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So Chad first let's start off tell me a little bit about rod types.
We're gonna use an ultra light rod when we're fishing for bream.
We want something that's sensitive enough to be able to feel the bite and you also want to be able to you know feel a small fish fight so that it's still fun.
We have a spinning reel and the line that we're using today is six pound test and anything less than six pound test is adequate for a brim.
And the only difference in that rod and this one here is the length of the rod.
And sometimes we may want a little bit longer rod if it's windy outside or if we're throwing a heavier lure.
This will help us get it out there a little bit better.
Okay well in addition to using the spinning gear you can also use the most commonly seen which is a spin cast reel which is a closed space reel.
That pretty much anybody can learn how to cast that, that's like step one and spinning rods are step two.
Yeah that's where pretty much everyone gets started, that push button zepkow reel.
That's right well let's transition over and talk a little bit about how we would rig up to go fishing for sunfish.
There's a lot of different colors here to choose from.
Yeah if we're gonna start on the artificial lures we can look at colors and the reason there's so many colors in lures is
Because water color changes a lot and we want something that fish can see
So if you have a lure kind of like this right here that's a little bit darker lure
And that's something that a fish would most possibly bite in clear water.
This is a beetle spin and it's got you know that bright green body
And you've got the silver blade here and this is really good in in stained water.
Then if we're going to talk about you know live bait fishing like what we were doing earlier on the lake,
We were using a bobber rig at one point you know you just want a small bobber.
Something that the fish is gonna be able to pull under the water because these are small fish that we're catching.
The line is it's fed through here and then you can adjust how far you want that line underneath
Just sliding it up and putting this pin in, hence the name the slip bobber, that's right and
Then if it's a little windy like what we were seeing on the lake today you're gonna want to put a little bit of weight on there to kind of cast this out,
Because this is really light and you're not gonna get it very far and it may end up being frustrating
So we'll put a little bit of lead shot on there, a little added weight so we can aim where we want to throw the lure,
And then it all ends up with what catches the fish, this is about a size probably a six long shank hook,
A long shank hook is good for brim one it's easy to get out of them when you're catching them.
It's kind of harder for them to swallow. It's got this longer shank so that gives you a little bit more to grab on to unhook them with.
Well let's talk a little bit more about the variety and the artificial lures because the live bait is pretty simple we can use worms, we can use crickets.
But we have all these different shapes and sizes of lures back here that you would have just attached just to a j-shaped hook.
Yeah J shaped hook or possibly something you could put a jig like that on a little jig head like this,
And that would give it a little bit of weight and you could fish these up and down like on the first fish attractor we fished this morning.
Where it was deeper water and this little bit of weight here will help us get that lure down and then we can just kind of jig it straight up and down,
Kind of similar to what you would do for crappie fishing ok and it's really good to have a lot of this variety so you can try things out.
A lot of trial and error, absolutely and if you really wanted to be adventurous you could try your hand at fly fishing for brim even.
We've got two different types of lures here and Chad you're the more avid trout fisherman than I,
How would you fish this lure here? That lure is attached to the end of your tippet on the end of your fly line,
And you would cast it out and give it real short jerks and it's gonna make it popping,
It's got a cupped front to it so it'll make a kind of a popping sound as it goes through,
It'll catch a cup of water as it goes through the water and the brim will come up to the surface and inhale it.
Excellent and this nifty little thing here has a blade that will actually turn up some action as well.
That's right you would probably do the same thing with that with real short maybe 12-inch fly line retrieves just to get that blade spinning just a little bit.
Well I definitely learned a lot today and I had a blast so I want to thank you Chad for taking the time out to do this with us today,
And teach us how to go out there and maybe catch us some sunfish or brim,
And Jarrett Gibbons as well for being our our boat host, driving us all over Lake Moultrie this morning.
I hope that you guys learned a lot and we will catch you guys next time.