 There
are times when I want to specialize my spinnerbait presentation
in a way that isn't very popular. I like to go shallow
and slow. The way I see it, a bass sees dozens of spinnerbaits
fly by his face, "ticking the tops of the weeds",
looking for the reaction strike in the course of his life.
I want my bait to crawl by making a lot of noise to show
him something different. I take a light bait on a big
frame, preferably a single spin and put the biggest colorado
blade on that it can work with. Go too big and the blade
flips the spinner over, too small doesn't do what I want
it to. I tie this to some heavy mono in the #20 to #25
pound range on a 6'6" or 7' Medium Heavy rod. Cast
it shallow, and keep that rod tip high on the retrieve.
You are now running a bait in a foot of water at half
the normal speed and making a hell of a lot of noise with
it at the same time. One thing I have found is that fish
will attack this presentation like it hasn't eaten in
months or it will just nibble the end of the skirt as
though it were trying to pick the lures pocket. So I always
use a trailer hook with this technique and most of the
time I use 2 trailer hooks. If I see this shallow running
bait moving side ways, I set the hook and I'm in!!
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