Damiki Rig, Damiki jig

[dtrs5kprs]

Think Ned's beloved Finesse Shadz on a bigger head, fished deeper. 

It is painfully slow to fish, takes no feel well past the boundaries of the cut stick. Winter staple though.

[Quillback]

I have been getting 3-4 of my bass every trip lately fishing the 1/8 oz head vertically in 20-30 FOW. If I see a fish on the bottom, I'll jiggle it a bit an inch or two off the bottom, they'll usually bite it.  Never have found a school of smallies like some of those guys are on in that tourney. 

[Quillback]

Meant to add, I sure would have liked to have seen one of those guys that was on them, drop a Ned down to them as a change-up.  I bet they could get a few.

[dtrs5kprs]

Yep. It's also a lot like the old Iovino doodle worm, with the dart head. Difference being the shad shape baits work shallow on a straight, slow wind too.

I rarely catch brown fish vertically like that. No idea why. Putting a jig, Ned, shakey down a tree vertically, yes. Just not straight up and down. Maybe our K's keep them off those places. 

[Quillback]

Just now, dtrs5kprs said:

Yep. It's also a lot like the old Iovino doodle worm, with the dart head. Difference being the shad shape baits work shallow on a straight, slow wind too.

I rarely catch brown fish vertically like that. No idea why. Putting a jig, Ned, shakey down a tree vertically, yes. Just not straight up and down. Maybe our K's keep them off those places. 

Seems to be a winter thing. 

[dtrs5kprs]

Works in the summer too. We put the little guy down in a lot of deep wood. Not a lot of graph work though, other than staying in the right depth.

[moguy1973]

5 hours ago, Quillback said:

Meant to add, I sure would have liked to have seen one of those guys that was on them, drop a Ned down to them as a change-up.  I bet they could get a few.

I watched the live broadcast and they interviewed David Walker yesterday and he said he tried the Ned and couldn't get bit.  Something about the fish in that lake don't like baits that wiggle or shake too much.  He said a fish would swim up and he'd jiggle it and they would swim away.  Same with his drop shot.  Those Damiki flukes they use must not have must movement to the tails for them to bite them as much as they did.

[Sore Thumbs]

Watched the same interview. Pretty good stuff. 

[dtrs5kprs]

Watched the live coverage today. Some of them were shaking it quite a bit, others not at all. Sure it depends on the fish.

The Shadz is better when you do less to it. Same as the regular cut stick. In cold water just let it be. 

[Quillback]

8 hours ago, moguy1973 said:

I watched the live broadcast and they interviewed David Walker yesterday and he said he tried the Ned and couldn't get bit.  Something about the fish in that lake don't like baits that wiggle or shake too much.  He said a fish would swim up and he'd jiggle it and they would swim away.  Same with his drop shot.  Those Damiki flukes they use must not have must movement to the tails for them to bite them as much as they did.

That's interesting.  TN fish must be weird.