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BASS
COMING OFF THE BEDS
WOO'S
CORNER
POST SPAWN TACTICS
My
favorite floating worms are either the Zoom finesse
or trickworm. I fish them on a Bass Pro Shop Extreme
Woo Daves' 6'8" spinning rod, Bass Pro Shops' 10
lbs. Excel line, and a Mustad 2/0 hook. This time of
year bass will come a long ways to get a bait, so I
like a very slow falling worm. I simply fish this lure
with a twitching motion never letting it get out of
site. When you get a bite, don't get excited let the
fish take it before setting the hook. Green Pumpkin,
watermelon seed, and black are my favorite colors.
Tubes
and grubs (Zoom's Fat Albert) are awesome lures this
time of year. I like to fish them on the same spinning
outfit sometimes going to Bass Pro Shops' 8 lbs. Excel
line. I will fish these with a 1/16 oz. grub head or
even a 1/32 oz. for a slow fall. I like to sit on the
end of points in 10 to 12 foot of water and fan cast
letting the lure fall to the bottom. I will move it
about twice and if no fish, reel in and repeat. Bass
will usually come a distance to get these lures and
most every fish will be there before it hits bottom.
The
Horny Toad is a topwater power bait and has been the
hottest selling lure the past year. I fish this on the
Bass Pro Shop Extreme 7'4" Woo Daves' rod with
at least 17 lbs. Bass Pro Shops' Excel line and a 5/0
Mustad hook. This lure is a great buzzing lure that
bass can't resist. What I like about it is you can throw
it anywhere, the thicker the better. The ultravibe tails
give off a noise unlike anything else, and the big bass
love this bait.
The
Z Nail is a cigar shaped worm that is bulky and has
a great vibration to it on a slow fall. I will fish
this with different Mustad hook sizes to alternate the
fall and add weight to it in the form of a nail to get
a different fall rate. This lure can also be rigged
Texas style for cover, open hooked for open water or
fished wacky style. Wacky style means hooking in the
middle with a smaller hook usually. I will cast this
lure to a target and let fall to the bottom on slack
line, twitch a couple times, reel in and repeat. Usually
bass have it before it reaches bottom. Sometimes you
can just let it lay a little while, which is called
dead sticking.
Things
to remember when fishing these lures is to alternate
the fall speed of the lures by changing hook sizes and
adding weights. Alternate the cadence of the lure from
slow to fast. The line sizes will make a difference.
Like all lures the more you play with them and change
things around you will learn what the bass wants at
certain times. Remember if you are not catching fish,
the lure is fishing you and if you are catching fish
you are fishing the lure.
I
also like to add scents to my lure. I religiously use
Jack's Juice in crawfish scent. It makes a big difference,
I've seen it happen too many times. Jack's Juice has
a formula that penetrates plastic which less than five
percent of the other brands will do. Once you spray
a lure with Jack's Juice, you don't have to keep adding
each cast. It will make the fish bite the lure and hold
on to it. Every fisherman on the pro trail whom I know,
uses scent.
This
is a great time of year to introduce a friend or kid
to fishing, as the action is usually great and anyone
can catch fish on these tactics. Put your Nitro in the
water, fire your Mercury up and get out there and catch
a big one.
May
God Bless you!
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