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| Crankbaiting
Timber ...by Jeff
Chudzinski |
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lot of anglers never consider throwing a crankbait in the middle
of wood cover, simply because they think they will lose their
crankbait. I can tell you if you fish it properly, you can fish
timber with a crankbait. All you have to do is take your time
fishing it through the mazes of branches. If you feel your bait
crawling through the wood but then suddenly it gets hung up,
just stop your bait and give it some slack, most of the time
the bait will float right up out of the cover. You will find
that a lot of fish do not see these lures in the kind of cover,
so you will catch a lot of fish that other anglers are not catching |
| Finding
Bass with Crankbaits ...by Jeff
Chudzinski |
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lot of anglers think that a spinnerbait is the best search bait
for bass, it is definitely in the top three but over the past
few years, I have found that a crankbait is a better search
bait than a spinnerbait. The reason I say that is because I
can catch more bass on a crankbait under a lot more different
conditions than a spinnerbait |
| Carolina
Rigging for Smallies ...by Jeff
Chudzinski |
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has long been thought that a Carolina rig is just for largemouth
bass, that is not so it's also a killer bait for smallmouth
too. You can fish a tube, a 4 inch lizard, or a fluke on a Carolina
rig for smallmouth bass. This has become a go to bait for me
in the past four or five years and it's a tactic that puts smallmouth
bass in the boat |
| Schoolin
Shad ...by Brian
Ritchie |
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all have encountered all those big black balls of shad in early
summer, migrating out of the creeks heading to deeper water
and again in the fall heading back into the creeks. When the
fish are keyed on the shad they are tough to catch. While spinnerbaits
are a good choice to catch these fish, I've found that a rattletrap
is more reliable. When you see these schools burn a 1/4oz trap
through the middle of the school and kill it once the school
starts to scatter. This will draw a strike from even the wariest
of fish |
| Swim
A Jig ...by Brian
Ritchie |
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do a lot of swimming a jig. When fishing a jig and pig, keep
the bait moving by using a jiggling-twitching retrieve. You
want to work the jig close to the bottom, so a heavier jig is
better in this application. When you come to a tree top or some
buck brush try swimming the jig trough instead of the normal
vertical presentation, you’re looking for a reaction strike
and you’re not trying to force feed the fish. Try this
simple but effective technique with the jig and pig and I’m
sure you’ll put more fish in the boat |
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