Interesting observations

This story reminds me of the Bigmouth video series when Glen Lau films a
large bass inhale Uncle Homer's crankbait and spit it out and he never feels
a thing.
Charles,if you are not letting your Fluke,trick worm or whatever fall
through the water column a bit you are missing out on some bites.I catch a
lot more fish when that bait is 3 ft. down and deeper than when I can see
it.

Only time that I can fish a Fluke out of site is weighted. A little nail
weight in the nose makes the bait fall a little faster, and the fish seem to
hit it a little harder. (me thinks anyway)

"BassMr." wrote in message
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This story reminds me of the Bigmouth video series when Glen Lau films a
large bass inhale Uncle Homer's crankbait and spit it out and he never
feels
a thing.
Charles,if you are not letting your Fluke,trick worm or whatever fall
through the water column a bit you are missing out on some bites.I catch a
lot more fish when that bait is 3 ft. down and deeper than when I can see
it.

Try using part of a suspend strip on the hook shank in different size pieces
to make it fall flatter depending on the rate you want it to fall.It looks
more natural that way. (me thinks anyway)

I can see someone wanting a senko to fall flat, but is it not the erratic
action of the fluke and other soft jerks that draw more strikes? The slight
spiral, nose dive, turn-up, backward tail dive, etc., that gives it the look
of dying prey.

I personally twitch them, pause (where during the pause they may suspend and
then do a nose or tail dive or they may glide in a spiral, etc.) My
favorite is Mann's Shadow Minnow (pearl white/black back) using a 4/0 hook,
20-pound mono or Fluorocarbon in clearer water, and a 6'6" medium, fast
rod. Rarely to I let them sink deeper than 9-feet, even in gin clear water.
Typically I work them just above the weeds and may let them settle just into
the seed tops before I twitch it into action.

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Craig Baugher