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 Re: Need a substitute for live bait
[Re: fiSherwood]
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06/17/09 06:59 PM
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Smile-n-Nod
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Also try a single kernal of sweetcorn on a small (12 or 10) hook. For those who use these small hooks, how do you keep the 'gills from being gut-hooked all the time?
Brett
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Re: Need a substitute for live bait
[Re: Smile-n-Nod]
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06/18/09 01:13 AM
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SlowDown
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Use a long shank number 6, rather than 8, and try to set the hook pretty fast, before the gill swallows the hook.
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Re: Need a substitute for live bait
[Re: SlowDown]
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06/20/09 03:03 PM
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Thespis
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I like that little Beetle Spin; can let it drop and fish it pretty deep. +1 I don't buy the original Beetle Spin. I buy the generic jig spinners and use Creekside curly tail jigs on a 1/8 oz. head. Black and blue with a chartruse tail have been killing them lately. Pumpkin seed is also good. I let it sink and reel slowly, bumping it off the bottom. I fish in some tight places and just a little motion will work.
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Re: Need a substitute for live bait
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06/20/09 10:17 PM
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SlowDown
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Thespis, recently I've flipped a Beetle Spin into the back of an open boatstall, let it sink to the bottom, and caught small catfish on it as well as bluegills. I guess any kind of fish will eat it.
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Re: Need a substitute for live bait
[Re: Meadowlark]
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06/23/09 07:44 PM
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Dr. Laser
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get the gulp 3 inch minnows in smelt i had a decent bluegill on that.but also do a drop shot rig and cut off the leader. Run it weightless and just raise the tip of your rod and lower it. i had a 2 pound striped bass a good size crappie and a good size bluegill all off of the gulp minnows in smelt.
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 Re: Need a substitute for live bait
[Re: Meadowlark]
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06/23/09 08:18 PM
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catfish774
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Corn and/or small pieces of hot dogs. This ain't rocket science
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Re: Need a substitute for live bait
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06/24/09 03:22 AM
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Pondbass
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powerbait crappie nibbles are all ya need 
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Re: Need a substitute for live bait
[Re: Meadowlark]
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07/10/09 02:38 PM
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EJ2000
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try cut up squares of chicken flavor hot dogs instead of nightcrawlers... use the smallest hook possible and cut the square so small that it fits in the fish mouth... u will leave with a bucket full of fish.... i have been doing this for years and every once in a while u will get a nice surprise and BAMBBBBBBBB a big catfish or carp...
EJ
Irving, Texas
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Re: Need a substitute for live bait
[Re: whiterockjesse]
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07/12/09 05:54 PM
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HENDO
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FISH ON!!
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Re: Need a substitute for live bait
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07/13/09 01:09 AM
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fiSherwood
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Yesterday I was fishing Lady Bird for the multi species competition on TxFishes.com, and got no takers on corn or small jigs; caught all mine on bread! Rolled up little balls, just large enough to cover the hook bend, leaving the hookpoint out.
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Re: Need a substitute for live bait
[Re: SlowDown]
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07/19/09 11:59 AM
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bigpanfish
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I've been catching bream inside of boatstalls. This is in a deep, clear-water lake with very little other cover. Yesterday, they ate pieces of night crawlers under a cork, but wouldn't touch cutbait from a small sunfish after I ran out of worms. I have small artificial baits to use in open water, but I also need an artificial to work under a float inside the boathouses. Do you know of an artificial that will work under a cork, i.e. without any movement like in open water. Greetings from Michigan. Yes, there is an artifical lure for giant bluegills and it works well anywhere with a float and even a sinker. Now in my "old age" I've built a hobby website and plan to post the whole story there within the next couple of weeks. bigpanfish.com
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Re: Need a substitute for live bait
[Re: Meadowlark]
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07/21/09 08:22 PM
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boat driver
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Slim Jim pieces work for me. They like the garlic and it stays on the hook.
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Re: Need a substitute for live bait
[Re: SlowDown]
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08/02/09 01:43 PM
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Jerry Hamon
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Canino, someone told me the Gulp products are no good for gills. Have you caught fish with them? I've been catching 40 to 75 a trip using a 1/100th jig and the Gulp waxies/maggots in chartreuse. They work great!
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crickets
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08/06/09 02:22 AM
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BryCam
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Has anybody had good luck fishing with small crickets or grasshoppers lately?
 "It takes patience"
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Re: crickets
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08/06/09 02:04 PM
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I see people fishing with crickets. I never cared for them I always have trouble getting just one out of the container and usually have 4 or 5 in the lose in the boat. Reports from Caddo say crickets are one of the best baits through the summer.
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