Super User Raul Posted January 4, 2011 Super User Posted January 4, 2011 Dead sticking story: There I was, after trying to catch them all day and throwing everything at them with zero results I said to myself, "well, let 's try deadsticking" so I rummaged in my T box and pulled out a Senko that had been marinated for sevral months in berry scented bag of Mann 's Augertails, mae a cast, took out a Coke and a sandwich, ate the sandwich, driked the Coke and, well, let 's leave it for a little longer, oulled out a cigarrte and proceeded to smoke it , just about when I was a puff away from reaching the filter me line moved ..... oh boy !, reeled in the slack very slowly ( didn 't want to scare it away by over reacting ) slowly lifted the rod and made an lightning fast hookset, goly ! I got a bigun ! after a few mintues fight with the brute I ......... enedd up catching a munster size carp. Well, it was a something, actually it was the only thing I caught that day. Quote
Ima Bass Ninja Posted January 4, 2011 Posted January 4, 2011 Wow what is this lets all gang up on the ninja day?? ;D ;D J/K i know what your points are. Ok Alpster first: I understand your point it is just another technique to use and the more techniques you have in your arsenal the better fisher man you are. And IYO it is a good technique....for me its way to boring to participate fishing that way. Now Raul: So your gonna promise and guarantee that if someone goes out fishing and dead sticks they are gonna catch a fish?? I don't think so.. You can be skunked just as easy dead sticking as you can by chunkin and windin. Its just two different ways of fishing and everybody has there preference. Now RW: Yes KVD did win the classic by fishing to one spot BUT he certainly was dead sticking his Red eye shad. He was chucking it to a certain spot as many times as he could in order to get as many bites as possible.. Do you think he would have won that classic if he deadsticked a worm for 10-20 min in that spot?? again i don't think he would have. I hope i'm not offending anyone with my replies i'm justy tryin to give my opinion just like you guys Quote
Blue Streak Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Most reliable a curly tail grub, works when other lures won't more often than any other lure I know of. Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted January 5, 2011 Super User Posted January 5, 2011 Senko Well, I thought that was a given and we were talking about #2. ;D ;D Quote
SeanW Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Sweet Beaver always works. Is it always the best bait to use? No. Will it always catch me fish? Absolutely. Quote
FIAB Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 I have never intentionally tried deadsticking........but.....there have been times when I have had a minor professional over-run and by the time I had it straightened out I had a fish on. Maybe I should try it without the over-run.....worth a shot. Quote
SeanW Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Dead sticking can be deadly. However Ive never done it for more then a couple minutes per cast. A bass knows what is in their territory. If they are gonna get it most of the time they will do so within just a couple minutes. Many times Ive dead sticked a bait for a minute and nothing. Shake the rod tip just a bit, and wham!!! Not sayin longer wont work, but Ill find another area if I gotta do that. I think it works because most fisherman's baits hit and move shortly there after if not immediately. Quote
Carrington Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 latly from what ive seen id have to say a dropshot rigged worm would be a perfect lure. Quote
Super User RoLo Posted January 5, 2011 Super User Posted January 5, 2011 It might be a tad presumptuous to refer to any bass lure as "perfect", because bass don't live the same, eat the same or act the same, all the time. In any case, the plastic worm has been our very favorite bass lure for decades. It comes the closest to being the perfect bass lure, along with a myriad of substitutes. During the past couple of seasons, our best producer has been a 6" grub-bodied lure with a sickle-tail. Being a long slender soft-plastic lure it falls into the worm genre. The Deps 6" Deathadder Grub has produced in nearly all conditions, and has put fish in the boat in water from 99-degrees to 59-degrees Roger Quote
Super User Catt Posted January 5, 2011 Super User Posted January 5, 2011 Plastic Worm (Texas rigged) It's a long, thin shape resembles the profile of a wide variety of forage in the world of the bass, including earthworms, snakes, eels, and baitfish. Its action is almost entirely dependent on the contours of the bottom; and the rod movements of the fisherman, making it very random. It moves with little noise; the noise that it does make comes mostly from the random clicking of the sinker as it hits bottom. Bright colors and larger size can be used to increase its attracting qualities. Because of its basic resemblance to a wide array of living forage, this lure presents very few negative cues, and is hard for big bass to learn not to hit. Doug Hannon Studies have proven that the plastic worm is the only lure made that a BASS CANNOT REMEMBER! That is, a bass will continue to strike a worm even after repeated catches, whereas a bass will "turn off" to other lures, spinner baits and crank baits etc. after wearing them out on them. That's why you cannot continue to catch them on your honey hole with the same lure over and over. Bass will stop eating that which will eradicate them. Not true with the plastic worm, however. Although we all know bass will prefer a different bait at different times (i.e. "the pattern") you can always go back to the worm to catch them. Quote
Scorcher214 Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Senko Well, I thought that was a given and we were talking about #2. ;D ;D Well then, I would have to pick a split shot rig. With 2/0 hook, 6in worm and and either a #2 or #4 splitshot weight. Quote
gobig Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 IMO there is no perfect lure that works all the time. Lures are tools that are applied to fish catching techniques. Dragging, stitching, stroking, swimming, ripping, waking, trolling etc... are all techniques. Weather your fishing for Trout, Bass, Salmon, Stripers, Halibut or what ever... the techniques over lap. There is no lure out there that can cover all techniques throughout the water column. They all excel at certain things, there is no one trick pony. The analogy of lures as tools is the best I have heard. Some have a higher percentage of use than others. Like a crescent wrench, with a slight adjustment it can be used on a multitude of nuts and bolts. IMO the senko is the crescent wrench of lures. It can be rigged a ton of different ways and fished all throughout the water column. Now if I want to change the water pump on my truck I have to pull the fan. This requires a very specific tool that pretty much has one use. This would be more comparable to something like a hollow body frog. I have stated that I feel a senko is one of the best utility baits out there. But lets say you have determined that big fish are eating birds (this happens way more than most people realize) that are drinking and cleaning themselves around matted grass. A senko in all its glory may not be the best option, but walking that hollow body frog may be golden. Selling the illusion of a bird cleaning it self. The perfect lure in the moment. By selecting the techniques I want to apply first, I can then select the best tool for the job. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted January 5, 2011 Super User Posted January 5, 2011 Very good points, but I bet I could catch your bird eating bass with a jig. Quote
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