Thread: Top 10 Artificial Bream Baits

Ok, I've seen tons of ideas like the norm worms, crickets, maggots, meal worms, wax worms, night crawlers, corn, etc, etc, etc, I'm looking for the top 10 best store-bought artificial baits. Stuff that you've used and tested, and have bought from a commercial entity [or someone from here who still sales :D]. I've seen tons of info on live bait, and there has been some very interesting things, but I'm looking strictly for your top 10 artificial bates for bream. Thanks for all, I look forward to some interesting and insightful posts as usual.
-Bill

Well for me, it's my name sake, The GROUSE FLY...lol. You could find them in a few stores if you knew where to look. You can find them in my bream box 24/7....lol. ALL HANDMADE AND MAN ARE THOSE GROUSE TASTY!!!!!!!!

Well that's definitely not 10, but it's a great start. Surely that's not the only thing you ever use? Thanks for the tip, definitely a help.

here's my custom bait from Brad at www.boudreauxsbaits.com

It's 1/124oz. I use them under a cork and usually the bigger fish hammer um!!!

Here's 4 of my favorite colors and a dime in the picture for size reference.

Bill, I too use 1/64 & 1/124 oz. jigs. Using soime right now tied by Ship! Seem to be good Jigs!!

I have a few,
Spongespiders-black or white
My miny hair jigs 1/64 or 1/80 oz.
Guinea Jigs 1/64 or 1/80
Splittail jigs(trout magnet)
Crappie Days Micro Spoons tipped with a nibble,just started using these.
Tubes and twisters
Wooly Worm type fly I tie without the yarn tail usually in black.

Almost any small, dark jig or fly works well, like the RLD:

http://www.warmwaterflytyer.com/patterns6.asp?page=13

Outside of the spawn, though, I don't think any artificial can touch live bait.

Great, thanks for some great feedback, I've really been trying to spend a serious amount of time learning to catch fish with artificial bait as opposed to just live bait. Thanks for the great tips once again, I'll be picking up a few of these tommarrow to try out on a honey hole this weekend :D.

I like small beetle spins(with whatever plastic bait you like), rooster tails, dry flies, a few wet flies, and my jigs I tie, 1/64th or 1/80th oz, either kiptail jigs or chenille body jigs, depending.