It's a cold windy day in the northeast, I want to fish the docks on my lake.........

A big fat Powerworm... hopefully, as far back under the dock as I can.


"Richard Liebert" wrote in message
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........my favorite lure for throwing under docks is a what is your
favorite lure?

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A big fat Powerworm... hopefully, as far back under the dock as I can.


"Richard Liebert" wrote in message
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........my favorite lure for throwing under docks is a what is your
favorite lure?

"Please answer before you read what others post"

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 06:17:28 -0400, "Richard Liebert"
sent into the ether:

........my favorite lure for throwing under docks is a what is your
favorite lure?

"Please answer before you read what others post"

It used to be a Jiglett by Plano until the old boy stopped making
them. It was a very effective extruded silicone craw with a silicone
skirt similar to a spinner bait skirt built in. Molded onto a 1/8,
3/16 or 1/4 ounce size standup style jig with a wire guard loop to
keep it weedless and avoid hangups. The 1/8 was my most effective in
a pumpkinseed/pepper. It caused me quite a bit of frustration to have
my go to bait dissappear like that.

After that I started to use 7" Power worms in red shad or tequela
sunrise. The short tail, not the ribbon tail. These appear to be
getting harder to find in the WI Northwoods. 1/16 to 1/8 weights and
Texas rigged with a Gammie 2/0. Very successful with very high hookup
rate for me. There is the problem of panfish picking it up and trying
to wrap it up in anything they can. I usually just keep enough
tension on it so the can't take it where they want to. The added
advantage to this in my opinion is sometimes a Bass will take it away
from them. I think the Bass that was normally ignoring a bait will
take it from panfish just because of the panfish activities with the
bait. Then again what the hey do I know.

I have started to use a craw bait. I think it came in my NWC package.
It is about 4 1/2", Metallic red - kind of a candy apple, hollow so it
settles real slow and emits bubbles as it goes down. It may be
considered a tube bait. I had some good fish on it at my favorite
local lake. Missed a big Bass the first time I used it because I had
the hook set back in the tail/body. Now I rig it with the hook in the
head. Sometimes I insert a 1/16 weight in it but mostly just the
hook. Appears to be something the local fish like.

All of these baits skip well for me on a spinning set up. Of course
every pier is not a bass haven and being able to read the signs is the
big part in fishing piers. I do enjoy asking cute ladies sun bathing
on a pier if I can fish it. Most times it will be a pier I want to
fish anyway :}

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On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 06:17:28 -0400, "Richard Liebert"
sent into the ether:

........my favorite lure for throwing under docks is a what is your
favorite lure?

"Please answer before you read what others post"

It used to be a Jiglett by Plano until the old boy stopped making
them. It was a very effective extruded silicone craw with a silicone
skirt similar to a spinner bait skirt built in. Molded onto a 1/8,
3/16 or 1/4 ounce size standup style jig with a wire guard loop to
keep it weedless and avoid hangups. The 1/8 was my most effective in
a pumpkinseed/pepper. It caused me quite a bit of frustration to have
my go to bait dissappear like that.

After that I started to use 7" Power worms in red shad or tequela
sunrise. The short tail, not the ribbon tail. These appear to be
getting harder to find in the WI Northwoods. 1/16 to 1/8 weights and
Texas rigged with a Gammie 2/0. Very successful with very high hookup
rate for me. There is the problem of panfish picking it up and trying
to wrap it up in anything they can. I usually just keep enough
tension on it so the can't take it where they want to. The added
advantage to this in my opinion is sometimes a Bass will take it away
from them. I think the Bass that was normally ignoring a bait will
take it from panfish just because of the panfish activities with the
bait. Then again what the hey do I know.

I have started to use a craw bait. I think it came in my NWC package.
It is about 4 1/2", Metallic red - kind of a candy apple, hollow so it
settles real slow and emits bubbles as it goes down. It may be
considered a tube bait. I had some good fish on it at my favorite
local lake. Missed a big Bass the first time I used it because I had
the hook set back in the tail/body. Now I rig it with the hook in the
head. Sometimes I insert a 1/16 weight in it but mostly just the
hook. Appears to be something the local fish like.

All of these baits skip well for me on a spinning set up. Of course
every pier is not a bass haven and being able to read the signs is the
big part in fishing piers. I do enjoy asking cute ladies sun bathing
on a pier if I can fish it. Most times it will be a pier I want to
fish anyway :}

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"Richard Liebert" wrote in message
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favorite lure?

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OK, it's a cold day, and the water up here has already cooled into the 50's
anyway. The wind is making boat control difficult and the use of
lightweight plastics damn near impossible. I'll be tossing a jig and pig,
probably a 3/8 oz to start. Since it looks like a crappy day, the fish
should be roaming out from the cover a bit, so I won't have to work at
skipping it too much on this pesky levelwind.

"Richard Liebert" wrote in message
...
........my favorite lure for throwing under docks is a what is your
favorite lure?

"Please answer before you read what others post"



OK, it's a cold day, and the water up here has already cooled into the 50's
anyway. The wind is making boat control difficult and the use of
lightweight plastics damn near impossible. I'll be tossing a jig and pig,
probably a 3/8 oz to start. Since it looks like a crappy day, the fish
should be roaming out from the cover a bit, so I won't have to work at
skipping it too much on this pesky levelwind.

Eric,

Actually there is a couple problems with thinking those fish will be out
moving around. If you are referring to overcast skies and rain will have
the fish roaming . The problem with that is , if the temperature change
wasn't subtle and and the pressure changed dramatically (rising) it could
push those fish even tighter to cover overcast or not. 50 degrees is really
not all that cold, but if the water went from 60 to 50 in a short period of
time it could shut those fish off.
Also, if you have a lot of wind and those fish are roaming and a soft
plastic jerkbait is to hard to fish , I would switch to a suspending rogue
or maybe a husky jerk (or Long-A). At least you could keep constant tension
on the bait as you work it.
Then again I could be totally F.O.S because I have never seen your body of
water, and what kind of structure you have available, or what the primary
forage is, or anything else, except that you have docks :-)

just a few thoughts

Chris

"Eric Ryder" wrote in message
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"Richard Liebert" wrote in
message ...
........my favorite lure for throwing under docks is a what is your
favorite lure?

"Please answer before you read what others post"



OK, it's a cold day, and the water up here has already cooled into the
50's anyway. The wind is making boat control difficult and the use of
lightweight plastics damn near impossible. I'll be tossing a jig and pig,
probably a 3/8 oz to start. Since it looks like a crappy day, the fish
should be roaming out from the cover a bit, so I won't have to work at
skipping it too much on this pesky levelwind.

Eric,

Actually there is a couple problems with thinking those fish will be out
moving around. If you are referring to overcast skies and rain will have
the fish roaming . The problem with that is , if the temperature change
wasn't subtle and and the pressure changed dramatically (rising) it could
push those fish even tighter to cover overcast or not. 50 degrees is really
not all that cold, but if the water went from 60 to 50 in a short period of
time it could shut those fish off.
Also, if you have a lot of wind and those fish are roaming and a soft
plastic jerkbait is to hard to fish , I would switch to a suspending rogue
or maybe a husky jerk (or Long-A). At least you could keep constant tension
on the bait as you work it.
Then again I could be totally F.O.S because I have never seen your body of
water, and what kind of structure you have available, or what the primary
forage is, or anything else, except that you have docks :-)

just a few thoughts

Chris

"Eric Ryder" wrote in message
...

"Richard Liebert" wrote in
message ...
........my favorite lure for throwing under docks is a what is your
favorite lure?

"Please answer before you read what others post"



OK, it's a cold day, and the water up here has already cooled into the
50's anyway. The wind is making boat control difficult and the use of
lightweight plastics damn near impossible. I'll be tossing a jig and pig,
probably a 3/8 oz to start. Since it looks like a crappy day, the fish
should be roaming out from the cover a bit, so I won't have to work at
skipping it too much on this pesky levelwind.

Instead of under the docks, I would buzz a zoom toad or speedworm along side
the dock and in front first. I have had really good luck using that method
first before disturbing the water underneath. Casting to the shoreline
instead of in the water, and work it in slowly. If possible drop it on the
dock and plop it in the water. I love when bass explode on that presentation




"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
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Eric,

Actually there is a couple problems with thinking those fish will be out
moving around. If you are referring to overcast skies and rain will have
the fish roaming . The problem with that is , if the temperature change
wasn't subtle and and the pressure changed dramatically (rising) it could
push those fish even tighter to cover overcast or not. 50 degrees is
really not all that cold, but if the water went from 60 to 50 in a short
period of time it could shut those fish off.
Also, if you have a lot of wind and those fish are roaming and a soft
plastic jerkbait is to hard to fish , I would switch to a suspending rogue
or maybe a husky jerk (or Long-A). At least you could keep constant
tension on the bait as you work it.
Then again I could be totally F.O.S because I have never seen your body of
water, and what kind of structure you have available, or what the primary
forage is, or anything else, except that you have docks :-)

just a few thoughts

Chris

"Eric Ryder" wrote in message
...

"Richard Liebert" wrote in
message ...
........my favorite lure for throwing under docks is a what is your
favorite lure?

"Please answer before you read what others post"



OK, it's a cold day, and the water up here has already cooled into the
50's anyway. The wind is making boat control difficult and the use of
lightweight plastics damn near impossible. I'll be tossing a jig and
pig, probably a 3/8 oz to start. Since it looks like a crappy day, the
fish should be roaming out from the cover a bit, so I won't have to work
at skipping it too much on this pesky levelwind.

Instead of under the docks, I would buzz a zoom toad or speedworm along side
the dock and in front first. I have had really good luck using that method
first before disturbing the water underneath. Casting to the shoreline
instead of in the water, and work it in slowly. If possible drop it on the
dock and plop it in the water. I love when bass explode on that presentation




"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
. ..
Eric,

Actually there is a couple problems with thinking those fish will be out
moving around. If you are referring to overcast skies and rain will have
the fish roaming . The problem with that is , if the temperature change
wasn't subtle and and the pressure changed dramatically (rising) it could
push those fish even tighter to cover overcast or not. 50 degrees is
really not all that cold, but if the water went from 60 to 50 in a short
period of time it could shut those fish off.
Also, if you have a lot of wind and those fish are roaming and a soft
plastic jerkbait is to hard to fish , I would switch to a suspending rogue
or maybe a husky jerk (or Long-A). At least you could keep constant
tension on the bait as you work it.
Then again I could be totally F.O.S because I have never seen your body of
water, and what kind of structure you have available, or what the primary
forage is, or anything else, except that you have docks :-)

just a few thoughts

Chris

"Eric Ryder" wrote in message
...

"Richard Liebert" wrote in
message ...
........my favorite lure for throwing under docks is a what is your
favorite lure?

"Please answer before you read what others post"



OK, it's a cold day, and the water up here has already cooled into the
50's anyway. The wind is making boat control difficult and the use of
lightweight plastics damn near impossible. I'll be tossing a jig and
pig, probably a 3/8 oz to start. Since it looks like a crappy day, the
fish should be roaming out from the cover a bit, so I won't have to work
at skipping it too much on this pesky levelwind.