I have a local pond by my house that is LOADED with bluegill. I usually fish with the regular old night crawlers, but was looking for somthing a bit more potant. What do you reccomend? Somebody said that waxworms were good, but i dont know.
Thanks
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I have a local pond by my house that is LOADED with bluegill. I usually fish with the regular old night crawlers, but was looking for somthing a bit more potant. What do you reccomend? Somebody said that waxworms were good, but i dont know.
Thanks
panfish worms,grubs,corn,small crikets is what i use...all deadly bait for bluegills.
also seen people use bread or cheese...but doesn't stay on the hook well...
Any small grub is excellent. Wax worms and mealworms are very good, but maggots are my top bait. You can order all three at Grubco (see link above.)
I like to use an ultra light with a beetle spin. You can always add your other bait to the beetle if needed. A small piece of shrimp works good sometimes too.
In a series of very unscientific tests, I pit the beetle spin against my much beloved maggots. These tests occurred over a period of about a month and a half in very similar conditions. Although I caught fish on the beetle spin, the maggots out-produced them by as much as 10 or 12 to 1.
The beetle spin (and similar-sized artificials) will tend to attract only the bigger gills, but maggots will attract all sizes. The biggest I got on maggots (about 10") were actually slightly bigger than the ones I got on the beetle spin.
Get a tube of crickets and you will fill your bucket in no time.
open a wasp nest use the grubs out of it works good . as does can corn
crickets are tops also.
By far the best bait I've ever used is the brim reaper.
See the following link: www.blueribbonlures.com
Two things...
I love to fish big bluegill....two different ways....
I have really nailed them in nearby water on crickets. Things heat up fast on the water, but don't let them get away from you on the boat. They can be a nusiance to sit and listen to the "lost" ones.
Second, I absolutely SLAY THEM on a flyrod and a small popper. They are a ton of fun to catch on a flyrod, and it is very, very effective.
The very best bait I have ever used to catch gills are Catalpa worms. The only problem with them is they are only on the Catalpa trees for a very short time and only once per year. Break them suckers in half and hook them with the juice end at the point of the hook and hold on. 2nd would be crickets.
I gotta vote crickets.
Crickets Hands down
the only problem I have when using crickets is that when I put them on the hook they basically disintagrate. Whats the best way to hook them and on what size hook?
I use a number 6 aberdeen and feed the hook starting from the below the head (the neck area) and exit the tail on the underneath side of the cricket.
Bread
Crickets, and I hook them under the collar on the thorax.
waxworms are the best for me, except when they are spawning, then go to crickets
john b.
I have to agree fully, I have been making my own for years when I saw these. Panfish go crazy when they see this lure!Quote:
Originally Posted by caseydrew
I have to vote crickets as well. I also hook them through the chest/neck, and expose the hook just a little bit out the back end. My grandfather always hooked them through the tail, and out the neck, and it worked for him, too, but you gotta be more careful that way. But, for redears, I think worms fished right off the bottom, or tightlined are probably the best thing. I've caugh plenty of 'em on crickets, but worms seem to catch redears better for me for some reason.
I,VE CAUGHT A BUNCH ON CHARTUSE CRAPPIE NIBBLES ON A BARE #8 HOOK :confused: ES
When the fish are OFF the beds, I don't think anything can touch live bait. When the fish are spawning, you can drag just about anything through a nest and get a hit.
Home grown red worms and wigglers I've got two bath tubs that I raise mine in and I really beleive the flavor of the bait is diff I fished right along side people with commercial bait and wore them out mostly feed them coffee grounds with a little soapy water the other tub I use all left over veggies no meats
I like to use Catalpa worms. It is true they are only on the trees a sort time but you can put them in a brown paper sack and freeze them for later use. I pinch the head off and take a match stem and turn them inside out. You get 2 baits out of 1 worm and it usually last for 3-4 fish this way so they go a long way.
Oh and I almost forgot to say HEY to everybody,This is my first post and I am glad I found this site
Greetings! I'm in Atlanta.
I gotta say that the "Brim Reaper" looks a lot like a fly I tie for bluegill...
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...buelsbgsml.jpg
I call it "Mr. Buell's Bream Getter" after the man who showed me how to tie it and fish it. It is "MURDER" when fished under a popper fly as an indicator and they do go nuts for it just like you said on the Brim Reaper. So I believe you guys for sure...
BUT... If I'm using spin tackle or a cane pole, you'll find a tube of crickets close by...
Catalpa worms are bass and catfish baits.... ;) (but bream will go for 'em too...)
Growing up on the Tn as kids. WE would hunt for the big Wasp nest. Then fight them down. The larva out of one. Will catch ever Bream around. And we would get $$ from the guy that owned the bar and stuff for keeping the WASP nest down.
Pete
We fished gravel pits with catalpa worms a few years ago the first time I had used them GREAT We caught 12 inch bluegills I have pics I will post "we just moved when I get the boxes out with them in it" the best fishing in a long time for gills we also caught bass on them we filled the freezer with bags of gills! some of the best eatin!:cool: My kids love them! I have never tried crickets but we use wax worms well! just my cent!
I just ordered a batch of these from blue ribbon lures. I spoke to the owner for a few minutes by phone. Seems like a really nice guy...Quote:
Originally Posted by caseydrew
Get a gallon jug and put some fishscraps in it....Let the flies lay them eggs....Of course, I wouldn't hang it up in the garage or close to the house....DemoMan
When I'm trying to fill up the basket I think live bait works best...especially worms and crickets.
For fun I like to take out the Ultra-light spinning reel combo and throw artificial lures. The bluegills down here are fighters and they sure are a blast to catch.
This past Saturday morning I took my 8 yr old out for a little while to see if the fish were biting. Since the bait shop was closed for the day we decided to use the UL rods and spinners. My son has always fished with crickets and a cork so all of the casting and reeling was new to him. In a little over an hour he hooked about 40 large bluegill and 5 bass. We were using a 2" Rapala floating minnow (Balsa) that dives about 2 feet. Color was silver with a bright chartreuse back. I think I've found my new favorite lure.
All of the bream caught were huge. Completely opposite from those little theifs that steal you cricket. That Rapala was magic...I only had one in the tackle box, so when we got home I went to Gander Mountain and bought a couple for extras. My son is now "hooked" on rod/reel fishing. I don't think he even wants his cane pole any more.
A number of folks consider crickets to be the best bait. I tend to agree but they are hard to keep on the hook. One technique I learned as a little kid (40+ years ago) is to hook them right through the middle of the head - right between their eyes. It is hard and a tad difficult to get a hook through there but can be done if you wiggle it a bit. Hook them under the collar, run the hook out the other end and it'll be peeled off in less than a minute. Hook them through the head and you can fish for much longer. The brim have a tough time getting the head off. I've caught multiple fish on the same cricket head. They'll keep nipping at it as long as there is something on the hook. I caught my first bass on a hook that was baited with only a hopper head.
Does anybody know of a source to buy red wigglers or red worm?.I had a neighbor that raised them and we would just tear up the bream......that was 35 yrs ago though..would love to find a place to buy some ..in order to raise a few for fishing any info will be appreciated.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Songdog
I bought my worms from Hall's Wormery (325-743-2355). Two others are Rabbit Hill Farm (903-872-1488) and Pats Worm Ranch (210-922-1592). All three are in Texas. Good LuckQuote:
Originally Posted by twodogs
Do a google search on "Worm Bins and raising composting worms"....I started me a wormbed yesterday....Hopefully, by the time warm weather settles in, I'll have some....Red wigglers are "composting worms"...If you live next to a woodlot of some kind, alls you gotta do is put some feed around the leaves and keep it watered....If the food/moisture is there, the worms will come.....DemoMan
Thanks guys for the info. I will be checking these sites out and will be working on a bin or bins for these critters....really cant wait to get these guys going ....I have a nephew who is almost 4 yrs old and I cant wait to get him into fishing, because I know it will be a lifetime passion once he gets started ...