Stick Baits
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Oh i see. I normally use the watermelon coloured stick worms but up to date havn't concentrated to much on them and therefore no success as to date.
I have the habit of using a bait over and over that suites my needs and that produces successfull fishing therefore i hardly ever try new things.
Chatterbaits, spinnerbaits and topwater baits is what i concentrate on mostly. I do use numerous plastics but these still remain my favourite because of the feel on the rod, the swimming agction and the weight.
These stick worms work great at RDW i seen some blokes catch plenty fish on them.
I have the habit of using a bait over and over that suites my needs and that produces successfull fishing therefore i hardly ever try new things.
Chatterbaits, spinnerbaits and topwater baits is what i concentrate on mostly. I do use numerous plastics but these still remain my favourite because of the feel on the rod, the swimming agction and the weight.
These stick worms work great at RDW i seen some blokes catch plenty fish on them.
[color=#006600]Monster[/color] wrote:
This Bait is one of my favourite! I use them at any dam with great succes. I rig them weightless, wacky, mojo and sometimes texas. Early morning I use them sub surface like a bait fish pattern, later in the day I cast them in weightless or wacky let them sink to the bottem and if I don't get a strike bring it in slowly. My favouritr colour is watermelon, brown and gold!
Buck
RDW?? I aso use a lot of spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and stuff like top water frogs. But two out of the tree largest bass Ive caught has been on a dunebug senco.
Learnt how to bass fish with jr fluke with a pegged bullet wait and fished just that for about six months. Mostly I kept on fishing with the same guy who used noting else. Then one day I went to the tackle shop and asked for a couple of good lures to try. more than doubled the fish I normally catch in one day at the quarry in witbank.
Lesson learn different baits are made for different times and conditions and success is dependent on your confidence in a bait and what the fish are feeding on at that stage.
Was introduced to these one day at the same quarry just after a cold spell in winter. Didn't catch a thing until an old toppie gave me one of these to try. Caught three in the next hour.
They work great at night as well. Cut of about 5mm to give the worm a flat head. Chuck it close to structure and let it sink to the bottom and give a quick pull so you can feel the water resistance on the worm. Caught 17 fish between 7 and 9 one night. Every time the fish hit the worm they bit of a piece of the tail. Caught the last one wit about a 1'' section left not even covering the entire hook.
My thoughts are they feel the movement bite at the movement, it tastes natural and the flat head displaces more water.
RDW?? I aso use a lot of spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and stuff like top water frogs. But two out of the tree largest bass Ive caught has been on a dunebug senco.
Learnt how to bass fish with jr fluke with a pegged bullet wait and fished just that for about six months. Mostly I kept on fishing with the same guy who used noting else. Then one day I went to the tackle shop and asked for a couple of good lures to try. more than doubled the fish I normally catch in one day at the quarry in witbank.
Lesson learn different baits are made for different times and conditions and success is dependent on your confidence in a bait and what the fish are feeding on at that stage.
Was introduced to these one day at the same quarry just after a cold spell in winter. Didn't catch a thing until an old toppie gave me one of these to try. Caught three in the next hour.
They work great at night as well. Cut of about 5mm to give the worm a flat head. Chuck it close to structure and let it sink to the bottom and give a quick pull so you can feel the water resistance on the worm. Caught 17 fish between 7 and 9 one night. Every time the fish hit the worm they bit of a piece of the tail. Caught the last one wit about a 1'' section left not even covering the entire hook.
My thoughts are they feel the movement bite at the movement, it tastes natural and the flat head displaces more water.
I throw a watermelon candy dinger or forked dinger most of the time (probably 80%+ of any given fishing day). They seem to work in any water clarity, in any situation. I would use junebug if the clarity is bad or with low-light conditions. I would also use a bulkier bait like a fluke in low-light conditions.
One or 2 (dependant on the wind) small splitshots are put about 5cm from the lure. If you want your bait to fall a bit faster, just move the splitshot up to the bait's nose and vica versa.
Another great trick is to insert a piece of wire (soldeerdraad) into the back of the bait. If you now pull the senko over some grass and leave it, it will "swim" back towards the grass. This also works well around lily pads.
And don't think that you only catch small fish on these baits. My PB was caught at Mokolo Dam using a 4 inch dinger...
One or 2 (dependant on the wind) small splitshots are put about 5cm from the lure. If you want your bait to fall a bit faster, just move the splitshot up to the bait's nose and vica versa.
Another great trick is to insert a piece of wire (soldeerdraad) into the back of the bait. If you now pull the senko over some grass and leave it, it will "swim" back towards the grass. This also works well around lily pads.
And don't think that you only catch small fish on these baits. My PB was caught at Mokolo Dam using a 4 inch dinger...
[color=#006600]Monster[/color] wrote:
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Anywhere, as long as it's in the water! I've caught plenty barbel with senko's, and one of my friends caught a 12kg carp with one!
No I really fish these baits all the time - rocks, grass, lillies, trees, ANY structure you can think of. My biggest fish was caught on the rip-rap of a dam wall in about 6m of water using one! This is however very slow fishing if you only use one small splitshot.
Favourite structure could be grass/weeds like in Rust De Winter.
No I really fish these baits all the time - rocks, grass, lillies, trees, ANY structure you can think of. My biggest fish was caught on the rip-rap of a dam wall in about 6m of water using one! This is however very slow fishing if you only use one small splitshot.
Favourite structure could be grass/weeds like in Rust De Winter.