Don't Get in Too Much of a Hurry
by Mike Baptiste
I want to let fellow anglers know to take your time fishing your
bait. It's very
important a lot of times
to slow down and make
sure you're working the
cover to the fullest. I
want to tell a story...
Our first trip on the
lake bassin' last
season, I was fishing
the flowage in styles.
It was me, my girl, and
her brother. We started
early fishing from
shore. As we were
fishing, we saw a lot of
tourney guys. Found out
there was a tourney
there in the next couple
days, so the guys were
doing a little
pre-fishing. We noticed
these pros were flying
through our area in a
hurry. We also noticed
not 1 of them caught a
bass. We just smiled and
kept fishing. By lunch,
we all had at least 5 or
6 nice bass, but we
weren't done yet. We
spent all afternoon. At
the end of a long day,
we managed to reel in 50
plus bass.
What did I
note from the tourney
guys? Well, we didn't
see them reel any bass
in. They worked that
area with far too much
speed, and the wrong
bait and presentation.
It was all wrong. They
were using spinners and
cranks, but were working
these baits way too
fast. Some were only
makin' one cast at
cover, before heading to
the next spot.
 This
is what we did. We were
using a twin tailed grub
by Gary Yamamoto and one
from another company
called Chompers. We had
these grubs Texas rigged
on 3/0 Gammy hooks. We
would cast them out and
really just let the bass
grab them off the
bottom. Then we'd give
the bait a little pop
here and there, but
overall a very slow
presentation. A lot of
the time you would go to
pop the bait, and the
fish was on. Well, just
a thought.
I also
wanted to say that all
day we focused on a few
patches of cover and all
day we where productive.
I also have to say that
my girl pulled in a nice
18inch largemouth and
her brother pulled in a
21 inch largemouth
weighing in at 5lbs, so
if you go and something
isn't working, try
changing the little
stuff first...like
slowing or speeding your
presentation. Then, if
you still get no bite,
switch your crank bait
to plastic or spinner to
popper and you should
get results as well as
learn a few new tricks.
by Big Mike Baptiste
from Green Bay,
Wisconsin
About the Author
Mike is a bass fanatic, and major contributor to Fishin' Secrets with Eric
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