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TASTE LIKE PIZZA
This is what my three sons thought when they came in the house
after I received the new products from Gene Larew. The new
garlic scent was the only thing that you could smell in the
house. My boys thought we were having pizza for supper and
the fish must think the same thing. I took the new lures with
me on a recent trip to Lake Champlain and the fish showed
their approval. The conditions this day were bright, bluebird
with a slight breeze from the north. The watercolor up this
end of the lake is clear with 7 to 10 ft. visibility.
We started out with the 8-inch Ribbon Tale Floating Worm (Red
Shad) up in the flooded bushes. It was a perfect day for this
with high blue skies to put the fish deep into the cover.
The largemouth could not resist. We fished it on a 7' Kistler
All Purpose Special (medium heavy) rod with 15 lb. line, weightless
with a heavy wire wide gap hook to help with casting distance.
The next bait we tried was the Baby Hoo Daddy (creature bait,
green pumpkin). We fished this bait in the same areas but
changed our presentation to flipping and pitching. We rigged
the Hoo Daddy Texas style with a 2/0 Mustad Megabite hook,
20lb. line, and 5/16th bullet weight on a 71/2 ft. flipping
stick. After boating several nice Lake Champlain largemouth
we decided to target some of the lakes famous smallmouth with
the new tube bait from Gene Larew.
The Floating Fat Tale Tube (watermelon) is a little different.
This bait has a large bulky profile, unlike the normal tube
we fish up here in New England. This bait is a winner with
the lakes smallmouth population. We fished it with an insider
head and exposed hook on a 6ft. spinning rod, rigged with
10lb. test line. The lakes rocky ledges were are targets.
We didn't notice a difference in the amount of fish we were
catching with the new tube but they seemed to be noticeably
larger than the fish we were catching on our usual tube. It
could be coincidence or it could have to do with the larger
profile. Either way it has found a spot in my tackle bag...
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