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There is a Difference in Swim Baits |
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Sunday, 17 January 2010 10:20 |
There is a Difference in Swim Baits
As the swim bait craze continues to mature, and the technology keeps getting better; I have found that in the hard bait version of swim baits, there is a difference. The differences are subtle but none-the-less they do make a difference to me. The biggest difference maker is the ability to be life like in the water, to accurately mimic the true natural movement of a fish in water. If swim baits are going to catch fish it’s movement has to be as life-like as possible and the Tru-Tungsten swim baits are so natural in the water that the human eye has a hard to impossible time determining the difference.
Not only do these baits resemble life-like baits in the water, but also with a very simple removal of a pin you can add or remove some Tungsten weights from a weight chamber. Tru-Tungsten has engineered a chamber that holds 2 Tungsten ball weights that with a pair of needle nose pliers you can change the drop rate of the bait easily and quickly. The BB type weights sit in the chamber and do not change the life like movement of the bait. They ergonomically drop the bait with enormous detail and movement so you can work the bait as wake bait on top, just under the surface or drop to the bottom and skim the bottom structure. This is truly a difference maker, in most baits adding weight changes the movement, the Tru-Tungsten swim bait life like movement with or with out the BB weights are just amazing.
The combination of Tru-Tungsten, Ish Monroe and Matt Newman as the designers of this bait is one that will once again change the ever-evolving swim bait era of fishing. It’s once again an exciting time in the development of tackle, and the Tru-Tungsten development of swim baits just obsoletes all their competition. Try-it I promise you’ll immediately see the difference!
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Fish Shallow in January You Bet Ya! |
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Saturday, 09 January 2010 11:59 |
Fish Shallow Water in January “You Bet Ya”
January is generally the coldest of the months on Guntersville, and all the experts will tell you to go deep into the river channel. Well I got some news for you; Guntersville over the years has defied the experts many times. Yes there is fish to be caught deep in 20 foot plus water but for me the 4 to 7 foot water has always produced better.
Our coldest, nastiest days are in January and I have caught more big fish and more fish in general in shallow water than I ever have fishing 20 plus foot of water. You see the bass feed shallow, the bigger bass feed shallower because you have small patches of grass, reeds and the like that the bait move into for cover and here come the hogs feeding on them.
I am also a believer that the big bass do everything first, meaning that the bigger fish are already moving into pre-spawn even in the cold of January. That puts them moving on and off the humps, grass lines and points to feed at some point during a cold January day. The slews that have stumps become prime targets for the big fish moving up to feed. The stump fields hold grass, they have hard clay bottoms and the bait is balled up in the 4 foot type water and the big bass will come feed on them. The key for you is to be there at the right time and be in the right place when they do.
There is only one way to do that, meaning you need to work you favorite 4 to 7 foot water for about 30 minutes if there up on top feeding you will find them. If not move on to the next area, eventually the right combination of shallow, and cover in the water will produce what you are looking for. Cover water, stay 4 to 7 feet and eventually that lunker your looking for will make your day!
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What to do in Severe Cold |
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Sunday, 03 January 2010 18:00 |
What to do in Severe Cold
In this severe cold we are having, I felt some winter tips might help the avid angler on Guntersville at least the ones that are brave enough to challenge the lake on these cold January days. The first thing I must tell you is to be patient. Patience is a virtue that not all of us are blessed with, but a patient fisherman in cold water and north winds will pay big dividends in these cold January days. Next work your baits with patience, meaning be thorough and cover the water area you are fishing completely, and slowly and with precise casting especially around cover.
Choose baits that allow you to be a patient fisherman, you just can’t crank rattle baits and be a patient fisherman during this time of year. Patient baits are baits that allow you to fish slowly like a jig or worm or jerk bait. These baits in most cases can be placed where you want them and worked thoroughly and slowly so you can fish an area in detail.
There are also many baits that can be fished both as speed baits and as slow moving winter baits like spinner baits, here is a bait you can slow roll over and around cover. You can drop it and make it flutter down ledges and in a lot of cases this can be great in the winter. I also suggest that you find crank baits that suspend, any suspending bait is ideal for winter fishing. So if you are fishing 20 feet deep with crank baits the type that suspend can rock and twitch on the bottom or near it with very little effort. I personally believe in suspending crank baits in cold water, actually to the point that I just will not buy a deep running crank bait for the winter that will not suspend. It just will not get to my box, unless I know it suspends.
An avid winter fishermen, fishes slow, precise and covers the area being fished in detail!
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The Key to Winter Fsihing with Jerk Baits |
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Saturday, 26 December 2009 16:19 |
The Key to Winter Jerk Bait Fishing
As the cold water sets in over the next couple of cold months no bait has produced more big fish in the winter months than the jerk bait. I believe we are probably in for some cold winter weather and the jerk bait equals the playing field with lethargic fish. There is however a few things I believe are important to fishing with jerk baits in cold water.
I put jerk baits in my tackle box in two categories, the first being ones with a wide wobble and next with a tight wobble. When you have them separated you can then understand the needs and see the differences some are thinner and others are not and hence use them to your advantage.
The tight wobble jerk bait can be moved much quicker with less effort, and a wider wobble requires you to make more precise movements and really maintain contact and a sense of feel with the bait. The next thing about a winter day fishing jerk baits is to rig it with a non-visible line that has very little stretch. This allows you to have a better sense of feel and make precise moves that are thought out from cast to recast.
The real difference maker in fishing jerk baits is patience; you must be able to think through the retrieve. Is the tight wobble better than the wider wobble? Because the winter fishing is very much about clear water you should look for bass swirling at the bait and not hitting, a lot of times you can see this. Next change the tight wobble- bait to other bait if your not noticing action; lastly let this bait sit and rock in a suspending mode, fished with patience this can be the difference maker. I’ve seen times when the bait would sit for minutes at a time and finally get a strike. Jerk it, let it rock, twitch it, move it slightly and be confident that if you take your time this bait will bring fish out of 20 feet of water and win winter tournaments for you.
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Bass Fishing Will Just keep Getting Better |
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Saturday, 19 December 2009 11:11 |
Tis’ the Season to Be Jolly, Bass Fishing will get Better Every Day
There is always some great news about Christmas time of year in the South, and North Alabama is no exception. When we have winter it generally occurs in December maybe into the first 2 weeks of January. Past that the days are getting longer and the bass fishing keeps getting better. The term we hear all the time this time of year, called the Winter Solstice, and it being the shortest day of the year, has some great meaning other than the obvious, a short day!
What it tells us is that the next day we start gaining daylight, and the days get longer everyday by about 2 minutes. The bass believe it or not react to the longer days, they feed more, they move up and down the shallow cover areas with just a little sunlight, the warm sunny afternoons become prime time fishing and your chance of hanging that record lunker comes with every cast.
I have many customers and friends that want to wait until the chance of cold weather is gone completely before they hit the water again. My comments to them remain the same; you may miss the best time of year. It’s cold sometimes, and some days the bass just don’t bite. So get up later because there is really no need to get on the water at first light, wait a couple of hours the best fishing comes midday. That longer day, everyday for the next several months just increase your chances of a big fish and a record bag and a lot of fun. Yes this time of year is the season to be jolly and Christmas is just one of the reasons.
However, if you live in my world these longer days make me happier than any of the present giving holidays. You see the best present I can give is to my customers; that being watching them catch a personal best bass or a 30-pound stringer and every day you are on the water from Christmas until the heat of the summer offers me that gift of giving.
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