Bread Fishing

[bwob]

when I fish for bluegill I tend to use bread...does anyone else find this effective?...I know little pieces of chicken work too..Anyone else got any other clever ways?:p

[Sharon]

#4 red circle hook, small piece of live earthworm, make sure he still has some wiggle to him. ;)

[Illinoisgiller]

I haven't tried bread for bluegill bait but the kids enjoy tossing it out for them to the little shore gills. Wheat bread works very well for spring carp as a dough ball.
You mentioned chicken. An ice fisherman told me once that the bite had quit on him. He had brought fried chicken with him and ate a piece before baiting up with wax worms. That started the bite again. He never goes ice fishing without some fried chicken or at least a piece of skin to treat his fingers.
Mike

[bwob]

Oh ok, you should try bread though it works good...;)

[hushpuppy]

Bread and fried chicken, sounds like samich time to me. You can trick em' with corn down here. Sometimes.

[Sharon]

hey hushpuppy, have you tried those tiny nugget things, that come in a jar. some are yellow, some pink... they dont stay on the hook to well, I dont care for them at all. Ive tried the bread, that dont work for me either... Im a wormer :p

[hushpuppy]

I tried those when I was a kid. Didn't like them myself. Worms and crickets are the best.

[Sharon]

yep, I agree hushpuppy!

[T Bartels]

After about April 1st here it gets warm enough for the nightcrawlers to come out and play!!:D After a heavy rain i just walk around the block a few times with an ice cream bucket filled with dirt and peices of newspaper(keeps them alive longer somehow) usually get about 100 on a good night....that lasts me about 2 weeks tops then i gotta go get more!!!! Its a never ending cycle!!:p Never tried bread before??:confused: I doubt it would work on the river 'gills around here but i might try it on some farm ponds sometime.....carp sure love them doughballs!!! I lost the directions on how to make them though?!?!? Anybody got a recipe they'd be willing to give up!! I'd appreciate it!! Thanks!!-Taylor

P.S.-I can't seem to find many crickets around here for some reason?!?!?! When i do get a couple the Bluegills just smash 'em!!! Might have to try and find a few more this year!!!!

[swampman]

ohhh, sorry taylor, cant help ya with the bread, but for crickets dig a hole big enough for a butter container in your backyard, put 2 slices of bread in the butter container and put it in the hole so its just under the ground, put a board over the butter contianer so only an inch wide gap is left, place the trap in the late afternoon and collect your crickets the next morning

[bwob]

what ya gotta do to the bread is moisten it...this means to shove it in your mouth:rolleyes: ...so its most and stays on hook longer..ya gotta use a bobber though........or else..........the fishing sucks:mad:

[T Bartels]

Swampman-Thanks a lot for the tip!!!! I am defidently gonna do that when it warms up (it's -7* here right now:rolleyes: )!!! umm....after i get 'em in the dish and i put a lid on it...do i need to keep them in the fridge or are they alright in like the garage for a day or two?? Thanks again!!

Bwob-Yeah i figured ya gotta get it moist so it stays on the hook or else it'll fall righ toff!! I will try that too!!:D

[bwob]

:p you should, it really works...even like pond scum works too...
( I was desperate for bait)

i've got some nice blue gill on bread too.

[swampman]

tbartels just put a few damp pieces of news paper in with the crickets put em in a cool place in your garage, and they will be good for a week.

[bwob]

hey where should I dig for worms?

[T Bartels]

Bwob-Hey, I'm watching the Super Bowl and it's pouring down there in Miami....is it raining where you live?? If it is than what is the temperature outside?? Post back and I need to tell you something!!!:D

[bwob]

I live in naples...and what do ya need to tell me?

[T Bartels]

Is it raining there??? If it is then you need to go out tonight at around 9:00 with a flashlight, go walk around somewhere where there is mud and tell me what you see!!!!:D You just might be amazed.....

[bwob]

No, its windy as hell though, the winds are like 8674843 miles per hour. im on my bike and im getting blasted to the like indoneisian coast.:mad:

[Sharon]

:confused: Your on your bike?

[bwob]

when I go fishing...im not gonna like pull a power rangers move and like do a light speed rescue telleport to my key board to talk to all my fans out there.:D

[ho_shi]

hey ?? we need a TIP forum SWAMPMAN has had several great tips that I hope to use BUT I know when the time comes I will forget where they are at


PLEASE PLEASE A TIP FORUM PLEASE PLEASE

how u keep bread on a hook???? do you use that pantyhose that I talked bout??

[bwob]

NO, you just like put a little bit of bread in your mouth to moisten it and it "should" stay on the hook it works for me...he guess what, if you got GOLD bluegill hooks and just cast out the little bluegill should hit it. This happened to me today when I went catfish fishing today with my friend joe. (who recently joinded, his name is joefish.):D

[swampman]

ok BWOB, your in the south heres a fun way to get worms, find a part of your yard thats got soft soil, drive a wooden stake into the ground about 24 inches and start tappin it lightly with a hammer, grunt worms think the vibrations mean its raining and they will start poppin to the surface like crazy.......... you can also run the head of an axe or hatchet over the stake in a light motion its called grunting, and its a fun seldom used way to get grunt worms.

[swampman]

i think Ho_shi's right, i should get my own tips forum, where people ask me questions and every other day i post a different tip. and to think im only 17 and i know this, ive got 63 more years to perfect my fishing knowledge

[ho_shi]

lol now sonny http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p8/ho_shi/Images/thimage006.gif I ment one where WE ALL can post. so far you seem to have the best tips recently. Seen some older ones too. At least I think would be a good idea, I put it up to the POWERS THAT BE http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p8/ho_shi/Images/KidgotOWNEDbychicken.gif to decide

[bwob]

I'll have to try out the stake thing...just dont want my parents to yell at me lol