Thread: Shrimp rated number one bait in university study

Originally Posted by Charliee

This winter we have been using shrimp for catfish bait here in North Louisiana. It has worked rather well om noodles. This spring I plan on trying it with bluegills just for the fun of it. I usually use red wigglers but am interested now in seeing what shrimp will do. In fact I want to try several things for bait this spring. I have an uncle that uses whole kernal canned corn for bluegills. He swears by that.

I know in south La. grass shrimp are top drawer for bream. Maybe just tiny piece of big shrimp on a hook would work. Worth a try.

Charliee thanks for telling about the corn. I was getting ready to post the question about using corn for gill bait. I know that in Wyoming it is illegal to use use corn. For some reason trout cannot resist it. Lets face it canned corn is about as cheap a bait as you can get and you can buy it in the gallon can and chum for a long time.

Wax worms are awful hard to beat

john b.

grass shrimp, in my area, are the most deadly thing to tip anything with as far as outfishing anything without it..l.as far as sacalait are concerned.
I think it's relative to where you are.
db4d, think they'd do better here than grass shrimp?

Adam

Originally Posted by Micropterus salmoides

db4d, think they'd do better here than grass shrimp?

You mean maggots? I have supreme confidence in them. If you chum with them (like I do), they're very tough to beat. You can just get the fish into a feeding frenzy, and catch one right after the other.

Even without chumming, they'd still work very well. Their action in the water is irresistible to the fish. The advantage you'd have with grass shrimp is that their a natural bait that the fish are used to feeding on.

Originally Posted by jigtosser

Charliee thanks for telling about the corn. I was getting ready to post the question about using corn for gill bait. I know that in Wyoming it is illegal to use use corn. For some reason trout cannot resist it. Lets face it canned corn is about as cheap a bait as you can get and you can buy it in the gallon can and chum for a long time.

Corn is what I use for carp. When I'm fishing, I will often toss a grain of corn into the water just in front of me. Like clockwork, a small bluegill will dart out and grab it. If I keep it up, more little gills will join him. I've literally had schools of 50-60 small gills in front of me for hours, just waiting for me to toss in a kernel of corn. I've never tried it for the bigger gills, but maybe I should. :D

Hey, jigtosser, I wonder if your can refer me to the university study that found shrimp (grass shrimp) to be the best bluegill bait. I think I'd really enjoy reading that study. I have used grass shrimp extensively when I lived in S. Florida; they worked great for bluegills, shellcrackers, and crappies. Let me know if you are able to locate that study, or even the university. Thanks.

It is in the Hunting and Fishing Library book called Fishing With Live Bait. They did not give the name but you can contact them and see if they can come up with it. That is the reason I did not give the name, I did not have it.