Thread: whats the best bait for bream, bluegill, ect

dmann436 or anyone

Have you tried the Gulp earthworms? I too have used the honey worm on a very small hair jig in my brother-in-laws very small pond and had good luck. Am looking to try the Gulp earthworms when the shellcrackers start here in the big lake.

yes, they work too but dont stay on the hook as well, I'm 60 yrs old and have tried most everything you can think of. one thing we used when I was a kid and still works great, however a little nasty for some people to try, is to cut a sliver of belly meat off a little throwback bream, bout 1/8 wide by 1/2" or so long, leave the skin on, it's tough, just run the hook thru one end, make sure you run hook thru the skin and meat and let it hang below the hook, lasts along time and they eat it up, PLUS you never run outta bait !!

I am not sure when bream spawn down there but on Ky Lake it is May. In the shallow or when they spawn, i have found nothing better than a 1 inch Charlie Brewer Slider Grub. If it ever gets slow, just put a cricket on the slider grub but i hardly ever use live bait when they spawn.

I am guessing that bream isn't spawning down there yet and probably live bait will be best.

http://www.fishingworld.com/Slider/D...48705821260153

Originally Posted by dmann436

yes, they work too but dont stay on the hook as well, I'm 60 yrs old and have tried most everything you can think of. one thing we used when I was a kid and still works great, however a little nasty for some people to try, is to cut a sliver of belly meat off a little throwback bream, bout 1/8 wide by 1/2" or so long, leave the skin on, it's tough, just run the hook thru one end, make sure you run hook thru the skin and meat and let it hang below the hook, lasts along time and they eat it up, PLUS you never run outta bait !!

You are just a youngster, I'm 72 yrs old and still trying to learn how to catch brim and crappie. Up until about 10 yrs ago I thought the only fish in sweetwater was a bass but as I aged and got all those little pains it just got to be too much work to chase um so I got some long poles and changed over to crappie and having a blast. Still have a lot to learn and even more about brim. Got 15 crappie today, pink/wht the hot color, in about 5 hrs before my back told me it was time to go home. I jig fish with an attractent, don't use minnow tho I sure they would help me catch more.

I vote for bee moths as the best bait for big bluegills. Put them on a small hook and you will catch fish. Crappie love them also.

The bee moths are smaller than waxworms but larger than a maggot.

1. Roach Bugs
2. Yellow Kernel Corn
3. Red Salmon Eggs
4. Poping Bugs when May Flies come out.

Cheap and deadly baits............

Originally Posted by Cane Pole

1. Roach Bugs
2. Yellow Kernel Corn
3. Red Salmon Eggs
4. Poping Bugs when May Flies come out.

Cheap and deadly baits............

A kid down the road from me suggested corn and I thought he was nuts. I guess he wasn't lying. Do you use fresh corn or canned corn? Does it matter?

I used can corn in a river wihen I was a kid and also used them in a big lake not sure if it's the best bait but it does catch fish.