04-28-2005, 04:15 PM
OK, this is the senario. You're on the river bank fishing on the bottom with a large night crawler for catfish 'cause you can't catch a live bream to use. You've been trying all the "good" spots to try and catch a bream, but no luck; on crickets or worms. The evening progresses and the fish begin to flop on top of the water. You put on a popper, but still nothing even sniffs at it. The river you're fishing is in the south east, Little Pee Dee; it's contents are among Flathead Cat's, Blue Cats, Channel Cats, Bullcats, Gar, Jackfish, Bream, Bass, Crappie, Mudfish, and possibly some type of herring or shad. Here's the questions:
1. What type(s) of fish would constantly breech the water, shallow and deep? (bream obviously in the shallow, but highly unlikely in the middle)
2. Are they breeching the water for feeding purposes?
3. What are some other techniques, other than the already mentioned above, to tempt a bite.
4. A "Sambiki" rig is often use offshore in saltwater to jig up live bait around structure were the water is too deep for a cast net, and or the fish are too scattered, or there is too great a risk of a snag. A Sambiki rig is nothing more that 6 to 8 tiny hooks made to resemble a tiny offering of maybe an insect or fish attached to a long leader. Would that work for jigging up live bait in fresh water as well?
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1. What type(s) of fish would constantly breech the water, shallow and deep? (bream obviously in the shallow, but highly unlikely in the middle)
2. Are they breeching the water for feeding purposes?
3. What are some other techniques, other than the already mentioned above, to tempt a bite.
4. A "Sambiki" rig is often use offshore in saltwater to jig up live bait around structure were the water is too deep for a cast net, and or the fish are too scattered, or there is too great a risk of a snag. A Sambiki rig is nothing more that 6 to 8 tiny hooks made to resemble a tiny offering of maybe an insect or fish attached to a long leader. Would that work for jigging up live bait in fresh water as well?
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