Short Video Explaining Retrieve Types

[gatorbitu]

Thank you for taking the time to make a helpfull video...looking forward to seeing your deep water video. I love to fish deep for crappie in the winter (40-60') and would love to try to take that to bass fishing.

[Quillback]

Just a thought to add to Bo's very knowledgable comments. I just ordered the bait in the link for vertical jigging.

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Strike_King_Rage_Blade_Blaster/descpage-SKRBB.html

Please, no more baits.

[kjackson]

Just a thought to add to Bo's very knowledgable comments. I just ordered the bait in the link for vertical jigging.

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Strike_King_Rage_Blade_Blaster/descpage-SKRBB.html

I've fished this a bit last year (in prototype) and last fall a bit. It's pretty versatile, but it doesn't hang horizontally--it's definitely a nose-down posture. Having said that, it's not a only vertical bait-- it vibrates like you wouldn't believe. The guy I was fishing with last year caught a really nice largemouth pitching it to a dock. You can cast it forever and just retrieve it.

[kjackson]

Please, no more baits.

QB-- Then don't look at this: http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Strike_King_Tour_Grade_Naked_Rage_Blade/descpage-SKTGNRB.html

I fished it for the first time it on a trip with J- Doc before Christmas, and you wouldn't believe how this thing swims. Another plus is that it doesn't hang up as much as you might think. But definitely don't look at it

[Quillback]

QB-- Then don't look at this: http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Strike_King_Tour_Grade_Naked_Rage_Blade/descpage-SKTGNRB.html

I fished it for the first time it on a trip with J- Doc before Christmas, and you wouldn't believe how this thing swims. Another plus is that it doesn't hang up as much as you might think. But definitely don't look at it

I had to look.

[J-Doc]

Bo I "think" I'm following what you're saying about puttling a belly in the line.

Are you saying keep in contact with the bait to swing it back towards the boat with a pendulum? Or are you saying allow a bow in the line or an arc shape in the line which keeps a semi-contact on the bait and allows it to present itself naturally yet not allowing it to fall straight down.

Can you explain coasting and belly in the line a bit more? I couldn't see the line in the video. And I watched it on my big screen TV! :-)

[rps]

If you move the bait to you with the rod, but then immediately push the rod tip down and at the bait, you create slack in the line and the bait will fall straight down to the bottom. If you keep the rod stationary after the move, the line stays taut and the bait will glide in a pendulum fashion to the bottom. If the bottom is sloping down as it comes to you, that means the glide will be longer and somewhat parallel to the bottom.

I use both, as well as the crank the reel handle without moving the rod so the bait crawls along the bottom. The fish will tell you which is best for the day.

[J-Doc]

That's what I was thinking but he said don't keep tension on the line when spooning. I think that's where I got confused.

[rps]

In the video he definitely suggested that you not keep any tension on the line so that the spoon would flutter uncontrolled. Bobby Murray's video on Walleye spooning with the Cotton Cordell spoon suggests just the opposite. He moves his rod down gradually to sort of keep up with the spoon without affecting the fall much. Check it out on YouTube. Again, I let the fish decide.