"Mick Haberzetle" wrote in message
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Hello,

When you abandoned the Senkos and started getting hits, what did you
switch to? ("your old fail safe array of baits)

What were you using to catch the fish while the other guys looked on in
wonder?

Lastly, where are you at in Northern Indiana? I'm in the Lafayette area
and love to hear "close to home" stories of what works and what doesn't!

Thanks in advance!
Mick


Hi Mick,

Well, I sorta took a blood oath to a few guys about our bait I found that
works like no other that I've found. We were at a small local manmade
reservoir one time, me an 2 buds, and we weren't doing anything on whatever
we threw. I decided to try a bait that I had bought and put in my box, but
had never tried before. I had it for quite sometime. Anyway, I started
railing the smallies once I tied it on. So I gave my friends 1 a piece and
that was all I had. That day, we had a great day. Since then, we've been
using it and I couldn't tell you how many fish we've caught since then,
thousands? Not only do bass like it, I think I"ve caught about every
species around here on it about. Perch, Pike, Pickerel, bull gills,
crappies, rockies, walleye, bout everything.
Actually, one of my bud's I was with that day, used one in a tournament
and fished it most of the day and came in second place with it.

Anyway, the reason were so secretive about it, is that I told "Joe Blow" at
the reservoir, some other angler, he did well, he told a friend, so on and
so on, and the next thing we knew, everyone fishing 2 weeks after had one
tied on. The worst part was a lot of those guys up there were keeping them
too. My buddies haven't let me live that down yet.

I'll spill though since the internet is such a broad venue. Hell, they
might not even sell the things anywhere else, cause I know there made
locally here. There called "Kelly's worm". They come Individually wrapped
in a "C" shape in the package. I Carolina rig them. I tie on a small
swivel, hook on the worm and put a small split shot about 18 inches up on
the line. Cast and reel very very slowly, just enough so the worm will
turn. If the worm isn't spinning, it's NOT working. I can't stress enough
to reel slowly. Sometimes after catching a fish, you will have to re-tweek
the hooks to make it spin again.
My hot colors are Purple worm or Grape with White stripe, in summer, Black
worm with Yellow Stripe, and the Firetails are pretty good. By far though,
Purple and White are the best.

Other then that, I just used the the standard Pop-R and a Silver Deep Diving
Rapala, but you can't beat a Jitterbug at night.

I live here in the Fort Wayne but I caught all those fish I was talking
about at a private lake in Michigan's U.P.

Around here though I usually fish a little north of here, usually Lake
James, Crooked Lake, Wawasee, and a gobb of others. There's a thousand
lakes around here, but you just gotta drive 40 + miles to get to them.

The Wabash River is a beautiful resource down there though Mick. You fish
that much? Know any good Flathead holes?? Gotta love the Wabash River!!

Anyway, I know this more than you intended for a response, but I had a few
extra minutes.

Regards,

Doug