Steve McBasser Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Made my first cast at straight up 10am. Went there to find the deep fish and did so almost immediately. Never caught a blade bait fish in my life until Friday. Weird bite but I loved it. Caught quality fish too.....Find fish on the graph first. Rather than vertical fishing, back off of your school about 3/4 of a cast. Pitch to them and let the blade go all the way to the bottom. Jig up about 2 1/2 feet and let it fall, reel in the slack... Repeat. Bite usually comes on the pull up, not on the fall. When you jig up you will feel a very pronounced vibration of the blade. You're doing it right. Put in at Campbell Point and ran up Big Creek. Can't wait to get back out there. Hope ya'll are getting to fish too. MarkG52, m&m, Bassin4fun and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrs5kprs Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Love catching them on that clinky metal junk. Nice work. Quillback and Steve McBasser 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillback Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Way to go! Steve McBasser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebasser86 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Caught a couple nice ones out of some 39* water here in NE KS yesterday. The biggest one had mud on her belly when she hit the surface and ate the bait hard while it sitting motionless on the bottom. I was doing very short lifts and drops. It's a bait I'm still learning but it is a fun bait to fish when they'll eat it. Quillback, dtrs5kprs and Steve McBasser 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillback Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I have hardly ever fished a blade, but you guy are twisting my arm. Steve McBasser and dtrs5kprs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve McBasser Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 I had thrown it a few times but had never had a bite on it until Friday. It is so much fun to learn a new bait and technique. I am totally green on this thing but so far I'm loving it. Can't wait to get back out there and do it again. bobby b., Quillback and dtrs5kprs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesemaster Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 6 hours ago, Quillback said: I have hardly ever fished a blade, but you guy are twisting my arm. I bought 2 of them to try. I will let you know how it goes. I am sure I will NOT give them a fair chance before going back to a jerk bait. 😩 Daryk Campbell Sr, Quillback and Champ188 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillback Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 17 minutes ago, cheesemaster said: I bought 2 of them to try. I will let you know how it goes. I am sure I will NOT give them a fair chance before going back to a jerk bait. 😩 That's what I say when I start throwing a jerk bait. I give it about 5 casts and then back to something I have confidence in. 😄 Steve McBasser, dtrs5kprs and cheesemaster 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrs5kprs Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 12 hours ago, Quillback said: I have hardly ever fished a blade, but you guy are twisting my arm. Little jokers work. Have had a lot of fun with them around Baxter in November/December. nomolites, Steve McBasser, crazy4fishin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebasser86 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 This was my biggest on Monday. Bait was sitting motionless on the bottom and she really thumped it in 6' of water right next to my kayak. Shot a big puff of mud from her gills from inhaling the bait off the bottom when she hit the surface. Just a hair under 20". I'm still learning them but it really amazes me how many of the fish I catch on them are when it's completely motionless on the bottom. dtrs5kprs, Hunter53, nomolites and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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