View Full Version : Can burbs be caught without bait??
bessiedog
12-27-2012, 07:42 PM
The idiots at SRD put a bait ban on the OMR resevoire.
So... I gotta figure out how to catch my yummy burbs w/out bait.
Tried glow jigs.. No joy!
Anyone have any tricks they would like to share?
Ps... My new auger works like a HOT Damn!!!!!
I punched 15 hole.... Just cause I darn well could!!
I am auger sensai!!
WayneChristie
12-27-2012, 07:44 PM
no baitfish or a total bait ban? smelts aint baitfish
Lefty-Canuck
12-27-2012, 07:47 PM
I have caught a couple jigging solid gold or solid silver rattlin raps bouncing them off bottom.
LC
Hunter Trav
12-27-2012, 07:50 PM
Caught one on a Swedish pimple before...
bwackwabbit
12-27-2012, 07:53 PM
I catch em pretty regularly on soft plastics (white mr. Twister double tail)
They aren't scented so should be ok.
Cheers.
fish gunner
12-27-2012, 07:54 PM
White curlytail, white tube jigs. White swim baits have worked for me in the past.
Catch them on the Nsr on jigs come Febuary, don;t know about the lakes though
ak-71
12-27-2012, 09:43 PM
Caught one jigging for whites, thought it was odd
It does happen from time to time but is not the norm, they are primarily a scent predator. Of course vibration plays a roll as well. But they are known to mouth almost anything to check if it can be a meal. "as far as I am aware"
bwackwabbit
12-27-2012, 10:24 PM
It does happen from time to time but is not the norm, they are primarily a scent predator. Of course vibration plays a roll as well.
True enough, I should have mentioned that along w/the double tail I use a pink helicopter jig. Not sure why pink is best but it just is.
Cheers.
Vacation
12-28-2012, 10:49 AM
I caught one on a small chartreuse ice fishing Rapala, it viciously attacked it.
needmoretoys
12-28-2012, 10:59 AM
A Williams wabler that is silver or white fish will catch them. Just bounce it off the mud. I use the camera to see them near. I leave the hook on the bottom until I see them, then move it. They will turn 90 degrees and pound it. That is if the lake you are fishing in has whites or ciscos.
BuckCuller
12-28-2012, 10:59 AM
In my experience they will bite anything that is bounced off the bottom with some weight sometimes it takes a few hits to hook them. My record with out bait back in the day of no limits was 21 in 15 minutes.
kinwahkly
12-28-2012, 03:17 PM
Ive caught many with a Thumper bell in the spring.
dshot
12-29-2012, 07:28 PM
Ive caught many with a Thumper bell in the spring.
second that
bessiedog
12-29-2012, 08:32 PM
Ok gotta ask...
Thumper bell?
yoteblaster
01-01-2013, 06:49 PM
Caught one today on a 5 of diamonds.
albertadeer
01-01-2013, 07:50 PM
I catch more without bait....Just rip a rattlin rapala right above bottom. I have caught some giant lota lota doing this.
yoteblaster
01-01-2013, 08:08 PM
I catch more without bait....Just rip a rattlin rapala right above bottom. I have caught some giant lota lota doing this.
I,m gonna try that
Badgoodguy
01-01-2013, 08:14 PM
We used to use velcro YES Velcro as they have rows of small teeth and we would roll it in Liver and blood or anything similiar
Full~Curl
01-05-2013, 12:30 AM
Rattlin Rapalas or anything that rattles always works well on them. Bounce the lure on the bottom once in awhile. I have caught more using the rattles than with bait.
fishermansfriend
01-05-2013, 09:49 AM
i caught a few on red bleeding tube jigs they come salted in the pack.
vettedreamer
01-05-2013, 06:26 PM
sounds odd I KNOW.............but take a black hair jig 3" long........ add a strip of black leather about 3" buy 1/8" wide so it acts like a tail. Its a chance to slaughter them I sware. :sign0066::rolleyes:
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