Easiest way to catch BlueGill

[@Guardian4080]

I knew a old man who said when he was little he would fish a spot at a creek all summer. To keep them biting he would hang something dead in the tree line and the flies would blow it. Maggots would fall in the water for weeks and keep the bluegills chummed in the area.

[@michaelanderson5098]

Old native American Indian trick!

[@mortonmorton6083]

Used meat netting and an old chicken let I rot in the air so no other animals would mess with it

[@randystone4903]

Loved bream fishing with Granddad using bamboo poles back in the 1950's. Miss him a lot, but take family and foster kids bream fishing these days. Corn also works good for bream and fried chicken skin drives them crazy.

[@thestonesaver6345]

I almost chummed when I saw a new FishinNStuff video! 🤷🏼‍♂️😂 Great stuff Mr. Keith!

[@Coptermandan72]

I used your idea of making a cooler live well. We filled it with brim last night. 👍

[@jons5898]

Great video Keith, unfortunately your thumbnail came up at the same time as a fishing video with 2 babes with awesome hooters. After thinking about it for about a nanosecond I clicked on that one first and had to sit through it to the end (actually had to watch part of it twice) before I could click on yours ! 😜 They didn’t even catch a fish 😂.

[@lawrencemartinjr6888]

🤣😂🤣 The same thing happened to me!🤔🤣😂

[@jefflay5818]

😂❤

[@jefflay5818]

You got me in tears down here in the hollers of KENTUCKY

[@joshuacox1559]

Man I hate when that happens.

[@bch5513]

But you are here now. We understand

[@wespeacock793]

Enjoyed the video, always do. I've got a little trick for you Keith and anyone who reads comments. I don't bother to shoot video but I think you'll like this chum tip. I have to thank my dearly loved and much missed mother for this one, she had to have been thinking of me! She passed last Fall and I decided to clean house around holiday season. With heavy heart I entered her bedroom with a fresh kitchen size trash bag. First thing I encountered were some useless folded "delicate" bags and they were headed straight to the trash bag until I thought about my minnow trap. Hmmm? So I sat on the foot of her bed and further examined these things and looking at the hole in the zipper pulls. Perfect chum bags! You can use a cheap stringer or leftover fishing line and a pointy stick and they're cheap as dirt online. I make no promises and I've caught no slabs but I am catching bait.

[@davidlawson8227]

I've been experimenting with different chum concoctions over the years. Im now grinding up dog food and mixing it with flour. I wet it and roll into a ball. Bake it till firm and freeze it. Not just good food gills, but catfish too.

[@andreschiriff4354]

Is very important to throw them freebies to get them on a feeding frenzy and then you do the old switcheroo and throw in your hook and get your fish 😃. I learned these watching fish in the park people always throw bread at them and you see a big school of fish going crazy.

[@davidward1259]

My favorite way to fish for Bream is with a ultra-lite spinning reel on a 5' carbon fiber lite action rod, spooled with 4 lb Fireline. That line is so thin, you can use a hook and no weight or float and still cast a cricket a long way for some fun top water action with Bream. Crickets are my go to bait for Bream. Fishing with a ultra-lite setup makes it even more fun. Hook a big bluegill and you are in for a ride!

[@FishinNStuff]

I like weightless too

[@hondaman991]

I like the Shakespeare 5'5" ultra light with 2lb hi-vis line spooled on it. Talk about something fun.

[@jamescampwbhs]

Amazing video brother! I went fishing with my cousin a month or so back we stopped by our local gas station for some home made biscuits and gravy before hitting the water; long story short I ended up throwing my leftover biscuit pieces into the pond jokingly said I was adding a little chum to the water…. I caught 25 bream and a few bass In a hour, some of the most fun I’ve had panfishing. It all makes sense now, love your content and stay blessed.

[@FishinNStuff]

It works lol . Thank you for watching brother

[@vereabsolutum9131]

When I was very young I went to summer camp for 2 weeks. Could do ALL kinds of activities. My favorite of course was FIShING. Camp counselors would give us slices of white bread. WORKED GREAT!

[@judyblack5369]

Love love love your videos! Please keep them coming. I have learned a lot following your channel

[@paulgewiss9238]

A local hotel and smorgasbord in Lancaster, Pennsylvania had a large pond behind it with a promenade around it. Guests would feed the ducks and geese that resided there from gumball machines stocked with bird meal pellets. What was underneath the birds was a massive school of sunfish or brim. I remember walking along the bank and watching the school follow us . The school was roughly 5' - 6' wide and about 25 - 30' long. The water was boiling with fish! Sadly that restaurant/ hotel went out of business and I haven't been there since. I would have loved to fish there.

[@paddlerofrivers7413]

Yo I live in Lebanon county what place was that?

[@angelcintron2122]

Thank you for sharing your memories. Likewise, I too started out fishing with family and friends who would set up a small pole with whatever we could find for bait, and we'd catch a mess of bream. I still love doing it now, and I love to take younguns out for the thrill of Bream fishing. I love watching their little faces light up with excitement every time they hook up. And the people on the other side of the lake must love hearing them too, 'cause I can hear some laughter every time. God bless you, take care, and stay safe.

[@mikecampingforfun5226]

I love watching your videos. They pick me up when I'm down. I take your content very serious, but you are funny. Your a good old Southern boy like me.

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you buddy and thanks for watching . Laughter is a medicine

[@catfishinwithcrow685]

Keith I absolutely love your vinous teach make people laugh and that helps us remember what you teach . Thank you so much you’re a great educator!

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you Sir

[@andykjohnsonjohnson7622]

Nice video 🎣. Us Carp Angeles call that pre baiting ( ground bait) , add chopped up worms 🪱 or micro pellets to your mixs. Helps keep the fish grubbing around in 1 or 2 areas 😃👍. Even cheaper is , horse feed Bailey #1 . $20 for a 25kl bag, will last you a year 😉👍

[@InviableTrader]

This guys needs more subs. Love the content man keep ‘em coming. Can’t get enough

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you Sir

[@bitumenjunkie2435]

G'day mate great show plenty of humour as always 😄 Stuck in the tractor today so a crack up was what i needed 🍻

[@fishlessfisherman1539]

This is great advice. I always had great luck in the spring and summer catching a variety of fish. Come fall I can barely make a video to post. Thanks for the great info!!👍🏻

[@patrickmcdermott6802]

I can always catch bluegill, even in the dead of winter through the ice. They make a good musky and northern bait too.

[@chrissewell1608]

When I lived on a residential lake. I would buy a bag of floating fish food (similar to Trout Chow), and would feed the fish a few handfuls, a few nights a week. And then on the weekend, we would brake the fly rods out. (I had already made some floating flys, that matched the fish food 😉) I would start a feeding frenzy, with the floating food. We would catch all sorts of fish, but we were really after the catfish and carp. I finally caught and released a 25 lb. Carp, on the fly rod. And that fight was FUN! 👍🏼😲 So... YES to chumming. It works good!

[@chadsharpe7213]

Just get a can of dog food and put a bunch of holes in it and throw is as far as you can cast. I'm a bass fisherman here and if I was going fishing for food to eat I would definitely go after Crappie and Sauger.

[@mantaBLS7biturbo]

One thing to mention on top of your tips is to put some fine sand in the mixture, it brings the chum down quick and it won't be eaten all away till it hits the ground. Oat meal and all rolled (pressed) grains work. Works not only in the Netherlands during fishing competitions in the deep channels. Keep the good stuff coming!

[@jimmiller4951]

I don’t watch your videos for tips I watch for your editing ! Lol . Best editing on KZbin!

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you I appreciate that

[@CatfishWeekly]

Another great video Keith!!

[@HowToHaveFunOutdoors]

Super cool video. Just found your channel. We Love it! My wife loves fishing!

[@frankbailey9542]

Love the diy videos man keep it up ! I live in NC too we need to go fishing!

[@spindeep23]

Small dog food bag with holes poked in it works well. I go to my spot the day before and toss the bag out. They hit it and get small portions and the food leaks a smell. The next day I come I get hits all day

[@melinda5777]

I'm going to try these chum ideas. THANK YOU!

[@dragonrider712]

My dad and I were just discussing a bluegill problem. Keith, you boss!

[@FishinNStuff]

Hey thank you for watching , I think your boss

[@uglyfrog7263]

Keith, where have you been all my life? You are the funniest, smartest, and handsoXXXX hold off on that last one my friend. Really enjoying all your up loads.

[@chrisguice139]

Crickets do pretty good around lake norman down to Wylie in NC

[@alabamaclickerfisher]

One of the easiest fish to catch. But can be hard headed sometimes. Good video.

[@BigDoggRegg]

When i go to Reelfoot lake in Tennessee where they have HUGE bluegills (bigger than a man sized hand) i chum the water with this... in a 5 gallon bucket i mix 4 gallon sized cans of sweet corn kernels i get at sams club and mix in a 2 large cans of garlic powder and sea salt (also from sams) then i take 8 containers of chicken livers, liquefy them in a blender and pour that in the bucket. Mix it all up then let it set for a few hours (preferably in the sun, the longer the better) before i use it. That mixture attracts EVERYTHING... bluegills, catfish, carp and crappies. I spend like $35 for it all but the return in fish caught during the week we're there is well worth it!!!

[@terrycheek4097]

Glad you visited my home community of Nebo on Lake James. Ive lived here my whole life. Keep posting the great videos.

[@jeffjackson8686]

Thanks, gonna try the oatmeal today! I'll let you know how that goes. I'm after a brim, that's gonna be bait for a big cat or bass!

[@brianazmy3156]

Leftover rice from Chinese takeout works great too. I like using my fly rod for brim. Usually it's the more aggressive ones that bite and it works well until the surface freezes.

[@jacobfonseca9594]

Great as always! Have you any suggestions or would you make a dyi for a fish and game cleaning bucket to help wash fillets. Curious out of all the videos I seen, on how would you put one together.

[@FishinNStuff]

I was thinking about that

[@jacobfonseca9594]

@@FishinNStuff I'd be pretty interested in seeing how you would improve on the concept. With Covid restrictions the way they are, the outdoor DIYs are a great way for me and the kids to have some fun. Thanks and keep them coming brother!

[@perrybutler5970]

Great video! Thanks for all of your help. The small small size floating catfish food works great also. Keep the great info coming and have a blessed day, my friend. PB

[@backwaterboatrehab]

We use Bream as an Umbrella term for all the small sunfish here in west Tennessee too

[@FishinNStuff]

Exactly lol

[@justme-in2jb]

Been using light bread in perch traps since I was a youngster, works great.

[@BM205]

An ol timer trick I read about said they'd hang a dead critter from a tree limb or pole over the water. When the maggots get at it they fall in the water and you have a school of bream waitin to get at anything that hits the water even awhile after the critters long gone. I ain't never tried it but it was interesting anyhow. I know we couldn't get em to bite worms and slim Jim beef jerky worked real good a few times. Y'all stay safe and God bless

[@FishinNStuff]

I started to talk about that trick too . But I didn't have time to decay a animal for my video lol . I did shoot a groundhog out back a week ago . I could a hung him up haha

[@paulmoss7940]

Gallon jugs ,holes in bottom top cut off ,small fish and entrails inside . Hung in bush over water by handle.

[@BM205]

@@paulmoss7940 now that sounds like it'd be perfect!

[@Jermy337]

Peanut butter also helps to make grits and oatmeal stick together.. I really throw random extra food that i find in the pantry.. for the Brim/Blue Gill

[@bobsmith1814]

I love fishing for blue gills or bream if you are south of Mason-Dixon Line. They fight as good as large mouth bass on a ultra light fishing set up.

[@FishinNStuff]

That they do

[@TimIrvin]

BREAM is my favorite fish to eat. I like to fry them just until you can pull the meat off the bone and then I fix them just like a Salmon Paddie. Make your Paddies and freeze them then you can drop them in a skillet with some butter until it gets warm and crusty and make a Fish Samich. I have never thought about chumming BREAM. GREAT idea! I'm looking at Tamkara Rods for Breaming ... AND we're moving to Northern Arkansas near the White, Buffalo & Little Red Rivers. TROUT! Thanks for the great vids!

[@FishinNStuff]

Man I've never thought of cooking brim like salmon patties , that's pretty smart . Around here it's hard to catch big one . It possible just hard

[@rusticoaf]

Something that’s worked good for me is if you go at the same time every day, and right before you throw your bread or fish food or whatever in, you make some noise with your bucket. Knock it on the rocks or the pier or something. It’s like ringing the dinner bell. After about a week, I knock with the bucket and they come running!

[@FishinNStuff]

Good idea

[@hermansims304rcrawlingteam3]

Fishing N Stuff I use oatmeal alot for bream an corn. I love your diy videos help me make alkt of pole holders keep them how to videos comein budd an fish on budd

[@briargoatkilla]

They all bream fow show. A handful of crunched up saltines works good under a light to bring in the baitfish...and errbody got them in the dry box.

[@mrhalfstep]

Thanks for nuthin', FnS! I threw my chum into a lake the other day and now he says he's never goin' fishin' with me again. I did learn that bluegill could be used for bait in KY. I always thought they were game fish. I may try the chum and cast net deal sometime.

[@FishinNStuff]

Hahaha not your buddy , different kind of chum lol . That's hilarious . Bluegill are game fish here but we can use em for bait , we just can't catch em with a cast net . But you can use a cast net in KY

[@turdferguson5300]

Here's something I discovered by mistake but that's how I usually learn. In the fall when the lake turns over it can cause a muscle kill. Usually muscle beds are in the outside bends of the river but you'll see em floating up. It'll look like cotton balls floating by (you didn't know all cottons were males did ya) Pick up several dead muscles to drop back down. I use 4lb line, an 1/8 oz split shot, and bend a right angle in the hook shank to keep em from swallowing it. It'll never hit the bottom before a big bream hits it and they are big. You want your boat positioned near the bottom of the slope. Just drop straight down, on the Tennessee River that's about 25'. After you locate a few of these muscle beds take a couple hundred crickets and the kids with ya. You'll have a ball. You're welcome

[@axellepage5019]

love all your videos man I learn lots from them! keep it up🤘

[@fishin-impossible2992]

Awesome video Keith A lot of good info in there Thanks for sharing

[@HazLife]

Nice info love me some bluegil to eat and for flatties

[@TimTrOn3000]

I can't keep them off my hook, any season at all. I don't think they're a nuisance, but it's annoying when you want a bass and only get gills all day

[@davidgarcia6315]

What you call those light strips you use to make to light up for fish ???

[@FishinNStuff]

Led light strips

[@davidfell1474]

Great job your my favorite channel on u tube. Very entertaining lol

[@markb.1259]

Love your vids Keith... Keep 'em comin'!!! Thanks!!!

[@dahutful]

One of my favorite bits of Southern lore is this: "The best place to catch a fish is under a piece of cornbread." Crumble it up with some egg shells, and mix in some powdered milk. Let it soak up water, and make balls to throw in. All the bits, with the white cloud of the milk, and the shell flakes,... attract em. And once they start feeding, other fish hear the commotion. Bigger fish, like fish that eat the small fish, eating your chum. Im jus' sayin'

[@bigcscustomjigs2680]

Bream are my#1 catfish bait then skipjack. Here in Louisiana it's very difficult to get some good bait for catfishing this time of year. Here in Louisiana we call the warmouth goggleeye

[@FishinNStuff]

Louisiana is where my daughter lives right now

[@bigcscustomjigs2680]

@@FishinNStuff that's awesome I'm in central Louisiana around natchotches

[@kingarthur5655]

Brother, I'm so glad to hear you speaking my language. IT'S A BREAM!!

[@FishinNStuff]

Lol Southern dialect lol

[@kingarthur5655]

Truly. AND it is indeed a crappie, not a croppie. We Carolina boys have to keep it real, and don't let the old sayings die out!!!

[@jonathancoley8112]

I spit my tea out at the woman and the cat! 🤣 “It’s a bream”!!! ☠️ Awesome video as usual! 🤙🏼

[@bradstrope9115]

Another great video as always Keith. Thank You!

[@brians.davidson2062]

I HAVE BEEN ALL THROUGH YOUR DIY VIDS BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY KAYAK DOLLY DIY!!! IT SURE WOULD BE AWESOME IF I DID!! 😂

[@lonniehollifield133]

I used to go down to GWU with my fly rod and catch hundreds of those things.

[@CatfishandCrappie]

Solid Advice Keith! Another great video!

[@Blacknstraight]

I've only ever chummed for catfish, and i normally chum with smaller bits of what i'm putting on the hook. If the brim aren't biting a worm before oatmeal, what makes them bite a worm after the oatmeal?

[@FishinNStuff]

I think it gets them grab it with out inspecting it so hard when you give them freebies. I would do the samething to my dog . If I put a pill in a piece of bread it would inspect it and find it . But if I gave it 3 pieces balled up then the one with the pill in it . It never caught it

[@allen6903]

You are so full of. GOOD IDEAS Thought I was going to say something else at first.love your channel

[@FishinNStuff]

Lmbo

[@bigg7g]

Dang it buddy I didn’t know you were in North Carolina. I would’ve hit you up I was just there a couple of weeks ago

[@michaelblencowe4241]

My favorite channel on youtube!!!!!

[@FishinNStuff]

I appreciate that brother

[@terristobert1367]

I luv your channel..You always make. me smile .. Bless you buddy ! Some great ideas today ty big!

[@shrekweldz8315]

I love some bluegill I appreciate you doing this video

[@FishinNStuff]

I appreciate you watching it

[@robertpake4371]

Just seen a fb idea you might be interested in . Catfish floats are expensive . This person just used a empty gatoraid plastic bottle , he mearly screwed a eyelet in the plastic top . He now has a catfish float . I guess you could also pop a few glow sticks inside for night fishing

[@comlbbeau]

On my 1 1/4 acre pond I have a dock from which I employ a fish feeder that dispenses high protein floating catfish pellets (for my bluegill) every day at 8 am and 6 pm. When it goes off it looks like a school of piranha in attack mode for the next few minutes. I bluegill fish with an ultra-light spinning outfit with a RoadRunner, and i usually do pretty well until the feeder goes off, and then they totally ignore it. Perhaps it's because the pellets float, but I retrieve the RoadRunner relatively shallow. Otherwise, I enjoy my bluegill and routinely catch 1+ pounders, and, yes, they are deliciious!

[@FishinNStuff]

You can actually do that anywhere . It's call pyramid baiting . I read an article about it in the 90s . It said bait a hole everyday for 2 weeks and don't fish during that time . And you'll train the fish to be there at that time everyday . And bigger fish will move in over time After 2 weeks start fishing

[@jeffschmelzer1592]

In wisconsin you catch them in spring because they come to shallows to spawn. Bigger too. Then move deeper and scatter more. Their not smart. Just move with water temp. Can catch little ones all year long all over for bait. Never tried chumming for them . Gonna try it. Have to check if its legal here first. 😊😊 tight lines

[@pedrocruz4710]

Always good info, thank you sir

[@adventureswithfrodo2721]

As a kid we use to just put a few flakes of cut oats on a hook to catch brim.

[@slipbobberwilli]

All of them are Brim where I live too, but learned from this video 👍

[@carnufiasfishing8444]

That wuz awesome. Love the video n keepem coming Bro 👍😎

[@beebob1279]

Never heard of someone having a hard time catching bluegill

[@NorthwoodsNomad]

Bluegill are my favorite panfish to catch and eat. Buy some Pillsbury dough , roll it into little balls and they love that too . Once you get ‘em feeding in a frenzy, And then I put little balls of dough on a small hook … bam !

[@justme-in2jb]

The cheapest can biscuit you can find, works great, they're really not picky.

[@takedowncatfishing]

another great video Keith good to know will try it out Thanks

[@terryogletree2128]

Floating catfish food works good also , soak it and it will dissolve and disperse when tossed in or used in a chum bag

[@jefferyvetter8529]

That’s pretty cool man thanks for the tips that’s pretty darn awesome!!

[@johnhanselman6371]

I concur. I own a private pond and chum frequently mostly with bread and dog food. It is a dinner bell turn on. Btw: I puchased a Fishin N Stuff T-shirt, black with the logo. Looks sexy and is comfy.

[@FishinNStuff]

I really appreciate the support brother

[@Socalfisher85]

They won't let us chum with corn in California. But now I got some ideas from you!

[@bottomfeeder12]

They go deep in summer and fall to the thermocline where the 02 is. Good video

[@beebop9808]

hahahaha Yeah I've chummed them a lot using bread to fill them up so the little piranhas will stop chewing on you while you're floating around in the water trying to enjoy a cold brew. Vicious little priks those bream are! lol

[@peggyparrow2059]

Like your vids. You cut to the chase some guys think we got all day To watch them!

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you I really appreciate it . I try and make videos easy to watch and not boring . I'm still learning stuff all the time honestly

[@RayEveryday]

Good info fam smart to use oatmeal thanks for sharing

[@spencer6764]

Keith, Your videos are Hilarious and Awesome. Can't have a bad day just watch a video. Thanks Brother

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you brother

[@stephenart1849]

Called brim in Central Florida but where I grew up in Massachusetts, they're sunfish.

[@machinegunpreacher2469]

They're bream here in Mississippi too.

[@swampratt9700]

Use small slip bobber 3,4 lb line use small jigging spoon color may vary tip it with redworm.you'll catch them gills or any pan fish

[@dr.froghopper6711]

How does that green light work during the daytime? Mine works great in my pool but I haven’t gone fishing yet.

[@FishinNStuff]

I've never tried one during the day , but it could work I don't know

[@larrybrickman6425]

Awesome, as usual! Thx.

[@CHIPPOFISHING]

thank you for the technical term bream,,,funny video I like the warmouth guy

[@joeyh273d4]

Ive been using bread to chum and then throwing a tiny white trout magnet jig with a bobber.

[@rogerpackham15]

Excellent idea for faster bites. Going to try this next time I go out for bait.

[@jelly_fishing]

You got me rolling !!! Awesome videos 😂

[@elkarlos814]

Trout chow is the same composition as dog and cat food... read the label. I'm about to go to my nearby reservoir and see how the chummin' works. Done it in the ocean with great success. No reason It won't work in fresh water too!

[@ghostinthemachine5821]

Own a couple docks on Lake James, ya can't hide money. Lol absolutely gorgeous place.

[@FishinNStuff]

Yep I wish they were mine lol . It beautiful up there