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[Fish24/7]

be sure you make one with some chartreuse on it !

[Guest]

I fished a Central Pro-Am years ago on Bull Shoals and drew Robbie Dodson. I believe it was early December if I remember correctly and we had good weather. We were fishing the Peel area chasing wind in creek pockets. Robbie absoulutely tore them up on a V38 and was fishing the crankbait very fast banging the bait off the bottom on chunk rock. He was also throwing double willow leaf spinnerbait that had a brown and gold looking skirt with a treble trailer hook. Skirt colors were similar to the color of the v38. A god awful looking spinnerbait but he was catching them on it as well. Again, reeling the bait very fast drawing reaction strikes. I didn't even have that color wiggle wart but learned a lesson on the V38 and have been fishing them ever since. I might see if Tim Hughes can paint a Rock Crawler to look like a V38.

for whatever reason, odd ball crankbait colors work really well as spinnerbait & chatterbait skirts. Especially in stained water.

I had a buddy one time that was throwing a red bug colored willow leaf spinnerbait with gold blades right on the bank. He didn't get many bites but when he did they were quality.

I stopped making fun of that ugly spinnerbait after the 2nd big one.

[Guest]

v209 is fine, but be sure you make one with some chartreuse in it too!!

I was eyeballing that color, not something I've ever fished.

It looks easy to paint though. Do you have a recipe handy?

[Guest]

I like to fish the old warriors, put new hardware on & start cranking.

Does this color catch fish or should it be repainted into V38?

[Champ188]

Pre rap is before Rapala bought Storm lures and changed the mold for wiggle warts, James. There was a "flaw" in the old mold that made them hunt erratically when they came off a rock. That's why you sweep the rod tip during the retrieve, to load the wart so it hunts erratically

Thanks, Phillip, but I was just being silly. It's a running joke on here that no matter how slow the fishing is, you can always find a mind-numbing discussion about pre-Rap Warts. LOL

But I will admit that I didn't know that about why you sweep the rod. Good to know.

[Donna G]

Usually there is an increase in spring, but there seem to be more baits available. Might be that a lot of folks bought up before the holidays, trying to get a jump on spring. Prices were crazy in December.

Also no really big tmts (Elite, Open, FLW Major) coming to Table Rock or Bull this spring. Unless I missed one...

Open will be here in October, but don't know of any in the spring.

[dtrs5kprs]

Open will be here in October, but don't know of any in the spring.

Yep. Not that you can't catch them on a wart then, but I think it has dropped the market some compared to when they come in March or April. Could just be all the cold weather too.

Might be the Spro bait as well. The show featuring it yesterday was interesting, looked like McClelland mostly fished it just like a wart. Nice gray late fall type of day, winding it down and pulling it along.

[Quillback]

And he caught a couple of nice smallies on it.

[dtrs5kprs]

And he caught a couple of nice smallies on it.

It was kind of a neat looking lake. Bet it is a very tough one at times.