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Bassmaster · Joined: 12 May 2010 Posts: 19

Well thanks to being a life member of the North American Fishing club I have resently read an article on how the catch more bass in early cold water conditions when there lazy it called dead sticking with weightless robber worms it works wonders!

flippy · Joined: 25 May 2008 Posts: 1150

Bassmaster, nice fish, looks like a bedder or just gotten done

PECo · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT

I've had very, very little success with "swimming" lures so far this year. I think early-season largemouth bass like to eat their food off the bottom, instead of chasing it.

I've had the most success with weightless, wacky-rigged, five-inch Senkos/Yum worms in pumpkin or watermelon (i.e., green), either two-tone green over cream or with red flakes. The two-tone is nice, because the cream color makes it easier to see underwater. Senkos sink faster than Yum worms. Unlike a Texas or Carolina rig, you don't really have to set the hook with a wacky rig, because the hook is exposed. The fish hook themselves.

I throw it, let it sink to the bottom, twitch it, let it sink to the bottom and retrieve it slowly. Most bass hit it on the way down or on the bottom. The more active bass will come up from underneath as it gets closer to the boat, especially over submerged weeds. The slower I fish, the more fish I catch.

I caught six largemouth bass yesterday; one was 18-inches, 2 lb 5 oz and one was 19-inches, 3 lb exactly. You must have denser bass up there in the river. I seem to catch only the hollow ones!
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