“Clean up” bait

[Motoboss]

10 hours ago, J Francho said:

I think follow ups to missed fish are a more important part of my fishing.  I already know I got a biter, now I want to catch it.  Think unweighted senko or fluke after a missed strike on a top water.  If that's what you mean, then there is one example.

That’s my point exactly. If I know I have a biter that I want to catch while throwing a fluke, a wacky senko or lightly weighted worm makes sense. But that is my definition of a “follow-up” . As I said , just trying to determine the definition between “clean-up” and “follow-up”.
In my mind I read it as one being used in place of the other, both meaning the same thing.

 

Additionally my problem was trying to understand someone fishing top water then going to a ned after missing a few strikes. Two completely different depths, water columns and conditions . Ideally one would want to throw a similar method in a different bait/color/size if missing short strikers or seeing chasers.

 

I don’t consider it junk fishing by staying with a similar presentation but changing color, size and even bait (wacky worm to creature bait).
Now if throwing everything in the tackle box from top to bottom without considering patterns is junk fishing!

 

Unless that’s a pattern ?
 

It is interesting to think about while off the water. Good topic and conversations.

[Catt]

2 hours ago, Motoboss said:

Additionally my problem was trying to understand someone fishing top water then going to a ned after missing a few strikes.

 

If I'm throwing a topwater & I bass blows up on it but misses it, I will drop that rod on the deck, pick up a Texas Rigged plastic (weighted or unweighted) & cast to the exact spot of the blow up. This quite often results in the bass picking it up believing it killed what it hit. 

 

Thus the name follow up lure.

[J Francho]

9 hours ago, Catt said:

This quite often results in the bass picking it up believing it killed what it hit.

This is why so many baits that sit lower in the water work after a missed top water strike, in my opinion.

[WRB]

Senko’s are a dead stick lure, lost art with today’s run & gun bass anglers.

you want to catch bigger bass slow down on the 1st cast.

Tom

 

[N Florida Mike]

I usually just keep moving from where I  chose to start. If I’m catching fish, I usually stick with what I’m catching them on. When they stop biting I might switch to another bait.

Keeping it simple, like this guy…

 

[Pat Brown]

1 hour ago, WRB said:

Senko’s are a dead stick lure, lost art with today’s run & gun bass anglers.

you want to catch bigger bass slow down on the 1st cast.

Tom

 

 

 

I think I'm getting better at recognizing a good time to fish slow on cast 1.

 

In general I have spent more time fishing slow than fishing fast which is a new thing for me relatively speaking.

 

I also think my concept of slow and fast have changed a lot.  Fishing fast might be dead sticking a senko only in what I deem the sweet spot and then moving on where as fishing slow might be dead sticking a senko every 3 ft of the laydown.  Slow and fast seem to have more to do with how thoroughly we fish an area than the speed of our retrieve or action of the bait.

 

I do not subscribe to the idea that it is ALWAYS a good time to fish slow on the first cast, BUT I try to let the fish and the conditions speak to me every time I go out and keep an open mind.

[Motoboss]

15 hours ago, Catt said:

 

If I'm throwing a topwater & I bass blows up on it but misses it, I will drop that rod on the deck, pick up a Texas Rigged plastic (weighted or unweighted) & cast to the exact spot of the blow up. This quite often results in the bass picking it up believing it killed what it hit. 

 

Thus the name follow up lure.

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