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Hi all I was wondering if anyone has some information about using jigs for brim. I know the mouth on a gill is pretty small but personally I get frustrated when I get to the bottom of my worm box and have nothing else to throw out. Can you use a regular size jig (1/16 1/32) that you'd use on a crappie?
1/32 will work, but 1/64 is much better, IMO. I mostly use trout magnets, but any small jig will work. Small marabou jigs are great.
Just count it down and swim it back slowly.
Tip a 1/16 or 1/32 with a piece of Gulp crappie nibble ,or a bologna chunk , I've even used a small piece of white string. Usually if I run out of bait, it's time to go home.
I might try a 32nd I would've thought it was a little too big for a little bluegill mouth
1/32 road runners and 1 inch solid black slider grubs are my go to . Actually caught my best redear on a 1/32 roadrunner a 2 inch pink/white slider . Stren original clear blue fluorescent line completes the set-up. Attachment 267715Attachment 267716Attachment 267717Attachment 267718
Now that's a pig of a shellcracker. I guess that's all the proof I need 1/32 it is.
I use 1/64th and trout magnets or any small 1" - 1 1/4" plastic grub will work fine as well as a dark hand tied jig.
I use a 1/16 jig head with a crappie magnet on it. Blue gill can get their mouths a lot wider than you think.
I've caught thousands of Gills....shell cracker....on a 1/64 Trout Magnet. Bottom line......micro jigs and light line will put a lot of panfish in the boat.
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I love to fish the 1/32 and 1/64 thread neck kiptail jigs tipped with a crappie nibble under a tiny float most the time but I once cleaned house on a bed with a 1/16 jighead and a 2 inch kalin triple threat grub, black blue and chart, and they were eating it so a lot depends on how aggressive they are, you need plenty of different weights and sizes in your box, as well as crappie nibbles.
I generally throw the same thing at them as I do crappie, which is 1/32 (#6) and 1/16 (#4) oz jigs. Mostly 1/32. Tubes from 1.5 to 2 inches, sliders, hot grubs (2"), BGBS, etc. Slider head (1??) or open jig. Not doubting anyone on the smaller is better, this is just what I throw. Don't seem to have any problem sticking bream. What I'm throwing can't be more than a small minnow would be. I agree, their mouth gets bigger than you might think.
Thanks for the input guys, I have robjohnson making me a 1/32 crawfish style jig and see if that'll bust some lips or not.
For me, it's not that smaller is better. It's that lighter is better.Quote:
Originally Posted by TeeDee
There's very little difference in size between a 1/64 oz trout magnet and a slider grub on a 1/32 oz head, but the latter is twice as heavy. Bream like that slow drop through the water column.
Ice jig tipped with an appetizing morsel.
i'm a 1/64 trout magnet guy myself when im targeting them alone but i've caught plenty on a 1/16 cb slider while crappie fishing. some of the jig tieing guys on this forum can make some awesome brim jigs. i do recommend staying with darker colors like brown, rust, or a dark orange.
I totally agree lighter is better in most situations . When this occurs which is rare where I fish . The use of a black gnat and a 4/5 wt. fly rod is my weapon of choice . a 1/32 is the heaviest jig that I cast on an ultra-lite since I use no floats unless live bait is used . Any faster fall will kill the red ear bite but bluegill bite seems to care less . When jigging 1/100 (bass pro shop/white river )fished with a #3 split shot 8-10 inches above the jig is awesome in brush tops . Fishing applications dictate choice of tackle and method . It's all good . :biggrin
those three pictures are 3 different bream .Quote:
Originally Posted by mquast200
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I'll agree with all suggestions and add one of my all time favorite colors is orange(crawfish imitator) .
Black or black and white Leland Lures Popeye jig in 1/64 oz. with a glo nibble will catch them year round. I have also started using their 2lb. SOS line and am 100% sold that the smaller line will get more bites. It is some tough line and a blast to to fish on an ultralight rig.
Fished the BG itty bits for the gills Wednesday and had a blast. No bait needed. Best colors were bluegrass and bayou booger fished under a small bobber, right outside of their beds. Caught over fifty in less than an hour. Kept 25 and was throwing them back for the last fifteen minutes. Biggest was a little over nine with numerous eights. No redears up this way.
Small jigs are better for catching the BGs - found they tend to inhale - and get too many gut hooks on the bigger BG. We use mostly 1/48th and 1/32nd jigs with a #6 hook (prefer the Eagle Claw sickle). Majority of the fish we catch are stuck in the upper part of the mouth....