Hot Diggitty Dogs

Seriously, hate to admit that being north of 50 years on this earth and I have never used Hot Dogs for bait for any species of under water inhabitants....until today. Ketchn has of course been catching them on a jig head tipped with the Bar S Bites, but he can catch a fish in a bath tub with a bar of soap so I do not even try to compare my skills with his mastery. Anyway, after a wonderful day of grand baby hijinks I grilled some hamburgers and hot dogs, and yep you guessed it reserved one sacrificial Weenie to feed to the fish early Sunday morning.

So up early and bait readied, it was on, and I mean dang on.

These fish are hungry anyway, usually very cooperative, and obviously fans of the Weenie!

One right after the other, as soon as I could get the hook baited, they were in the boat getting their click on the clicker and some even made the photo cut. I did a Slab Sauce comparison, and two casts in a row with the Sauce only produced fish, and two casts baited with the dogs also produced two fish. Even Steven the two were. Trout Magnets were being shredded, so I changed to a Lunkerhunt Spade Grub, the plastic is a little more durable. My goal this morning was some bigger shell crackers, and I hoped the hot dog would help. Alphahawk says that Red Ears like a little meat, and a sliver of formed pork chicken and beef and what ever else is in the dogs does resemble their natural fare, so why not?

A young un hit me up in the normal ShellCracker spot, and then the big fish of the morning fell to a piece of Weenie also, and gave the Finetail a nice bend.

From 7am until 8:45 I clicked in 42 Panfish, mostly Gills and Crackers and at least 35 were caught on the small plastics tipped with a chunk of Bar S best. It works, I never doubted the Outlaw in Texas, and in VA little stomachs may be fuller but the lips are definitely sorer! Stay safe out there.


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