Urgent bream questions...

Well, some friends and I are going fishing at a very small local private pond at about 5:00 a.m. Saturday morning, and it will be about 33-50 degrees. I'm having problems deciding what I could use for lures. I prefer spinnerbaits, so what color should they be? When it's warm weather I can really clean up on yellow rooster tails, but I'm not sure what would be good in these conditions, considering I've never fished there while it's this cold. The pond is about 6 1/2 feet deep. It's been in the 60-80 degree range lately, so this is more like a cold-front than a normal temperature. Also, what would be a good reeling technique? I know these questions are a bit "noobish," but I'm really needing some help, since I don't want to take my friends out and get skunked. The pond is about 70x35 yards, if that makes a difference.

Gibb, i caugth a few Saturday on a Black/chartruese slider fishing near the bottom under a float. water temp was 45 degrees. If you've had warm days fishem like you would in the fall, maybe. Good luck and let us know how you do.:D

Live Bait (local to water you're fishing) Free line, 2# Vanish, no float, no wt.,
if you need casting distance use an ice cube, if you use the ice cube prep it with very small pieces of the same bait you will be using (if it's legal where you live). Be patient, cold fronts can be tough. Use the water from the place you are fishing, never tap or bottled water.

This thread doesn't really mean much now, since my broke friends and I bit the bullet and bought two boxes of night crawlers. :D
I bought one regular box of Canadian night crawlers and one box that Miss Massie showed me that had Evergreen night crawlers, which are green. I'd never seen the green ones, but she told me people had told her good things.

Thanks for all of the replies, though. By the way, should I fish it under a float, or just tightline on the bottom?

I always use a float. I wouldn't use anything heavier than 4# line (2# much better.) And I wouldn't use the whole crawler -- just pinch off a 1" piece. Fish it stationary or move it very slowly.

Yeah, I've already cut up the worms, thanks for the suggestions.

Have a great weekend.

I'm jealous, my pond is still ice covered.

curious about the ice cube thing, how about some details?

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Originally Posted by fishinRod

curious about the ice cube thing, how about some details?

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Yea me too... Never heard of this.

I'll start a new thread about it... I think it's a brilliant idea!!! Ice Sinkers, guess they'd be Casting Floaters, Ice Casters, donno?

ive had better luck using red worms for brim than cut up nightcrawlers. if you can find a source for the smaller red worms, one on a hook is an offer even the most shy brim cant resist.

Man, I'm tellin you, we really tore it up this mornin. 40+ bream in 2-2.5 hours. Only one of the 4 friends fishes, so the rest of em had a blast as well. Bad news is I hooked myself pretty badly. I was takin one of my friend's bluegills off the hook, and didn't realize the hook was stickin out through his gill, and it just stuck in my hand. I ended up just havin ta rip it out. :eek:

Anyways, we had a blast, and thanks for all your suggestions.

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Man, I'm tellin you, we really tore it up this mornin. 40+ bream in 2-2.5 hours. Only one of the 4 friends fishes, so the rest of em had a blast as well. Bad news is I hooked myself pretty badly. I was takin one of my friend's bluegills off the hook, and didn't realize the hook was stickin out through his gill, and it just stuck in my hand. I ended up just havin ta rip it out. :eek:

Anyways, we had a blast, and thanks for all your suggestions.

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Next time make them take their own fish off the hook. :D

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Next time make them take their own fish off the hook. :D

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I told one of em, "Take it off the hook!" He said "No!" I said "Why?" He said, "I don't wanna get killed!"

The fish he was talkin about was the smallest fish I'd ever seen caught on R&R.

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I told one of em, "Take it off the hook!" He said "No!" I said "Why?" He said, "I don't wanna get killed!"

The fish he was talkin about was the smallest fish I'd ever seen caught on R&R.

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He thought it looked like a mako shark, huh? LOL My niece and nephew are sheltered- their parents have shown them the life of the great indoors. I took those two out crawdad fishing and they acted like I was handling a T Rex or something...