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Was just curious, if anybody ever goes for bream using jigs much ??
I catch quite a few while crappie fishing but never just pile them up like when using live bait.
I've piled them up using fly fishing gear, but usually come up nearly empty handed when I go with jigs.
Any tips ??
All I use is flies and jigs. Flip a 1/64th black jig toward the bank or bed and retrieve lowly. Just enough speed to keep off bottom.
You obviously have not spent much time reading this forum. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenLine
LedHed and Alphahawk have posted extensively on jig fishing for gills.
I use jigs at least 50% of the time for gills. (Over the last couple of years, it's near 100%.) I use a slow, steady "do nothing" retrieve, just like I do for crappie. Almost any small jig body will work, but I would not go heavier than 1/32 oz. My current favorite is the 1/64 oz trout magnet. Solid red is my #1 color followed by solid black. Tipping the jig with bait will often help, particularly if you're not used to fishing jigs.
A piece of Nightcrawler and small plain jig all summer.Ice fishing plain jig tipped with a wax worm, it's worked for me for 40+years.
Yup. Love a little 1" or 1 .5" tube in an earthly color with 1 /32 or 1/64 oz slip in head tipped with Gulp maggot or a 1/32 roadrunner with 1" curltail or slider.
I fish jigs for gills quite often,most times I fish them under a tiny float,and creep them through the beds.After the spawn,on one lake I fish,the bigger gills seemed to relocate back in some shady coves that are filled with cover.The water in these coves is around 10/12' deep,I slay them using a 1/32 jig tipped with a mealworm or a honey worm under a slip bobber.
What I do is take the 2lb gear and put it in places where fish would be likely to be. I get gills, crappie and about anything else that swims. I take the fly rod some, but lately my 1/64 get an awful lot of play. As already said, dark earth tone jigs do well but I think you'll get some on about any color. Beetle Spins also do well and are pretty much weedless. If you try one of those, give a 1/32 in white with a red spot a try. Does well for me. Nothing beats the busy day of the 'Gills and their cousins.
1/64 black hair jig is all I ever use for gills or ears.
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Deadly bait.Quote:
Originally Posted by Locator79
Never live bait only a jig with some power bait.
Thanks for all the info so far. This site is great !
1 inch solid black sliders on a 1/32 road runner . A fle-fly, go-go minnow on the same head in the perfect pearl . Never bigger than 6 lb. test (smaller is better if you can cast it. )
Those are my choice as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Locator79
But I've added tinsel jigs and 1/80 black and red to my arsenal.
I do want to go cricketing this spring.
They just caught humpheads on tv with crickets.
I also want to try those Arkie Fiddle Legs.
Those remind me of girdle bugs.
When we are playing with bream we often go just jig , we typically use a 1/64 number 8 in either a handtie or a tiny plastic .
like mentioned before a super slow retrieve and they cant stand it .
if we are serious about numbers we use a bare jig tipped with a worm or a crappie nibble
and for sure oranges reds and blacks and brick colors for some reason drive them bonkers
Jigs keep the catfish away................sometimes. 1 inch mister twister grubs.
Black or black and white Lelands Lures Popeye Jig in 1/64 oz. with a Berkley glo white crappie nibble is my go to bait for bluegill fishing. Mostly fished under a float..
Nice choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by TerryD
This works good in SoCal;
Chub patterns w/wo spinning blades - trolling
football and roundhead jig Autos - shallow water
1/48th to 1/24th #6 EC Lil' Nasty BLN hook
Big fan of tipping with crickets
Similar story to others. 2 lb. test mono with a 1/64th black beetle, or sometimes white with a red spot, or yellow. Sometimes use tubes or curly tails, but only 1" in length on 1/64th or 1/32nd oz. jig head.
Really?!!Quote:
Originally Posted by whiskerwhipper
https://i.imgur.com/NyIp6QE.jpg
Seriously, a few rules come to mind:
1. good lure design and a few colors do fine all of the time.
2. if #1. is observed, all fish species will strike, including gills.
3. light line (4#-6# test) enhances light lure action (fish aren't spooked by heavier lines)
4. the easiest way to catch panfish is to cast & slowly retrieve light jigs (as stated in the above replies). 1/32 and 1/16 oz unpainted ball jigs work great with plastic, fur or feather bodies work for me.
5. the way to cover the most water is to cast are far as possible and allow the jig to be retrieved slowly, at mid depth, while twitching the lure with combinations of rod twitches and reel handle turns - NEVER USE A STEADY RETRIEVES.
IMO curl tail grubs except Power Grubs, don't do as well as straight tails or which there are many. Stop a curl tail - zero action; stall a straight tail on a slow retrieve and the finesse action provokes strikes.
These are only a few lure designs that have worked no matter the water or season.
https://i.imgur.com/oo7dRYF.jpg https://i.imgur.com/zemsbJO.jpg
Power Grub tail whips vs flutters like a flag
1/64 or 1/80 black and yellow chart. kiptail jig with red thread neck, also add a crappie nibble and fish under a tiny round float with the piece of lead weight built in the bottom. purple and yellow chart is hot too. size 10 sickle hooks on these jigs, I think.
If I can't catch them on a black beetle spin or a black beetle they are not biting.
I use 4 lb hi vis gold line black chartreuse 1/32 jigs, that i tie myself. I also put a small split shot a foot or so above jig, helps for casting. Tip the jig with a beemoth. Usually toss it out and give a 10 count retrieve slow as possible. You might try different count down until you find there depth. JUST my 2 cents, lol
All the time--
I was out on 4-6-2018 fishing for crappie and couldn't get a bite, but I did manage several nice shellcrackers on a junebug/chartreuse 2" jig with a 1/32oz minnow head. My wife and I actually target bream and shellcrackers with these jigs, her favorite color is popsicle.