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Catch fish on the strangest shapes! part 2
Soft plastics will always be my main bait to catch fish simply because there are soooo many shapes and designs fish strike.
Last week I experimented with a few and caught 5 fish species. Here are a few that did well:
the curl tail of course but on different body shapes:
the claw:
Crappie Magnet tail added to different grub bodies:
Blunt tail:
These and other lure shapes caught fish on the same day in the same lake last week. Got more to try when the weather clears in the next few days.
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Experimentation is a key that is often over looked...
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i like a variety of plastics shapes and colors myself , good job there sir
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Thanks.
Yesterday was almost a bust but found some nice fish at 3pm - including a 12" plus crappie! The curl tail grub at top when jigged off the bottom in 7' started the strikes of the eight crappie caught. But then I felt light strikes - fish nipping the tail. Time to downsize and go to a 1/32 oz jig.
I cut the above stick in half and started catching small sunfish.
Leaving the hotspot, I worked shoreline areas with the below clear tail composite and caught five nice 9" perch and a small bass. When I say small, I mean VERY small:
Unfortunately a pickerel that I almost got into the boat cut the line and no more lure. But one thing that I found earlier that would have prevented the cut line was using a short thin wire leader attached to each size jig head. It didn't affect lure action and fish struck like it wasn't there.
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Nice color combos as well!
Bob
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Thanks Bob. I try not to be superstitious about color but I just can't help it! For certain lure shapes I prefer a select few depending on water clarity and light level.
Purple, emerald green, dark orange and red only, are not on the list - again personal superstition - natural or unnatural not playing any part. Heck, even clear colored lures catch fish! Confidence and successes make all the difference.
