paul. Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 i was really starting to go into some bad fishing withdrawal symptoms after quite a while w/o a fishing trip (by my standards anyway ). but i finally got out some today. it was good to shake off the rust and get some ragetails wet. caught 3 good fish and several smaller ones. my time away from the game was obvious though. i missed several fish i should have stuck . it felt like i had lost my edge just an little. i HATE when that happens and some bass are gonna have to pay for it next time. just goes to show, i need to fish more. but don't we all? here's a couple of pics. i really like it when they are colored like the first fish. but i like it even more when they are sized like the second one. every fish caught today came on various assorted ragetail products with both picture fish caught on Gman's Big O brush jig using my version of a falcon craw skirt with a falcon craw trailer. Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted January 21, 2012 Super User Posted January 21, 2012 Couple of beauties for sure Paul. Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 22, 2012 Super User Posted January 22, 2012 Yeah - great coloration on that top fish for sure. My fish up here on the plateau hardly have any green "racing stripe" at all... Quote
Mrs. Matstone Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Way to go Paul. Very nice fish. Congrats to you! Quote
hookset on 3 Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Paul, I'm curious, what was the air and water temp? Also what color is the water in that lake, because I'm wondering when the Falcon Craw is at it's best? I tend to use browns and reds in tannic stained water and greens in lakes that have more clarity with lots of vegetation. Quote
paul. Posted January 23, 2012 Author Posted January 23, 2012 Paul, I'm curious, what was the air and water temp? Also what color is the water in that lake, because I'm wondering when the Falcon Craw is at it's best? I tend to use browns and reds in tannic stained water and greens in lakes that have more clarity with lots of vegetation. air temp - high 40's. water temp - low 40's. water color is a clear green with about 2 ft. visibility. when is falcon craw at it's best? in my opinion, any time it's in the water. any water. honestly. i value this color so much that when i'm running low on them (and i try very hard not to), i absolutely refuse to use them unless the day is shaping up to be a total bust. this color has salvaged so many trips for me. it has turned good trips into great trips and bad trips into good ones. and don't ask me why, but it seems to be especially deadly in cold water. here's a couple of quick true stories. on this particular trip, i fished with a friend. equal skill level. we were both using jigs and craw style baits. he tried a variety of colors throughout the day. i stuck with falcon all day. final tally? falcon craw - 13 fish. everything else - 6 fish. when the color first came out, i got a few packs to try. i was fishing the tn river with a buddy. same scenario. he was trying all sorts of colors - in the same type of bait too (craw). i stuck with falcon craw and it was wrecking shop. i was getting 3 and 4 bites to his one. and he is a very good fisherman. after a while, i noticed that he had completely stopped fishing. i turned around to see what he was doing. he was going through my tacklebox. i asked what he was doing. "looking for some of those dern red craws!" he said. now i readily concede that this could just be a regional thing. but consider this. Big O fishes all over the country and he can fish any color ragetails he wants. and he STILL considers falcon craw a favorite color. that tells me all i need to know. Quote
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