Crickets

frogfisher · 06-30-08, 04:07 PM

Anyone know if crickets is a good bait for bass? If so, how do you fish them. I was looking in an old tackle box and found a case full of dead crickets and another one full of "BLOOD BALLS" that are used for catfish but I don't know if they are any good either.

Fishnngolfn · 06-30-08, 04:12 PM

Typically bass won't get a chance to eat the crickets. Everytime I have fished with crickets, the blue gill and other small fish get to them first. Now I have caught a few bass with crickets. You can cast a hook and bobber out and reel it in just over a dead log or stump. As the cricket and hook sink, sometimes the bass will hit it. Most of the bass that do hit the cricket will be in the 1 lb or less range.

I usually fish with live crickets though. Hook them thru the butt and out just behind the head. I will usually put about 2 to 3 crickets on the hook too.

stevomac59 · 07-01-08, 12:48 PM

I have an old cricket crankbait! I never used it though.

-stevo

senko · 07-01-08, 01:47 PM

Crickets are great to fish for smallies on small rivers/streams. I like floating down on one of those pontoon boats with a box of crickets and we just slay them.

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06-30-08, 04:07 PM	#1
frogfisher BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: MD Posts: 139	Crickets Anyone know if crickets is a good bait for bass? If so, how do you fish them. I was looking in an old tackle box and found a case full of dead crickets and another one full of "BLOOD BALLS" that are used for catfish but I don't know if they are any good either.

07-01-08, 12:48 PM	#3
stevomac59 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Laredo, TX Posts: 455	I have an old cricket crankbait! I never used it though. -stevo __________________ stevomac59 Always strapped...with a rod

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senko BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Manteca,Ca. Posts: 826	Crickets are great to fish for smallies on small rivers/streams. I like floating down on one of those pontoon boats with a box of crickets and we just slay them. __________________ Manteca High Freshman Football V.O.L. Champions 2007 "Pain is Temporary, Pride is Forever."

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06-30-08, 04:12 PM	#2
Fishnngolfn BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,523	Typically bass won't get a chance to eat the crickets. Everytime I have fished with crickets, the blue gill and other small fish get to them first. Now I have caught a few bass with crickets. You can cast a hook and bobber out and reel it in just over a dead log or stump. As the cricket and hook sink, sometimes the bass will hit it. Most of the bass that do hit the cricket will be in the 1 lb or less range. I usually fish with live crickets though. Hook them thru the butt and out just behind the head. I will usually put about 2 to 3 crickets on the hook too.

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