Members RogueAgent Posted January 2, 2015 Members Posted January 2, 2015 Look fresh frozen. Was that during that big cold snap, or just after it? During and after. We got up there on Sunday during the snow and Monday it was windy and sub freezing so we had to stay in the cove where the resort was b/c the main lake had huge whitecaps. Monday we had to dunk our rods about every fifth cast to get rid of the ice, brutal, but the action was just enough to keep us out there. It gradually warmed up that week and we slayed the whites on the SPRO and the Gene Larew Long John minnow.
Champ188 Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Hey Steve, fishingaddiction brings up a very good point about the twitch itself. The warmer the water, the harder you can jerk it. But in general, you don't want a hard jerk in winter. I just give my baits a gentle snap ... more than a pull but not a yank. I have a friend who is a multiple-time Central Pro-Am winner and when the water gets below 42, he will not do anything more than just carefully take up the slack in his line and lightly tug his bait about 4-6 inches at a time ... just enough to make it barely wiggle. His pauses are 10-15 seconds when he's using that tactic. As for cadence, I'm in the camp that in water below 50 degrees, a 2 twitch-pause-1 twitch (rinse and repeat all the way back to the boat) is as effective as anything. Others will disagree, and that's fine. If everyone liked the exact same thing, you'd all be trying to steal my wife, my truck, my boat and my fishing spots. Good luck out there Steve and others who are learning to fish jerkbaits. It's an awesome way to catch em.
Guest Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 I'm still learning to fish jerkbaits. Finding the right area to fish them is the biggest problem. What would make a perfect jerkbait spot when the water is cold (below 50 degrees) ??? Btw, I'm not fishing Table Rock, but another Ozark lake so a generalized answer is fine. Usually I can get a few bites in March fishing over schooling bass, but Jan/Feb make it hard for me to find the bass.
dtrs5kprs Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 I'm still learning to fish jerkbaits. Finding the right area to fish them is the biggest problem. What would make a perfect jerkbait spot when the water is cold (below 50 degrees) ??? Btw, I'm not fishing Table Rock, but another Ozark lake so a generalized answer is fine. Usually I can get a few bites in March fishing over schooling bass, but Jan/Feb make it hard for me to find the bass. Bluff ends, swings with wood, rock transitions. Might look at a deep dock as well, especially if close to those kinds of places, or if it had wood or a brush pile around or under it.
mjk86 Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Dtrs....have you fished a ned on a small grassy lake? I live in st louis and fish a few 30-100 acre lakes max depth 15-20ft. I have success with finesse plastics there. This year im gonna try the ned and see if it works as well or better than my usual stuff!
crazy4fishin Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 mjk86 - I have fished the Ned mucho much here in, as dtrs5kprs calls them, silted in lakes with grass around the edges in that depth....they are KILLER in that situation. I find a green pumpkin or something like that to work best - and as he stated earlier use the Z tech line of baits. Something about the stretch makes a world of difference. I also fish this along the dam area, pitching it along the rock and have had great luck. O yeah - Trophy is right, if you do leave them rigged up the hook will rust.....very frustrating! Back to the jerk bait - primarily a clear water bait correct? Not much of that up here. C4F Crazy4fishinA Cornhusker
dtrs5kprs Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Dtrs....have you fished a ned on a small grassy lake? I live in st louis and fish a few 30-100 acre lakes max depth 15-20ft. I have success with finesse plastics there. This year im gonna try the ned and see if it works as well or better than my usual stuff! Yes, I have, and yes, it will work. The little lakes are really where Ned and others fine tuned it. I just latched onto it and made a run for the Ark line. We run it in the spring and summer at several MDOC county lakes around KC. It is perhaps the finest pond and small lake soft bait going. Catches fish, and minimizes the amount of gear you need to haul. About the only thing we throw in ponds except frogs, blades, or if the kids are trying to learn something new. The little lakes are a good place to stay on the lighter end of the head range, keep it swimming and slowly gliding over the grass. That new batwingz in the small size has been hot in ponds since its release. Most of my videos are on TR but Don Baldridge has some excellent videos up from little lakes he fished over the summer. Check out his Winkiedoodles channel on YouTube.
dtrs5kprs Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 mjk86 - I have fished the Ned mucho much here in, as dtrs5kprs calls them, silted in lakes with grass around the edges in that depth....they are KILLER in that situation. I find a green pumpkin or something like that to work best - and as he stated earlier use the Z tech line of baits. Something about the stretch makes a world of difference. I also fish this along the dam area, pitching it along the rock and have had great luck. O yeah - Trophy is right, if you do leave them rigged up the hook will rust.....very frustrating! Back to the jerk bait - primarily a clear water bait correct? Not much of that up here. C4F Clear water helps, at least a couple of feet of visibility. A little stain is OK, mud not so much. Lot of stick fish caught at Smithville, Truman, LOZ, in water that would be dirty a little farther south.
crazy4fishin Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Thanks - Smithville and Mozingo not to far from here - may have to give it a try.....when the outdoor temps move above 35 degrees! Next week looks brutal up here for a couple of days Crazy4fishinA Cornhusker
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