Thanks Joe H

Thanks Joe, thanks twice. The first is for posting the picture of the Lm on
abpf. I was looking to tie on a spinnerbait early this morning and it was
dark and rainy. I opted for the miidnight snck with copper and gold blades.
In the next half hour I had 3 LM to the boat and in an hour had landed my
4th. The spinnerbait bite died down when light took hold. It was real slow
with onl 1 more fish taken on a speedworm and a small fish at that.


I remebered the article you posted the link to about fishing "Flukes", I
rigged one up and was subsequently met with a hard thud. I set the hook on a
2lb10 oz lm.

I continued working the fluke in open water and took 3 more fish with it up
to 3 lbs and a nasty 3 lb pickerel which left it's mark when I tried to hold
him by the gil plate..ouch!!! Back out to the main lake I hit the point that
I caught the SW bass on. This time there were 4 other boats(crowded on this
lake) Well the next hour and a half produced 8 or 9 more fish in the 1 to 3
pound range. I couldn't help but smile as the guys fishing across from me
with live bait were skunking hard. And to think that all this came from a
post that no one read : )

Just doing my part to help you achieve your first 2,000 bass summer, Randy.

What are you up to now.... at least 800, just counting the photos you've
posted on ABPF. ;-)

Seriously, I switch to the Midnight Snack or my Gold Shadow with black and
gold blades in rainy, heavily overcast days, too. Folks who write off black
spinnerbaits as "night-baits" don't know what they're missing. I know of
several Alabama anglers who use black spinnerbaits around the clock, and I
'spect their bass aren't really much different than anywhere else.

Joe
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"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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Thanks Joe, thanks twice. The first is for posting the picture of the Lm on
abpf. I was looking to tie on a spinnerbait early this morning and it was
dark and rainy. I opted for the miidnight snck with copper and gold blades.
In the next half hour I had 3 LM to the boat and in an hour had landed my
4th. The spinnerbait bite died down when light took hold. It was real slow
with onl 1 more fish taken on a speedworm and a small fish at that.


I remebered the article you posted the link to about fishing "Flukes", I
rigged one up and was subsequently met with a hard thud. I set the hook on a
2lb10 oz lm.

I continued working the fluke in open water and took 3 more fish with it up
to 3 lbs and a nasty 3 lb pickerel which left it's mark when I tried to hold
him by the gil plate..ouch!!! Back out to the main lake I hit the point that
I caught the SW bass on. This time there were 4 other boats(crowded on this
lake) Well the next hour and a half produced 8 or 9 more fish in the 1 to 3
pound range. I couldn't help but smile as the guys fishing across from me
with live bait were skunking hard. And to think that all this came from a
post that no one read : )

I'm convinced, I guess it will be one of those things, Like throwing red shd
worms right after it rains. They never fail. Now wacky rigging a
fluke??????????Who would have thought
"Joe Haubenreich" rofbmail (at) secretweaponlures (dot) com wrote in
message ...
Just doing my part to help you achieve your first 2,000 bass summer,
Randy.

What are you up to now.... at least 800, just counting the photos you've
posted on ABPF. ;-)

Seriously, I switch to the Midnight Snack or my Gold Shadow with black and
gold blades in rainy, heavily overcast days, too. Folks who write off
black
spinnerbaits as "night-baits" don't know what they're missing. I know of
several Alabama anglers who use black spinnerbaits around the clock, and I
'spect their bass aren't really much different than anywhere else.

Joe
______________
"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
...
Thanks Joe, thanks twice. The first is for posting the picture of the Lm
on
abpf. I was looking to tie on a spinnerbait early this morning and it was
dark and rainy. I opted for the miidnight snck with copper and gold
blades.
In the next half hour I had 3 LM to the boat and in an hour had landed my
4th. The spinnerbait bite died down when light took hold. It was real slow
with onl 1 more fish taken on a speedworm and a small fish at that.


I remebered the article you posted the link to about fishing "Flukes", I
rigged one up and was subsequently met with a hard thud. I set the hook on
a
2lb10 oz lm.

I continued working the fluke in open water and took 3 more fish with it
up
to 3 lbs and a nasty 3 lb pickerel which left it's mark when I tried to
hold
him by the gil plate..ouch!!! Back out to the main lake I hit the point
that
I caught the SW bass on. This time there were 4 other boats(crowded on
this
lake) Well the next hour and a half produced 8 or 9 more fish in the 1 to
3
pound range. I couldn't help but smile as the guys fishing across from me
with live bait were skunking hard. And to think that all this came from a
post that no one read : )

Yes, wacky-rigging a flipping shad or fluke is a great idea.

A fellow I fished with last month revealed his own, different secret to
fail-safe fluke fishing. I'll mention it here because I can trust everyone
not to abuse the awesome power over bass that this hint will give them.

He uses a 3/0 circle hook run through the "mouth" of the fluke, like you
might hook a minnow, and when he gets a bite he doesn't ram home the hook
but uses steady pressure so the fish hooks itself. He says his hit-to-hookup
ratio is almost 100%. The only downside is that he hangs up a lot when he
puts the fluke into submerged treetops. I asked him about losing flukes, and
he said that hasn't been a problem. I haven't tried it yet, but I think I'd
push a toothpick through the fluke's head, in front of the hook, to decrease
the chances of its tearing out. This is what I do whenever I use plastic
frog trailers on jigs, and I've never had one pulled off since I started it.
Just break off or clip the toothpick flush with the plastic surface.

Joe

Jo________________
"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
...

I'm convinced, I guess it will be one of those things, Like throwing red shd
worms right after it rains. They never fail. Now wacky rigging a
fluke??????????Who would have thought
"Joe Haubenreich" rofbmail (at) secretweaponlures (dot) com wrote in
message ...
Just doing my part to help you achieve your first 2,000 bass summer,
Randy.

What are you up to now.... at least 800, just counting the photos you've
posted on ABPF. ;-)

Seriously, I switch to the Midnight Snack or my Gold Shadow with black and
gold blades in rainy, heavily overcast days, too. Folks who write off
black
spinnerbaits as "night-baits" don't know what they're missing. I know of
several Alabama anglers who use black spinnerbaits around the clock, and I
'spect their bass aren't really much different than anywhere else.

Joe
______________
"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
...
Thanks Joe, thanks twice. The first is for posting the picture of the Lm
on
abpf. I was looking to tie on a spinnerbait early this morning and it was
dark and rainy. I opted for the miidnight snck with copper and gold
blades.
In the next half hour I had 3 LM to the boat and in an hour had landed my
4th. The spinnerbait bite died down when light took hold. It was real slow
with onl 1 more fish taken on a speedworm and a small fish at that.


I remebered the article you posted the link to about fishing "Flukes", I
rigged one up and was subsequently met with a hard thud. I set the hook on
a
2lb10 oz lm.

I continued working the fluke in open water and took 3 more fish with it
up
to 3 lbs and a nasty 3 lb pickerel which left it's mark when I tried to
hold
him by the gil plate..ouch!!! Back out to the main lake I hit the point
that
I caught the SW bass on. This time there were 4 other boats(crowded on
this
lake) Well the next hour and a half produced 8 or 9 more fish in the 1 to
3
pound range. I couldn't help but smile as the guys fishing across from me
with live bait were skunking hard. And to think that all this came from a
post that no one read : )

If they ever passed a law that said I HAD to use circle hooks for bass, I'd
find something else to fish for. The hookset is the single most exciting
moment in fishing. You lose that completely with circle hooks.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

I disagree Rich, it's the one second before and the few seconds after when
that line takes off and you know your hookset was true. IMO


"RichZ" wrote in message
...
If they ever passed a law that said I HAD to use circle hooks for bass,
I'd
find something else to fish for. The hookset is the single most exciting
moment in fishing. You lose that completely with circle hooks.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

"RichZ" wrote in message
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If they ever passed a law that said I HAD to use circle hooks for bass,
I'd
find something else to fish for. The hookset is the single most exciting
moment in fishing.

How about seeing your line move off and ANTICIPATING the hookset? That ranks
right up there with feeling the resistance on the actual hookset.

Well, in total, it's the few instants between the first indication of a hit
(which for me is almost alays tactile -- through the fingertip on the line)
and the full load of the rod at the culmination of the hookset.

BTW, the hookset rush is much, much greater with a tight drag. About the
only things I fish with a drag that gives at all are jerkbaits and
crankbaits. I don't set the hook at all with crankbaits, but I do with
jerkbaits, and the rush just isn't there like it is with jigs/worms,
spinnerbaits, etc., where I fish with the drag locked down.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

It's the moment the question "Is he still there?" is answered... I love that
answer.

"RichZ" wrote in message
...
Well, in total, it's the few instants between the first indication of a
hit
(which for me is almost alays tactile -- through the fingertip on the
line)
and the full load of the rod at the culmination of the hookset.

BTW, the hookset rush is much, much greater with a tight drag. About the
only things I fish with a drag that gives at all are jerkbaits and
crankbaits. I don't set the hook at all with crankbaits, but I do with
jerkbaits, and the rush just isn't there like it is with jigs/worms,
spinnerbaits, etc., where I fish with the drag locked down.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing