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Topic subjectRE: Following fish
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8020, RE: Following fish
Posted by Doug fm Dallas, Tue Jun-13-06 06:45 AM
Interesting! I virtually always have a wacky rigged Senko rod handy due to my success with that and my belief that wacky Senkos tend to attract larger bass. Normally I do not see/notice follows due to the murky water I typically fish. Eight days ago I was fishing a 13 acre lake with moderate visibility, and throwing a 7" Osprey. A six-eight pound bass followed it to the boat and stopped. I stopped. Then I quickly thought to do what Bill Siemantel suggests, working the bait in a figure eight. The encouraging thing is that the bass snapped at the Osprey, even though it did not take it. So that taught me that the figure eight move could work. My rod tip was down, so I had about 15" of line out, and if it had taken good hold of the Osprey, there might have been some debate as to whether the bass or the fisherman became more excited. (I did boat a 2.8 pound bass on the Osprey and had another miss on it. No interest in the 3:16 Mission Fish or Matt's Baby Bass or Blue Gill. Also no interest in the Chatterbait. Swimming Hula Grub, my #1 confidence bait, was the best producer for the 12 bass caught that day.) Appreciate the tip on the wacky Senko and will give that a try.