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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Sunday, 11 September 2011 09:04 |
Custom Painting Crank Baits
Over my many years of fishing crank baits, and basically believing that the package color is fine with me; along comes these custom paint jobs and the whole ball game changed. All of a sudden the pro’s want different color combination, from black & chartreuse to pink and blue and crank baits are taking on a whole new look. The pro’s once again change the fishing industry and these air brush companies, or the guy in his garage has found a way to make some cash on the side.
As lakes become more and more pressured, odd color combinations become the ticket to winning stringers. Not only the pros but the excitement has passed on to the next level angler and all of a sudden tackle boxes at all level of fishing have odd colored crank baits. Crank baits with finishes on them as refined as the painting on a high end lamp, perfect finishes, all kinds of color combinations and detail beyond belief! Can you imagine telling your buddy you caught your winning stringer on a pink and blue crank, you would get laughed out of the bar as another fish story, but it could be true as there are actually pros painting crank baits with pink and blue combinations.
Here is the kicker on this whole deal; you better have some mad money hidden from your wife or spouse. The air brush coloring fad is expensive; as I have been quoted anywhere from 3 to 5 dollars depending on colors and detail for each crank bait painted. So today’s crank baits cost somewhere between $10 and $18 and then add another $3 to the cost and folks you have some expensive lures that can be lost in one cast or the break of your line. I don’t know about you but that tests my pocket book. I had a customer just recently that had two plastic boxes full of specially painted air brush finished crank baits. I believe there were about 17 in each box perfectly air brush painted and he was proud of them. Oh well, it was his money!
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Sunday, 04 September 2011 07:49 |
There is more to Fall Fishing than Structure
The biggest change in fall fishing occurs more in how the largemouth bass changes their habits, and why they relate to open flats more than any time of the year. Bass will more often follow the forage or bait fish than any other time of year; this can make them harder to locate as most anglers are use to looking for structure to hold them.
The lakes are always full of bait fish in the fall and bass move to the baitfish for easy feeding and ignore their tendency to hang on structure. Point being is don’t ignore open water points or movement even though it appears to be removed from grass lines or structure that you are traditional use to fishing. This is one of the biggest reasons that crank baits running from 5 to 8 feet of water are so effective in the fall. You can be fishing hundreds of yards off structure and catching fish in the fall just because the bait have moved to the open waters. Long extended points where you’re removed from the traditional structure become great places to catch bass this time of year. Baits like rattle baits become once again effective, as open flats may not be covered in grass, and their tendency to chase becomes a pattern.
Have you ever wondered why in the fall it seems that the bass turn on and off like a light switch, the reason is very simple the bass feed in large groups in the fall? They feed two maybe three times a day, the rest of the day they suspend and become very lethargic in the warm water. Your fishing habits in the fall can many times be timed like clockwork as bass can be feeding one minute, your catching fish and then gone and not feeding the next. This is why I fish so many reaction type baits in the fall, because outside the feeding times the bass can be very hard to catch and the only way is to trigger their instincts to react.
Don’t let the slow times of fall fishing discourage you, just look at some nontraditional areas away from structure, work reaction baits and you will find the bass.
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Saturday, 27 August 2011 10:17 |
Micro Guide Technology for Fishing Rods
After being part of the Duckett Fishing Team for about 7 months now, I have seen every possible situation occur and have an opinion on their Technology. Boyd Duckett being the first to introduce the micro guide to their bass fishing pole has become a leader in this new technology, once again a Pro Fisherman has changed the way we fish, and proved that with just a little thought there are still many ways to improve fishing. For me as a guide I have seen average and inexperienced fishermen use a Duckett Rod with Micro Guides and instantly get a feel for a worm bite in and around the grass, where many who come to Guntersville struggle with feeling a bite.
It has turned the average fisherman into an experienced worm fisherman because they have such a feel for the bite with Micro Guides where they did not with the older and more established technology. You see it’s very simple the closer the line is to the guide more sensitive the rod is to the bite. The thing that has really amazed me is the micro guide has more uses than just a worm; just about any presentation you fish the micro guide has improved substantially the feel for the bite. Pulling swim baits for example has always been a tough feel for the average fisherman but micro guides have also improved most folks feel for this also. Crank baits that are worked around grass edges always present my customers with a problem; the feel of the grass vs. the bite is always tough, but once again the micro guide technology easily improves your feel to help you distinguish between grass and a bite improving tremendously your fish catching with crank baits.
Lastly the Micro Guide is extremely tough, I use braid on several different types of baits and I have yet to notice any type of notch or cut in the guide from braided line. In fact the Duckett rod Micro Guide is so strong that there is effectively no wear that I can tell from the naked eye on any of the rods I have been using with braid. Boyd Duckett rods are innovative and have improved fishing for all of us!
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Saturday, 20 August 2011 12:58 |
What Type of Cover Produces Frog Bites
As we get into the fall bite there is no presentation more fun than working a frog over grass and that massive explosion that occurs when a bass explodes up through the grass and eats your frog is just addicting! The key is where and what type of cover does frog fishing produce the best bites and the biggest bass. Although there are many places on every lake that you can catch a fish on a frog, I have found that there are some key elements to look for that help you eliminate areas quickly.
Although not always the case, I have found that the first thing I look for is small patches of grass or cover. I believe that although the big patches of grass hold fish, if you can find a smaller patch or area you have a better chance of finding concentrated bass on the points or ends or holes in the grass. The small patches produce quicker because you can make a few casts and if there is no movement or explosion you can move on quickly to more productive areas. Next I look for the nastiest foamy brown grass you can find. That’s correct; if you pull up to a grass patch and looks like the edge of nasty toilet then you have found the area that will produce for you. If your frog produces a trail through the grass as you work it back to you then you are probably in the right place. It’s odd I know, but the nasty grass patches hold the best fish, you would think that bass would be in water that is cleaner but not the case!
Lastly grass areas that have holes in it, or come to points within the grass patch form natural spots for bass to ambush bait and the more change in the grass the more productive it can be. When the grass is nasty, comes to points and holes and you can visually see bait moving around it you have what I believe is the ideal frog fishing location. You couple this with the sound of bream sucking down bugs on the top of the cover and you may get your arm broke so cast and hold on!
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Sunday, 07 August 2011 16:28 |
The Fall Crank Bait Bite
If history repeats itself the fall can be the best time of year for cranking your favorite spot on the lake. There has been no presentation for me produce more fish in numbers during the fall than a crank bait. It’s safe to say that 100 fish a day is a pretty good possibility using crank baits near and around the grass ledges.
There has been a key to making this presentation successful, but it can be very frustrating to the average fishermen and annoying to those of you who get frustrated trying to fish all those hooks and pull them around grass. If you just guide the bait with the tip of the rod, snap it when it gets hung you will find it’s not that annoying you just need a little patience and be able to visualize the bait making erratic movements off the grass. The snap or erratic pull creates bites and pulling crank baits can be the most rewarding presentation in the fall you have ever fished.
The next most important key is understanding the movement of the crank bait you are fishing. Some crank bait’s have very wide wobble, other have a very tight wobble. I have found over years that the bass seem to be hesitant to strike a wide wobble bait in the fall of the year, they seem to want the tighter wobble especially as we start to see some cooler days on up into the fall. My suggestion is to have both available and set up a couple of poles so you can change from a tight wobble to a wide wobble bait easily until you find the bait they will strike. There is no need to fish in 20 ft of water most of the bass are moving to the 8 to 10 ft edges when they feed this time of year so just position yourself along the ledge in about 15ft of water and use a 45 degree angle to position your bait and you should be able to catch plenty of fall bass cranking the edges of the grass lines. Lastly work the bait slowly let it float up some when it bumps grass and snap it when it gets hung and you will catch plenty of fish.
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