04-22-2007, 03:32 AM
First and foremost, i'd like to welcome you to bigfishtackle.com! Now, as for your question.......
If you can't find live bait anywhere, it's easy to dig up a few worms around a shade tree. Just look for ground that seems to stay saturated with moisture and always remains in the shade. This is prime worm territory and you shouldn't have any problems finding them. If you still can't find worms, no worries. The stuff that Mattscru and TubeN2 metioned also work, but i've found that bacon fat or plain old fatback work the best. They seem to like the salty/oily taste. Also, beetle spins are great lures for panfish, and usually work quite well once the water warms up a bit and the fish regain some of thier aggressiveness.
If you happen to get out somewhere that sells waxworms, get a couple of tubs. They will live for days and days on end if kept in the fridge. The best thing you can do is plan ahead. Also, crickets are easy to keep alive too. Just toss them a potatoe slab and give them a little water, they'll live for quite some time too.
Bream also like those tiny little poppers. Cast them out along the shore and just twitch them. Bream will eat them up, especially early in the morning and late in the afternoon. If you are having trouble casting them out due to thier light weight, no problem. About 4' ahead of the popper, add a bobber. The bobber will add enough weight so you can cast the popper, and it will float as well so it won't interfier with your presentation. [cool]
Good luck! Make sure and let us know how you do.
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If you can't find live bait anywhere, it's easy to dig up a few worms around a shade tree. Just look for ground that seems to stay saturated with moisture and always remains in the shade. This is prime worm territory and you shouldn't have any problems finding them. If you still can't find worms, no worries. The stuff that Mattscru and TubeN2 metioned also work, but i've found that bacon fat or plain old fatback work the best. They seem to like the salty/oily taste. Also, beetle spins are great lures for panfish, and usually work quite well once the water warms up a bit and the fish regain some of thier aggressiveness.
If you happen to get out somewhere that sells waxworms, get a couple of tubs. They will live for days and days on end if kept in the fridge. The best thing you can do is plan ahead. Also, crickets are easy to keep alive too. Just toss them a potatoe slab and give them a little water, they'll live for quite some time too.
Bream also like those tiny little poppers. Cast them out along the shore and just twitch them. Bream will eat them up, especially early in the morning and late in the afternoon. If you are having trouble casting them out due to thier light weight, no problem. About 4' ahead of the popper, add a bobber. The bobber will add enough weight so you can cast the popper, and it will float as well so it won't interfier with your presentation. [cool]
Good luck! Make sure and let us know how you do.
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