Redfin Question for Bill B and Others

[Gordon George]

I've read with interest the various posts on this board about how productive Redfins seems to be when waked on the surface in the spring.

A question, though: Why not peg a Mojo weight a foot or so in front of a Redfin - enough weight to sink the Refin - and then fish it in the water column just as though it was on the surface?

It seems to me that the action of the lure would be indentical to what it does up on the surface in the spring - but with the weight you could fish it suspended in the middle of the water column and much closer to the bass.

Just curious if anyone has tried this. Any reason it shouldn't work?????

Appreciate your advice.

[techo]

First the disclaimer, I don't know much about fishing. It seems as if I know less every day! If my redfin does not float and is under the water, I don't seem to get the strikes with it that I do when it wakes. I like oher baits for under the water. Shallow rapalas, Rogues, or even the husky jerk are a few.

It sounds like an idea though.

[Don House]

Gordon, as techo described I too learn something new everyday, so try anything you can think of, trial and error is what works the best.

Also I've tried the same thing you are talking about with weighted stick baits like Luckycraft Pointers 100DD and Flashminnows TR95sp all weighted, suspending baits in the early and late spring I place a weight above the stick bait to try to get it down deeper. If you roll these baits back slow they act just like the red fin under water, they wiggle back and forth slow.

So would it work ,YES.. But I have also found that with the weight on the front of the bait you loose a lot of the action of the bait, and it sends the nose of the bait down to fast and not suspending the bait, which in this lake is no good.

But as far as the red fin, this bait is trying to imitate an injured shad, when a shad has been hit hard underwater or on top alot of times they are unable to return down to deeper water, now they are easy prey because they can not go back down so they swim on top and wake across the surface which bass just can not take.

I've also seen this same type of action with small snakes on the surface and watched bass just smash them. If your bait is sinking then use lighter line or slow down your retrieve to really make it work well, it needs to stay on top and get that waking motion.

So that is why we try to make this red fin stay on top. Maybe Bill or some of the other guys on here can explain it better, but that is my two cents worth.

Good Fishing Everyone..

Capt. Don