I use a 1/32 beetlespin in catabla (dark green body/yellow stripes) on a ultralight rod with 4# line. Small rooster tails in yellow, green or orange work well for me.

As far as live bait I use crickets, hard to beat a cricket for bream. I use pinks for shellcracker.

I love to bream fish, almost as much as I love to fish for crappie.