What is the best bait for brim fishing?
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HERE IN THE SOUTH CRICKETS AND CATALPA WORMS(WHEN IN SEASON) ARE THE BEST BAIT FOR BRIM. BUT YOU CAN'T RULE OUT RED WORMS OR TINY JIGS EITHER
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I use a bait that has never failed me. Go to the grocery store and pick up a box of bran flakes and a bottle of Big Red. Take a bowl and poor about 1-2 cups of bran flakes in. Then, you poor in the Big Red. You're going to get your hands dirty, but start mashing away at the stuff until you get a nice consistant paste. The tricky part here is to get the right parts flakes to Big Red. You want it to be pretty sticky, but not liquidy if that makes sense. Tie a treble hook (one of those hooks with three points) to your line. When it's time to bait up, pinch off enough of the stuff to cover all the points of the hook. Be careful when casting not to throw the bait off your hook. When it settles to the bottom, you will see your line go slack. Reel up that slack until your line is tight.\n\nWhen a buffalo bites, it usually mouths on the bait for a few seconds. That will cause your line to go slack. Don't try to catch the fish at this point. Let it sit there. The fish will eventually pick the bait up and pull your line tight again. When this happens, set the hook. \n\nI used to catch huge carp on this bait. They are one of the best fighting fish I've ever chased.
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small and gold would be best but it's really a poor trout lure....use a trout worm or nightcrawler on a number 8 hook with a small splitshot about 8-10inches from it or a small mepps spinner would be better. Have Luck!
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Lord yes i have a ultra light rig set up, mainly for bream fishing. bream is a pan fish which will get up to about 1 1/2 lbs. best eating fish there is . but to catch it one is like catching a shark. they are the best fighting fish there is.i have a ice fishing rod about 18inches long with a ultra light spinner on it. i carry it on my bike or truck. i see a decent place to fish i stop. i like it when the place is full of snakes because that is where you catch your big ones. wanna go with me lol.
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wow there is so many. Lets start with trout: Small spinners are obvious, salmon eggs are great, i have also ( believe it or not ) had excellent success with cut bait. you can also buy the artificials at local bait shops or even walmart.\nCats: Great success with chicken liver. Night crawlers, if you can find crawfish tails they also work well, you can try the stink bait if you want . I havent had good success and i cant stand the smell. Good luck, hope thi helps in he future.
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Yamamoto Senko is hands down the best bass bait on the market. There are a lot of imitations out there(including the yum dinger mentioned above) but the original Yamamoto senko is step above all of them. They're salt content is very high giving it an action that makes it look alive especially when wacky rigged(hooked in the middle with a #2 bait hook and no weight).  I guarantee if you buy a bag and try them out you will have great success. For more info or to buy some go to www.insideline.net They have a great forum where pro's are always happy to help out and you can order directly from the factory there.\nP.S. Try the watermellon pepper,excellent collor! Good Luck and tight lines.
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The first place to start is to go to your local tackle shop they are a mine of information they know where the best fishing will be. They will also know what rigs and bait is best.You could always look on your local water authority web site as well. Hope this helps,don't catch the big 'un as you'll make a lot of man jealous,I should know , the wife does it on a regular basis.
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I use the plastic worm the most, because it catches more fish than all the other lures combined. In my area, the watermelon seed, or junebug colors work the best.  Here is a site that can give you some pointers on how to fish plastic worms, as well as many other lures.  Tight lines.
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I think the rule is, If it stays on the hook then its bait.\nBread. cheese  Sweetcorn,  Maggots have all been used to a  great level of success. Depends on what you are hoping to catch as different fish like different things.\nRaid the fridge and try everything you find and then call that your lucky bait .\n\nChris
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Use a frog lure, spinner bait is what my dad said...
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The types of fish you will catch is solely based on what type of jig you're using.  However, just like all lures, every now and again, you'll have a random strike (i.e. catching a carp on a bass jig).  If you're fishing w/ a crappie jig (small head, anywhere from 1/32 oz. to 1/8 oz.) you'll probably catch more small species like bluegill, crappie, and other types of bream.  If you're using a Bass jig for flipping (1/4 oz. to 1/2 oz.) you'll most likely be using it in heavy cover and probably catch nothing but bass (although the random strikes will still be there).  Then there's a casting bass jig which can either be jigged or you can actually swim it w/ a trailer.  Once again, you'll mostly catch bass on that, but the random strikes will still happen.  I've caught a catfish on a spinnerbait as soon as it hit the water.  I have no idea why a catfish was on the surface in 35 ft. of water, but that's fishing.\n\nSo really, the majority of what you'll catch, excluding any random strikes, will depend solely on what style of jig you're using.
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For Bass, best live baits are nightcrawlers and leeches.  No Lake Trout in NE.
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You could go for a booby or a lure like a cats whisker , however\n  I would still go for nymphs , buzzers, and damsels , rainbows\n  feed all year on them , go through your box you'll find a killer \n  pattern I' m sure . Tight lines.
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I like to use my silver spinner. Get one with a bight strip on it. If you go in the river use a smaller one, and if you are at the mouth of the river us a medium one. They also like flies. Find out which ones just hatched and go get that bait. They eat it up. Good Luck!
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For live bait, we've used frogs, caterpillars, and catalba (sp?) worms.  For bass, I have a top water lure called a torpedo...my favorite is kind of yellowish green on top with red on the sides and a cream colored bottom.  I usually put blood hooks (red hooks) on them and the bass will tear that thing up.  I've caught more bass on that torpedo than any worm or other other kind of bait.
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I have found that the best retirieve to catch bass would have to cast it out as close to weeds, or logs, or rock cover as you can, keep your rod tip up and you line taut.  Let the worm sink and usually you will get the hit on the initial fall.  If not, let the worm sink to the bottom.  Then give the worm a few tugs, very small tugs, remember, you have to make it look real, so huge tugs make it look like a super worm, and may result in a hit, but, not many.  After you have given 2,3 maybe 4 little tugs on the worm, let it sink again.  I have found that most hits occur as the worm is falling.  So it is a must to keep your line taut, or you won't even feel the strike.  You must also keep your eye on your line where it enters the water.  Sometimes, you don't feel the hit, even with a tight line, but you will see your line either twitch, or move off to one side or the other.  Be ready to set the hook.  I prefer the YUM dinger in the 4 inch model and 6 inch model, in the watermelon seed color with gold flakes. They have a small slit in the worm to hide the hook in, resulting in easier, and better hook-ups.  Bill Dance once said "Any color and size of worm is good, as long as it is 6 inches and purple."  Try watermelon seed first, it seems to work everywhere.  Purple, black, red, and watermelon seed  also seem to work well.  But you have to experiment to find a good color. Here are a few sites to get you started.  I also have found that if the YUM dinger doesn't work, the YUM 6 inch ribbontail usually does.  If niether of those work, I try the YUM hawgtail, and almost always catch bass with 1 of the 3.  I would be lying if I told you that these three soft plastics have not improved my catch ratio per fishing trip, than any other plastics, and lures combined. I have found that using worms, I have found that it makes little difference on the water condition, when fishing a worm.  I have caught bass in muddy water, clear water, and in between with a worm, as well as at night. Bass have a "sensor" called the lateral lines. The bass can feel the worm before they see it.  In fact the largest bass I have ever caught was caught on a YUM dinger, at 2 a.m. during a full moon. But I have also had good bass at night when it was cloudy out. I prefer to Texas rig my plastics, most always wieghtless, on a 1/0 worm hook.  Have fun, and tight lines.
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Snapper & Grouper like ANY live or cut bait. (Anchovies, Sardines, Squid, Herring, Medhadden, ect)\n\nMost jigging is done with silver spoons, or with skirted lures. The skirts add a life-like effect to the jigs.