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·Paradigm Trap
Sometimes we allow ourselves to become trapped in our own paradigms. The
events of today, are a prime example of why we need to continuously try new things. Here in Michigan, it was a cool sunny day. The water in the pond was crystal clear and 62° with a slight ripple. I went to the pond primarily to practice working my spinnerbaits after all the recent talk about them here in the ng. I know where all the bass school up in the pond, so all I really need to do is find what speed, size, and sound/action they want for the day. I started with what I thought would be the perfect spinnerbait for the situation - a 1/2-ounce with a hologram/silver flake skirt with a few threads of ocean blue thrown in for good measure, and tandem chrome willowleaf blades. I slow rolled it through the tops of the weeds, ran it down a foot, waked it, burned it, jerked it, and jigged it all for not. So I switched to a basically the same color with a Chrome/Gold blade combo with the same results. Then I ran a white one, a green one, a craw, a shad, a yellow, a chartreuse, and a black using every willowleaf and Indiana blade color combo I could think of, with no results. Then I took out a 3/4-ounce with a white living rubber round threaded skirt and a single #7 Chrome Colorado blade. I have this lure primarily for deep waters when I am HAWG Hunting. This thing has a HUGE Thump and it shakes that 3/4-ounce jig pretty good side to side. You don't need a G.Loomis rod to feel this puppy, because your rod tip bounces a good inch up and down with every turn of the blade. I have seen this thing spook more fish than it has ever caught fish, but not Today. Today, this spinnerbait, that I call Big Thumper, was catching largemouth bass as small as 8" to some real hawgs. I was totally shocked the first time I slow rolled it though the tops of the weeds and suddenly it was gone, and attached was a little 8" LM. Thinking it was a fluke, I casted it out again and bam, another bass. But this one was more like two pounds, and it just kept happening about very third cast. Now everything I was ever taught says this thing shouldn't have caught a fish in 4-feet of crystal clear water on a bright sunny day. I don't know if the fish were hitting this lure out of fear, or hunger. I suspect it was out of fear, because I caught one 10" that was hooked through its nose and out the edge of the eye socket - and no it didn't blind it. That fish rolled on this lure to push it away, or at least that is my theory. Ok, we have a few marine biologist in here, so why do you think this lure worked today? I really would like to understand this lure's incredible results today, when it shouldn't have worked. But it does tell me, there are no rules in fishing and I need to look beyond my paradigms. -- Craig Baugher |
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·Paradigm Trap
What is a paradigm?
-- http://www.fishingworld.com/MesaTackleSupply/ http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com http://www.secretweaponlures.com http://warrenwolk.com/ http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com/ "Craig" wrote in message ... Sometimes we allow ourselves to become trapped in our own paradigms. The events of today, are a prime example of why we need to continuously try new things. Here in Michigan, it was a cool sunny day. The water in the pond was crystal clear and 62° with a slight ripple. I went to the pond primarily to practice working my spinnerbaits after all the recent talk about them here in the ng. I know where all the bass school up in the pond, so all I really need to do is find what speed, size, and sound/action they want for the day. I started with what I thought would be the perfect spinnerbait for the situation - a 1/2-ounce with a hologram/silver flake skirt with a few threads of ocean blue thrown in for good measure, and tandem chrome willowleaf blades. I slow rolled it through the tops of the weeds, ran it down a foot, waked it, burned it, jerked it, and jigged it all for not. So I switched to a basically the same color with a Chrome/Gold blade combo with the same results. Then I ran a white one, a green one, a craw, a shad, a yellow, a chartreuse, and a black using every willowleaf and Indiana blade color combo I could think of, with no results. Then I took out a 3/4-ounce with a white living rubber round threaded skirt and a single #7 Chrome Colorado blade. I have this lure primarily for deep waters when I am HAWG Hunting. This thing has a HUGE Thump and it shakes that 3/4-ounce jig pretty good side to side. You don't need a G.Loomis rod to feel this puppy, because your rod tip bounces a good inch up and down with every turn of the blade. I have seen this thing spook more fish than it has ever caught fish, but not Today. Today, this spinnerbait, that I call Big Thumper, was catching largemouth bass as small as 8" to some real hawgs. I was totally shocked the first time I slow rolled it though the tops of the weeds and suddenly it was gone, and attached was a little 8" LM. Thinking it was a fluke, I casted it out again and bam, another bass. But this one was more like two pounds, and it just kept happening about very third cast. Now everything I was ever taught says this thing shouldn't have caught a fish in 4-feet of crystal clear water on a bright sunny day. I don't know if the fish were hitting this lure out of fear, or hunger. I suspect it was out of fear, because I caught one 10" that was hooked through its nose and out the edge of the eye socket - and no it didn't blind it. That fish rolled on this lure to push it away, or at least that is my theory. Ok, we have a few marine biologist in here, so why do you think this lure worked today? I really would like to understand this lure's incredible results today, when it shouldn't have worked. But it does tell me, there are no rules in fishing and I need to look beyond my paradigms. -- Craig Baugher |
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·Paradigm Trap
..twenty cents?
-- Early to Bed, Early to Rise, Fish all Day, Make up Lies. Shawn "go-bassn" wrote in message ... What is a paradigm? -- http://www.fishingworld.com/MesaTackleSupply/ http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com http://www.secretweaponlures.com http://warrenwolk.com/ http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com/ "Craig" wrote in message ... Sometimes we allow ourselves to become trapped in our own paradigms. The events of today, are a prime example of why we need to continuously try new things. Here in Michigan, it was a cool sunny day. The water in the pond was crystal clear and 62° with a slight ripple. I went to the pond primarily to practice working my spinnerbaits after all the recent talk about them here in the ng. I know where all the bass school up in the pond, so all I really need to do is find what speed, size, and sound/action they want for the day. I started with what I thought would be the perfect spinnerbait for the situation - a 1/2-ounce with a hologram/silver flake skirt with a few threads of ocean blue thrown in for good measure, and tandem chrome willowleaf blades. I slow rolled it through the tops of the weeds, ran it down a foot, waked it, burned it, jerked it, and jigged it all for not. So I switched to a basically the same color with a Chrome/Gold blade combo with the same results. Then I ran a white one, a green one, a craw, a shad, a yellow, a chartreuse, and a black using every willowleaf and Indiana blade color combo I could think of, with no results. Then I took out a 3/4-ounce with a white living rubber round threaded skirt and a single #7 Chrome Colorado blade. I have this lure primarily for deep waters when I am HAWG Hunting. This thing has a HUGE Thump and it shakes that 3/4-ounce jig pretty good side to side. You don't need a G.Loomis rod to feel this puppy, because your rod tip bounces a good inch up and down with every turn of the blade. I have seen this thing spook more fish than it has ever caught fish, but not Today. Today, this spinnerbait, that I call Big Thumper, was catching largemouth bass as small as 8" to some real hawgs. I was totally shocked the first time I slow rolled it though the tops of the weeds and suddenly it was gone, and attached was a little 8" LM. Thinking it was a fluke, I casted it out again and bam, another bass. But this one was more like two pounds, and it just kept happening about very third cast. Now everything I was ever taught says this thing shouldn't have caught a fish in 4-feet of crystal clear water on a bright sunny day. I don't know if the fish were hitting this lure out of fear, or hunger. I suspect it was out of fear, because I caught one 10" that was hooked through its nose and out the edge of the eye socket - and no it didn't blind it. That fish rolled on this lure to push it away, or at least that is my theory. Ok, we have a few marine biologist in here, so why do you think this lure worked today? I really would like to understand this lure's incredible results today, when it shouldn't have worked. But it does tell me, there are no rules in fishing and I need to look beyond my paradigms. -- Craig Baugher |
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·Paradigm Trap
A standard, practice, law, belief, opinion that you think always holds true.
-- Craig Baugher |
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·Paradigm Trap
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 02:43:51 GMT, "Craig"
wrote: Ok, we have a few marine biologist in here, so why do you think this lure worked today? I really would like to understand this lure's incredible results today, when it shouldn't have worked. But it does tell me, there are no rules in fishing and I need to look beyond my paradigms. I've got a question for you Craig: Why are you just limiting your answers from "marine biologists"? Don't tell me ya don't trust the possible answers from the other 99.9% of us! -- Dwayne E. Cooper, Atty at Law Indianapolis, IN Email: Web Page: http://www.cooperlegalservices.com Personal Fishing Web Page: http://www.hoosierwebsites.com/OnTheWater Favorite Fishing Web Page: http://www.hoosiertradingpost.com/FishingTackle 1st Annual ROFB Classic Winner |
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·Paradigm Trap
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 23:45:30 -0400, "go-bassn"
sent into the ether: What is a paradigm? You don't know what a pair of didigms are. They are those little things you think you see out of the corner of your eye and when you look, there is nothing there :} danl Good fishing, great catching www.outdoorfrontiers.com Remove left x for direct reply |
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·Paradigm Trap
LOL! Yeah, another paradigm . . . . Cleaver Mr. Coop, very cleaver.
-- Craig Baugher |
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·Paradigm Trap
Great observation, Craig, and a reminder to all of us that those who feel
that carrying & trying just a few versions of their spinnerbaits, or crankbaits, or tubes, or whatever, are those who most often end up catching the fewest fish. -- Bob Rickard www.secretweaponlures.com --------------------------=x O'))) "Craig" wrote in message ... Sometimes we allow ourselves to become trapped in our own paradigms. The events of today, are a prime example of why we need to continuously try new things. Here in Michigan, it was a cool sunny day. The water in the pond was crystal clear and 62° with a slight ripple. I went to the pond primarily to practice working my spinnerbaits after all the recent talk about them here in the ng. I know where all the bass school up in the pond, so all I really need to do is find what speed, size, and sound/action they want for the day. I started with what I thought would be the perfect spinnerbait for the situation - a 1/2-ounce with a hologram/silver flake skirt with a few threads of ocean blue thrown in for good measure, and tandem chrome willowleaf blades. I slow rolled it through the tops of the weeds, ran it down a foot, waked it, burned it, jerked it, and jigged it all for not. So I switched to a basically the same color with a Chrome/Gold blade combo with the same results. Then I ran a white one, a green one, a craw, a shad, a yellow, a chartreuse, and a black using every willowleaf and Indiana blade color combo I could think of, with no results. Then I took out a 3/4-ounce with a white living rubber round threaded skirt and a single #7 Chrome Colorado blade. I have this lure primarily for deep waters when I am HAWG Hunting. This thing has a HUGE Thump and it shakes that 3/4-ounce jig pretty good side to side. You don't need a G.Loomis rod to feel this puppy, because your rod tip bounces a good inch up and down with every turn of the blade. I have seen this thing spook more fish than it has ever caught fish, but not Today. Today, this spinnerbait, that I call Big Thumper, was catching largemouth bass as small as 8" to some real hawgs. I was totally shocked the first time I slow rolled it though the tops of the weeds and suddenly it was gone, and attached was a little 8" LM. Thinking it was a fluke, I casted it out again and bam, another bass. But this one was more like two pounds, and it just kept happening about very third cast. Now everything I was ever taught says this thing shouldn't have caught a fish in 4-feet of crystal clear water on a bright sunny day. I don't know if the fish were hitting this lure out of fear, or hunger. I suspect it was out of fear, because I caught one 10" that was hooked through its nose and out the edge of the eye socket - and no it didn't blind it. That fish rolled on this lure to push it away, or at least that is my theory. Ok, we have a few marine biologist in here, so why do you think this lure worked today? I really would like to understand this lure's incredible results today, when it shouldn't have worked. But it does tell me, there are no rules in fishing and I need to look beyond my paradigms. -- Craig Baugher |
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