armytiger16 LSU Fan LA Member since Oct 2010 109 posts
Bream trap (Posted on 1/29/13 at 12:58 pm)
Just saw some pretty easy directions online for making your own for -20$ . I've recently been experimenting with bass/ sac a lait fishing with shiners with mixed success. The main issue seems to be the availability of shiners that are 2+ inches at local bait shops. Who uses live bait for bass and what?
AlxTgr LSU Fan Kyre Banorg Member since Oct 2003 27845 posts
re: Bream trap (Posted on 1/29/13 at 1:17 pm to RATeamWannabe)
quote: Bream (Lepomis spp.) may not be taken as bait for sportfishing purposes in any form of trap except at Toledo Bend Reservoir, where a minnow trap not exceeding 24 inches in length and having a throat no larger than one inch by three inches may be used to take bream for non-commercial bait
TigerTreyjpg LSU Fan Monroe, LA Member since Jun 2008 3202 posts
re: Bream trap (Posted on 1/29/13 at 1:27 pm to Teyeger)
Pretty much the only thing an Op will bite. Never tried them as bait for anything else, but have caught several big bass on trot lines using live bream trying to catch Ops.
armytiger16 LSU Fan LA Member since Oct 2010 109 posts
re: Bream trap (Posted on 1/29/13 at 1:36 pm to TigerTreyjpg)
Guess I won't be building that trap. What is the concern I wonder about trapping bream. I don't think you could hurt their population without an insane amount of trapping.
4X4DEMON Northwestern St. Fan NWLA Member since Dec 2007 9820 posts
re: Bream trap (Posted on 1/29/13 at 1:40 pm to armytiger16)
I remember running nets with these commercial fishers and they were throwing back white pearch the size of basketballs. I couldn't believe my eyes. I didn't know it was illegal to sell "game fish" at the time.
TigerDeacon Wake Forest Fan West Monroe, LA Member since Sep 2003 23050 posts
re: Bream trap (Posted on 1/29/13 at 1:56 pm to armytiger16)
quote: The main issue seems to be the availability of shiners that are 2+ inches at local bait shops.
I always ask for the smallest shiners they have. You can get a big fish to bite a small shiner, but it is hard to get a smaller fish to bite a huge shiner.
