Spy Baiting?

[Old plug]

Its a vertical fished lure. thats its type. I doubt it will catch anymore fish than a any other lure of that type. with the set up on the hook it looks to me like you might miss a lot of them.

[Ham]

Its a vertical fished lure. thats its type. I doubt it will catch anymore fish than a any other lure of that type. with the set up on the hook it looks to me like you might miss a lot of them.

What? I'm going to slow roll it on deeper flats, pulling it along horizontally. I expect the fish to load on it and a sweep set with 8 lb Nano and a 6 lb leader. I expect a really good hook up ratio.

[abkeenan]

What? I'm going to slow roll it on deeper flats, pulling it along horizontally. I expect the fish to load on it and a sweep set with 8 lb Nano and a 6 lb leader. I expect a really good hook up ratio.

I don't see why it would have any different hookup rate than a jerk bait? Which for me is about as high a percentage as it gets with a fishing lure. Not quite sure why Old Plug thinks it wouldn't have a good hookup rate.

[Old plug]

Spinners on both ends and the hook in the middle.

HAM I would not be surprised if it spun when you tried that.

[Old plug]

forget the last post I misinterpreted the picture. I still do not think it will be a good hooker with only one hook in the center. go try it but if they want 15 bucks for it they are not going to hook me. There is just to many things that will work as well.

[Quillback]

It has 2 sets of trebs, one in the middle and one at the back end. I'm staying open minded on it, I'm hoping that the guys who try it let us know how it works.

[Ham]

It 's a valid thought that a lure has to catch the fisherman BEFORE it can catch a fish. I catch more than my share on a simple 4 inch grub and Lord willing I'll continue to do so, BUT a lure that excels on clear water lakes should work on Bull Shoals.

It is fairly common that a new lure has a honeymoon phase where the fish haven't been exposed to it and the dumb ones eat it pretty good for a while. I hope there is a period of time where I can drag this in the face of some dumb ones.

It ought work around boat docks as well. I've had some BIG Brown fish come out and follow a spinnerbait a long way MAYBE those fish will ease up and eat this lure.

I'm cool with folks doing their own thing. I'll find out if it's going to work for me.

[abkeenan]

It 's a valid thought that a lure has to catch the fisherman BEFORE it can catch a fish. I catch more than my share on a simple 4 inch grub and Lord willing I'll continue to do so, BUT a lure that excels on clear water lakes should work on Bull Shoals.

It is fairly common that a new lure has a honeymoon phase where the fish haven't been exposed to it and the dumb ones eat it pretty good for a while. I hope there is a period of time where I can drag this in the face of some dumb ones.

It ought work around boat docks as well. I've had some BIG Brown fish come out and follow a spinnerbait a long way MAYBE those fish will ease up and eat this lure.

I'm cool with folks doing their own thing. I'll find out if it's going to work for me.

I'm sure the first post with someone slaying them on one will send me reeling for my laptop and buying a few from TWarehouse.

[dtrs5kprs]

Gosh, I hope they catch more than White Bass. I suspect they'll catch cool water smallies in a slow moving water too, but you gotta throw it at them to find out.

I haven't caught a smallie over 20 inches in Bull Shoals yet. It would be sweet If I got one on a spy bait.

It is the odd sort of thing a big brown fish would eat out over a nothing looking place. Like the whirly bee, pedigo spin rite, or whistler head.

[dtrs5kprs]

For me the take home message is this...just about anything that will work in those Japanese lakes will work on the White River lakes. Anyone drop shot? How about wacky heads? Yellow Magic or other Japanese chuggers? Jika Rig?