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Got Stripers · 07-02-2001, 07:25 PM

Like someone putting 15 years into learning the most productive canal spots/tides, RI eel spots and the tides/wind directions that produce, those cape south shore night plug spots, I've spent 12 years developing the right baits, hooks, weighting method, presentations and yes the touch needed to make it all work. You guys saw the structure rich environment I fish, which lends it'self so well to my technique, which is primarily a shallow water tactic. Now shallow is relative, because some ledges I fish have 40 feet beside them, but I'm still working the upper 15 feet.

I've tried to teach many the same tactics, some have come close, others are still a far cry from perfecting it. The most important factor is time on the water, a committement to learning it (reads time) and experience. If you want to be good at this, or anything new for that matter, you have to be willing to spend the time. There are great rewards however, because I'm confident that if bass are about, I can coax them to hit when others can't.

Like anything else though, you must have the right tool for the job. This coming winter, I've got to put a couple more suitable spinning outfits together, ones my guests can use to give this a shot. Just so you know, my weapon of choice is a Lamiglass GW84ML, 7 foot graphite, 10-17 lb line rating, 3/8-3/4 oz lure rating, .530 butt and 5.5 tip and weighs only 2-3/4 oz. The other key is a smaller reel spooled with 30/6 spiderwire, other braids will work but it ABSOLUTELY MUST BE LIMP for this presentation to work well.

I've got the hooks, weighting and rigging methods shown on my articles board, along with pictures. Other than that I say time on the water, twitch-twitch-PAUSE repeat, twitch-twitch-PAUSE, repeat. Maybe very subtle just wrist action, or harder with the entire forearm, more twitches no pauses, longer pauses, moral is every day is different. You have to listen to what the fish are tellling you, because every day is different, the fish on each piece of structure might all react in a similar fashion; but completely different from the one 50 yards away.

I always pay very close attention to what I did when the hit came. Did I pause longer than usual, did I twitch 3 times then pause or was it 4, little things can make a big difference. Ok, I'm getting long, but maybe this will help. For you shore guys, I would really recommend this approach, because your typical water isn't that different from the depths I fish.

07-02-2001, 07:25 PM	#13
Got Stripers Ledge Runner Baits iTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: I live in a house, but my soul is at sea. Posts: 8,620	Like someone putting 15 years into learning the most productive canal spots/tides, RI eel spots and the tides/wind directions that produce, those cape south shore night plug spots, I've spent 12 years developing the right baits, hooks, weighting method, presentations and yes the touch needed to make it all work. You guys saw the structure rich environment I fish, which lends it'self so well to my technique, which is primarily a shallow water tactic. Now shallow is relative, because some ledges I fish have 40 feet beside them, but I'm still working the upper 15 feet. I've tried to teach many the same tactics, some have come close, others are still a far cry from perfecting it. The most important factor is time on the water, a committement to learning it (reads time) and experience. If you want to be good at this, or anything new for that matter, you have to be willing to spend the time. There are great rewards however, because I'm confident that if bass are about, I can coax them to hit when others can't. Like anything else though, you must have the right tool for the job. This coming winter, I've got to put a couple more suitable spinning outfits together, ones my guests can use to give this a shot. Just so you know, my weapon of choice is a Lamiglass GW84ML, 7 foot graphite, 10-17 lb line rating, 3/8-3/4 oz lure rating, .530 butt and 5.5 tip and weighs only 2-3/4 oz. The other key is a smaller reel spooled with 30/6 spiderwire, other braids will work but it ABSOLUTELY MUST BE LIMP for this presentation to work well. I've got the hooks, weighting and rigging methods shown on my articles board, along with pictures. Other than that I say time on the water, twitch-twitch-PAUSE repeat, twitch-twitch-PAUSE, repeat. Maybe very subtle just wrist action, or harder with the entire forearm, more twitches no pauses, longer pauses, moral is every day is different. You have to listen to what the fish are tellling you, because every day is different, the fish on each piece of structure might all react in a similar fashion; but completely different from the one 50 yards away. I always pay very close attention to what I did when the hit came. Did I pause longer than usual, did I twitch 3 times then pause or was it 4, little things can make a big difference. Ok, I'm getting long, but maybe this will help. For you shore guys, I would really recommend this approach, because your typical water isn't that different from the depths I fish.