Big M, Lizard fishing

[Quillback]

Decided before heading out that I was not going to fish the Ned rig, and I was going to fish pre-spawn staging areas and avoid the shallows.  One of those day where I decided I was going to do things a little different.

Fished a 6" Zoom LIzard for most of the day, caught close to 20 on it, a few obvious keepers and a few borderline fish.  Fished it on a Carolina rig, mostly in the 5 -15 FOW range.  Most of the fish came from staging areas in coves, but some were main lake fish.  Caught a couple more on a finesse jig, but I didn't fish the jig for more than about a 1/2 hour.  Hooked something big on the jig, but if was off the hook pretty quickly.

Lots of boats out there, but you can still work around them and catch fish.

 

 

 

 

 

[Champ188]

Good day. Started to pick up a C-rigged lizard a time or two myself Wednesday but never did.

[96 CHAMP]

is that a cotton candy chartreuse by chance Quill?? I remember years back we used to throw that color and from what I remember they really like that color. I believe at times that color does make a difference, good day of fishing, congrats to ya, when to many boats start about good time to explore new water.

[SplitG2]

Good stuff. Thanks Quill. 

[Nitro 750]

Good job Quill, thanks for the report.

[dtrs5kprs]

Huh. Haven't thrown a lizard here in years. Interesting.

[Hammer time]

In clear water I've always used a translucent color, watermelon red or watermelon candy works best for me

[Quillback]

7 hours ago, 96 CHAMP said:

is that a cotton candy chartreuse by chance Quill?? I remember years back we used to throw that color and from what I remember they really like that color. I believe at times that color does make a difference, good day of fishing, congrats to ya, when to many boats start about good time to explore new water.

Green Pumpkin/Purple.

[m&m]

Quill, thanks for the information. Good looking fish. 

Mike

[mjk86]

Good on you for doing something different.  I find it very difficult to leave my confidence lures at home and focus only on a new technique....but often it's the only way to learn.