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New to forum and not a computer guy. I fish mainly bayou Desiard in Monroe. Have greater success when jigs are tipped with nibbles. Have even better results when tipped with grass shrimp. Hard to find grass shrimp lately so I was thinking of using fresh gulf shrimp cut in tiny pieces and kept on ice. Has anyone ever tried this? If so, did it help increase strikes like whole grass shrimp? Thanks for any information. PS I will try regardless and post results this week.
I have never tried shrimp on jigs, but they may work. Anyway, I wanted to welcome you to the forum. Good luck and we look forward to your post. I look forward to trying the crappie in Bayou Desiard as soon as I get a chance. I live right across the highway from it at the Children's Home. Just haven't had an opportunity to put my boat in yet.
I live half mile from you on the bayou and you can use my Jon boat or canoe anytime. Not sure how to give you my info if you are interested. Thanks
Works great on salt water baits! And I have had success with bream doing this, not sure about sac au lait.
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I have seen a man catch a sacalait , with a piece of shrimp on a gold hook....This was near Vinton around the burnt bridge
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Used to catch crappie with grass shrimp on small- tiny gold hook around grass beds. Lots of time very shallow and very good size. Have used shrimp for catfish. Can’t hurt. Let us know!
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Originally Posted by Bayou Bum
Thanks for the replies. Nice article on bream. I fish mostly for crappie and when I tip my jig with grass shrimp I do catch more bream but the crappie bite increases by a magnitude. Way better then nibbles. It was my grandpas secret to catching crappie in the cut offs on bayou Macon. Has to be live or fresh grass shrimp. If they turn white they don’t work. Thinking fresh gulf shrimp my work as well. Hope they do as I will try tues or we’d. Will let you guys know with photos if I can figure how to post them. Please stay tuned. Also, on bayou Desiard the bite get better when the cypress trees turn orange and that is starting now!
You can freeze grass shrimp in corn meal. I use to buy em that way from a bait shop on the way to my camp on Island side of False river.
Thanks. We used to do that with caltrops worms as a kid. Will try that with grass shrimp in the future.
Bayou Bum welcome to the Forum ; we have at the top of the page ; Notifications, those are personal messages you Receive... To send one to somebody, click on their Avatar such as Pastor and your PM will arrive in their box on the top of their Page. I know he would like to fish Black Bayou Lake --- full of Black Crappie, but the lake has a Motor size limit of 50 HP on the wildlife Refuge
A buddy made a trip to fish the gulf had bait shrimp left . Froze them decided to use them to tip jigs . Thawed them out and tried them they worked but would come off easy next time he put in micro wave that made them tuff and last longer. How do you catch grass shrimp ?
Tried fresh shrimp bits yesterday and today. Very fresh shrimp is clearer in color and firm as long as kept on ice. Bits stayed on jigs better than nibbles. Only caught one slab and 5 small crappie yesterday and none today. Only fished 30 min or so each day. 5 ft deep in 10ft water fishing tree tops I sank this spring. I use a fine mesh net and drag through vegetation in ditches that hold water all year long. Will try later today and post.Quote:
Originally Posted by speckle
Yea, just do like Slabhunter does...
Mix shrimp, roe, and bud lite , run through blender and put in bait pump!
This is the best idea yet! Not a bite yesterday evening or today. Lots of gar and shad activity which is usually a good sign the crappie will also be active. Not biting on any jigs tipped withQuote:
Originally Posted by green shiner
nibbles or shrimp. Can’t give up ever though. Love that thump too much!!
Need more bud lite in the mix
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I've caught big rainbow trout on cooked salad shrimp.