32 oz. head. A heavier head makes the jig sink too fast which in turn necessitates a retrieve that is too fast for bluegill. I fish it with a medium-slow steady retrieve, experimenting with different depths until I find where they're hanging.

Live bait as a rule outfishes any lure, Sliders included, but the Crappie Sliders are, in my experience, the next best thing to live bait. The biggest bluegill caught by any of my clients this year, a coppernose estimated at 1-3/4 pounds by a prominent outdoor writer on ****************, was caught on a black 2" Crappie Slider with a chartreuse tail.

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Ive tried small 1/6 and 1/8 oz spoons tipped with plastics. Never caught a gill on one but id watch them following it back to shore. Not sure if it was the plastic trailer or the flash of the spoon that was attracting them. Im guessing the spoon.

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Eagle 1, that is a SERIOUS mess of fish. WOW. Thanks for the info on the Sliders, but did you mean 1 1/2 inch? The Slider website doesn't show any grubs that are 1/2 inch long. Or are you fishing something beside grubs? And do you mean that they are solid black? PS. My oldest son earned his master's degree in Starkville. I'm enjoying seeing the Bulldogs play well this year!

GF

Our family does very well with the BPS Tournament Series Squirmin' Squirt tubes in the 1.5 inch length. I usually put them on a 1/32 - 1/8 oz round jig head depending on conditions and depth. Aberdeen or sickle hook jigs are both fine but I favor the sickle type. The tubes are relatively cheap at 1.99 for 15. For 12 bucks you can get 6 different colors and they last a while. We've caught gills, pumpkinseed, bass, crappie, yellow and white perch, even caught a carp on one. You can cast, jig or even hang them under a bobber. Tip them with crappie nibbles and they are great! I like them for panfish because they are fairly short. Several other plastics we have tried tend to have a longer tail and we get a lot of short strikes, the tubes seem to work better and for me the 1.5 inch length helps get more hook ups. Lightning Bug, Lady Bug, Melon Gold Shiner and Smoke Sparkle are colors we have very good luck with.

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Won't go fishing without them and in that color or pearl. (handpoured / no mold) Use with 1/16 - 1/8 oz ball head jigs, slow to medium retrieve. Baits are no longer than 2 3/4" and no smaller than 2".

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Check the soft plastics by Snake River contact information ormy soft plastics LURES BY CARTER both are members here on c.com and make excellent lures for Bream, Shellcracker and Crappie.

I would recomment little squirts by Shipahoy41 or the jelly jigs. Place those on the teardrop and get your hot sauce ready.

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Hey Eagle 1 check with Skiptomylu on the jig tying forum for the black RR head in 1/32 oz.

How do you work the tear drops with plastic on open water?

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Originally Posted by Spoonminnow

How do you work the tear drops with plastic on open water?

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I fish them under a slip float.

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Originally Posted by Alphahawk

I use the Trout Magnet with great success.


Regards

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Ditto here. Trout Magnet really worsk for me either with a bobber or without.