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Jerkbaits, Part 1: Reservior Bass

Modern minnow shaped lures are called stickbaits, slashbaits, jerkbaits, or often by the name of a popular brand or model such as Rapala or Rogue. I'll call them all jerkbaits whether they're floating, suspending, or sinking just to make it simple. The first popular lure of this kind was the original Rapala Minnow. It was such a success it made Rapala a world wide brand. Now available in many different sizes and colors and even jointed models, it remains a popular and effective lure. Success lik
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Long Article On My Personal Site.

I finally posted the Smallmouth Flyfishing article at my site: http://ozarkoutdoorjournal.blogspot.com/20...-for-ozark.html I still don't know what to do with this blog, and to be honest, the amount of traffic showing up at my blogspot blog has me thinking about an actual .com domain, but I barely have time to fish these days, let alone write much about it. Who knew working and taking care of a 2-year old would take up so much time? Oh yeah, everyone. I really need to buy a cheap digita
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Rock Bass A. K. A. "goggle-Eyes"

Rock Bass A. K. A. "Goggle-Eyes" I grew up in central Kansas, so just like countless other youngsters the first fish I caught entirely by myself was a Bluegill. There are few things in life that remain pure, simple fun, but I think catching some panfish on light spinning or fly tackle may be one of the last. As I grew up I read about Rock Bass, but never caught one when I had visited the Ozarks due to the fact I was usually Trout fishing on the White or at Taneycomo during those trips. It w
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I Haven't Posted In A While.

I was going to post an article about crankbaits for river Smallmouth, but I think it's a little small (about 1800 words) for Ozarkanglers so I posted it at my personal blog. I'm working on an article about Rock Bass (Goggle-Eyes, to you old river rats) that'll really be up to par, but it won't be done for about a week. Turns out I don't have a really good header picture. So I have to take a trip, sucks to be me, huh. My other article I want to do is a starter course in fly gear for river Small
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My New Personal Blog.

I finally started my own blog " Ozark Outdoor Journal ", not that anything is wrong with Phil's site here, but there are some topics and themes that may be a little more in-depth than I want to do for free. Anyway, I'll still post here, but I might save the longer articles for my site. I want to do how-to articles that span beginner to novice to expert in flyfishing, spin, cast, and cover river Smallmouth, lakes for Crappie, Bass, and everything else, and of course I'll cover trout, from Taney t
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The Superline Advantage

More fishermen are using superlines every day, but there are still myths and rumors floating around, so anglers wonder what are the real advantages of spooling up with one of these "super" lines. There are more than a just a couple of lines to choose from, and many tackle considerations when switching from standard nylon monofilament, so let's get started with the definition of superline, then different types and material of these lines, knots and tackle, and end with a few tips. Most angle
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They're Not Smallmouth, But Still Nice (video)

Not from Lake Springfield, but close by. I was going to post last week but didn't have time. I'm going to have to make more of these spinnerbaits. Big Bass 1 The second one is real nice. Bigger bass. Yeah, I know in the second video I was calling maple pods "willow pods". Give me a break, I was a little happy, it's easily my biggest Largemouth this year. I was only scouting how bad the flood debris was, not really expecting to get into any good fish. I forgot to get a good high re
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Nice Fish From Lake Springfield Monday

Yep, from Lake Springfield yesterday. I couldn't get the picture to attach to a post in forum topics, and you got to show one like this off, so here it goes. Several good fish were just off the points leading to spawning flats, but mostly I caught fish up on the shallow areas around brush on a little custom spinnerbait in firetiger, silver willow blade. Best day I've had on Lake Springfield, and I probably fished for a total of 4 hours. My next regular post will be about superlines-(Firel
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Wacky Rigged Soft Sticks

There have been many "hot baits" throughout bass fishing history. Some blow up, then fizzle out, like the Chatterbait, some are "only available for a limited time and not in stores" (think Banjo Minnow or Flying Lure), while others actually fill a niche and continue to be effective year after year. The soft stick bait, first introduced by the Yamamoto Custom Baits Senko, will be here for a long time. The story as I understand it is that tournament fisherman and lure designer Gary Yamamoto was tr
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Finesse Jigs, A Must Have For The Ozarks And Beyond.

A jig is simply a hook with some weight added and hair, feathers, or some synthetic material tied to it. It's one of the oldest lures in the world, for all species of fish, freshwater or salt. As far as modern bass fishing goes, the "jig and pig" was just some rubber stranded skirt material on a weedless leadhead jig, and preserved pork skin trailer. Flipped into heavy cover, crawled along drop offs or even retrieved steadily to "swim" it, it remains a staple of every bass fisherman to this day.
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X-rap Shad

It won’t be a shock to anyone who reads my articles that I'm a big fan of Rapala lures, I've used the plain minnow for bass and trout for as long as I've fished. I remember reading an In-Fisherman article in the early 90's about people in the Ozarks doctoring up their Rapala minnows with weight to get them to suspend, and catching winter bass like dynamite on these customized lures. I doctored a few, and it worked just as they said. When Rapala came out with the Husky Jerk, I was a happy camper.
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Compact River Smallie Spinnerbaits..

One of the first lures I learned to catch bass on was a spinnerbait. I don't know the make or model, but it was a small one, easy to throw on what was my only rod at the time, I think it was a 6'6" medium action Fenwick, with a Cardinal reel. Pretty nice set up for the era. Both were given to me by one my brothers, and I don't remember exactly how old I was, but that little 1/8th ounce bait caught a lot of bass. These days I use a spinnerbait for river Smallmouth a lot, I can't think of a bette
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Bargin Bin Find.

I cruise the bargain bins often, but rarely buy anything, but recently made what may be a great find. I went by the local WalMart and found a Diawa "Team Diawa" 6'6" MH spinning rod marked down to $19.00. I thought, well, I can let the in-laws use it when they come down, etc., etc., but it turned out to be really good for the money. Then, I also happened to frequent the Bass Pro outlet store, where I found one of the newer "Extreme" reels, with the wide spool for the sum of $30.00. Spooled
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My New Blog Entry Program.

I'm commited to adding a new entry every week, it will be hard, but the first one will be a double post, my comments on bargain rods and reels, and a tackle test review of two easy to find compact spinnerbaits. I will try to post them tomorrow, with pictures and everything.
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Long Time No Post, But I'm Busy.

Went to Beaver Lake and saw my in-laws. No fishing, but did see my wifes step-dads 1975 Cobalt he just bought, or bought back. See, it seems he bought this boat back in his 20's, sold it to his brother who stored it well but rarely used it, now three decades later he got it back. Really clean old boat, not a fishing boat, but still neat to see something someone has cared for. Powered by a OMC 175, which happens to be a Ford 302 w/2 barrel Holley. Cool. I may go down to Taney in the A.M. but I'
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