I remember reading years ago in Roland Martin's 101 Bass-Catching Secrets, (which, by the way, is a great read and a good reference book for any Basser!) about an old technique used for Bass in the South USA which is similar to the "Klopstok/ Roepstok" technique commonly used for Barbel in SA ...
They used a long canepole with a short fixed length of strong braided line with a massive fatback porkrind "lure" (something like a giant pork chunk or strip) and big treble hooks. The idea was to row/ sneak up to structure (standing timber) at night and slosh around with the canepole tip strirring and slapping the water surface. The big pork fatback dancing around just under the surface of the water would, more often than not, be slammed by big Bass! By all accounts this made for heart-stopping action!
Sooo, Bassers, perhaps we should borrow a technique from the barbel-fundis and try it out for Bass? I can just see it: a "Klopstok/ Roepstok" with a massive Flipping Jig and a fullsize BrushHog or Hoo-Daddy hanging just below the tip attached to 65lb test or 80lb test braid - Let me at 'em! :spite
They used a long canepole with a short fixed length of strong braided line with a massive fatback porkrind "lure" (something like a giant pork chunk or strip) and big treble hooks. The idea was to row/ sneak up to structure (standing timber) at night and slosh around with the canepole tip strirring and slapping the water surface. The big pork fatback dancing around just under the surface of the water would, more often than not, be slammed by big Bass! By all accounts this made for heart-stopping action!
Sooo, Bassers, perhaps we should borrow a technique from the barbel-fundis and try it out for Bass? I can just see it: a "Klopstok/ Roepstok" with a massive Flipping Jig and a fullsize BrushHog or Hoo-Daddy hanging just below the tip attached to 65lb test or 80lb test braid - Let me at 'em! :spite
Thanks, Ryan!