re: Bream fishing tips

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Fish deep. The bigger ones are deeper.

Use a slip cork so you can cast with your hook set deep.

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I experimented with these for deeper crappie with live minnows, but eventually stopped fooling with them and will just fish floatless in those situations and let the split shot sink the wiggling little bastard down into the deep. If something doesn't hit the minnow/worm/cricket on the way down, or within 10 seconds of hitting the bottom, it's my opinion you are in the wrong spot, or the fish just aren't biting that day. I fish live bait like artificial. If I cast it out there and there's not a bite really quick, I'll work it back a little then reel in and cast to another spot. I'm not the guy who throws out the bobber and just sits and waits for something to swim by and take it, at least not when it comes the bluegill or crappie.

Another tip for OP- dont use the round bobbers for bream. Always a streamlined type that gives minimal resistance when they take the bait. And the smaller the better.

"stick bobber" and "slotted and pegged" are search terms you can use to see what I'm talking about. People don't think it make a difference but it do.