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dead-sticking a jerkbait
I have not done any fishing in several years. This past month I decided to
take fishing back up again. So I was searching around on the web to see if there was anything new about fishing that I was not aware of. I came across a fishing tactic called "dead-sticking a jerkbait". I found this on the Bass Pro Shops' web sight. If you click on Fishing Library and then go to the article titled, "A Great Way to Catch Pre-Spawn Bass" it will tell you all about it. You start with a suspending minnow lure about 4 ½ to 5 inches long. You cast the lure then crank it down to the depth you want to fish it. Then you stop cranking the lure and do absolutely nothing. Just let the lure stay suspended. The article says to leave it for as long as 2 minutes or more. The Bass is supposed to hit it while it is suspended. If you read the article they make it sound as though you are going to just clean up on the Bass doing this. So I went out and bought about $45.00 of suspending minnow lures of different sizes and colors. I made sure that every lure had the word "Suspending" on the package. I bought 6 Rapala and 3 Storm lures. A suspending lure is suppose to be neutral buoyant. It should not sink and it should not float. Until I read this article I had never heard of a suspending lure. These new lures looked real pretty in my tackle box. Last night I decided to put one of them in a bucket of water to see what it would do. Every one of the Rapala lures floated. I could hold it on the bottom of the bucket but as soon as I took my finger off it would pop to the top like a cork. Every one of the Storm Lures would sink like rock. So this evening I put my boat in the river to see what these "Suspending Lures" would do in the real world. I used the same set up they used in the article. A 7' light rod with 8 lb monofilament line. In the real world the lures did the same thing they did in the bucket. The Rapala lures float and the Storm Lures sink. The article said to let the lure set motionless for 2 minutes. That Rapala lure will be floating on the surface in about 15 seconds if you stop cranking the reel. I believe that sometimes fishing articles are written for no other purpose that to sucker you into spending money. They hooked me and reeled me right in to the turn of $45.00. The lures are pretty though. James |
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