Senkosam
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Now that I've posted many photos of soft plastics that have caught all kinds of fish, I've found another fish-trigger lure type I want to investigate:
blade baits.
A month ago I restarted using the Beetle Spin which I've kept photos of with fish caught since 2017. (Good reason for keeping a photo journal!)
A few weeks ago I happened to find a Micro-Chatterbait on the ground, replacing the skirt with a 5" Kut Tail plastic worm and catching bass and crappie on it. Here's a reposting of the lure's photos:
Today, I put the silicone skirt back on and watched its swim/action. It was attacked twice - the second hit from a bass that got hooked near where I was standing. This was a wakeup call!
Every blade-bait ever made produces certain vibrations other lures don't - including crankbaits. Pulsation is the main attraction, whether from the blade(s) alone and/or from the vibrations the blade imparts to the skirted trailer, whether silicone, fur or feather. The Kut Tail Worm in the photo vibrates like crazy, accounting for very strong hits.
The Beetle Spin also imparts a vibration to straight soft plastic worms or sticks. Curl tail grubs add another pulsation to the blade's.
Straight no-tail worm Straight thin tail grub Curl tail grub
So now I'll be investigating various blade baits, making my own. In-line (i.e. Mepps type) will be fitted with a straight plastic worm just to see and feel the difference with other blade pulsators, No one ever thought to add a plastic worm to a Mepps as far as I know, but by adding a large #4 Colorado blade to an in-line, it should produce a pulsation to it similar to the Micro Chatterbait. It did well coming through the weeds and creating a nice surface wake retrieved near the surface, which a bass followed, producing its own wake not far behind! It was an uh-oh moment just knowing the strike was imminent!
The post is about another lure type that catches fish - one that pulsates & flashes vs others that have a more subtle.
Variety is the spice of fishing and methinks it's time to explore and compare pulsation to the silent wiggles of soft plastics.
BTW, it bears repeating - this forum's design it the best ever!!!!
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blade baits.
A month ago I restarted using the Beetle Spin which I've kept photos of with fish caught since 2017. (Good reason for keeping a photo journal!)
A few weeks ago I happened to find a Micro-Chatterbait on the ground, replacing the skirt with a 5" Kut Tail plastic worm and catching bass and crappie on it. Here's a reposting of the lure's photos:
Today, I put the silicone skirt back on and watched its swim/action. It was attacked twice - the second hit from a bass that got hooked near where I was standing. This was a wakeup call!
Every blade-bait ever made produces certain vibrations other lures don't - including crankbaits. Pulsation is the main attraction, whether from the blade(s) alone and/or from the vibrations the blade imparts to the skirted trailer, whether silicone, fur or feather. The Kut Tail Worm in the photo vibrates like crazy, accounting for very strong hits.
The Beetle Spin also imparts a vibration to straight soft plastic worms or sticks. Curl tail grubs add another pulsation to the blade's.
Straight no-tail worm Straight thin tail grub Curl tail grub
So now I'll be investigating various blade baits, making my own. In-line (i.e. Mepps type) will be fitted with a straight plastic worm just to see and feel the difference with other blade pulsators, No one ever thought to add a plastic worm to a Mepps as far as I know, but by adding a large #4 Colorado blade to an in-line, it should produce a pulsation to it similar to the Micro Chatterbait. It did well coming through the weeds and creating a nice surface wake retrieved near the surface, which a bass followed, producing its own wake not far behind! It was an uh-oh moment just knowing the strike was imminent!
The post is about another lure type that catches fish - one that pulsates & flashes vs others that have a more subtle.
Variety is the spice of fishing and methinks it's time to explore and compare pulsation to the silent wiggles of soft plastics.
BTW, it bears repeating - this forum's design it the best ever!!!!
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