Interesting observation....

[Flaptail]

Last night I was fishing one of my dropping tide spots and doing quite well.

I was using a Lew's minnow in silver/green/black it resembles a Yozuri Crytal minnow but cost a fraction less and to be servicable it needs to have the splits and hooks changed as they are to light and frankly, junk.

Anyway, I was doing a fish every 3rd or 4th cast with intermitent bumps for an hour or so then the tide got low enough where just before the plug got within 30 feet of me I would bottom out.

Now by that time what with the overcast and sun dropping into the west it was pretty near on dark and I could see the lure very well but did notice after it hit bottom hard it wasn't swimming very well. Upon inspection the first time it looked okay so I cast it out again but it was not swimming. So I jerked it hard across the surface (it floats like a cork at rest) and let it stop while I reeled up the slack and found I was on to a decent fish.

While removing the plug from the bass's jaw I noticed the little molded lip was broke off. So I cast it out and sure enough got the same action which was none but in the pause while pondering it I got slammed again with another decent fish ( 30 inches which ain't bad for CC the firast week of May)

I made another cast and twitched agin and let it sit and the water exploded while it sat there again. Man that plug produced better w/o the lip on a dead float with occasional twitch. I'm liking it.

Anyone else ever have that happen to them? It's a fish magnet like that.

[fishbones]

I've never had it happen with a plug w/ a broken lip, but have had a similar experience with a black Bomber. Twice last fall I caught keepers when my lure was left still in the water. Once it happened when I stopped reeling to grab my bottle of water to take a gulp. The second time it happened when I was messing around with a wind knot in my line.

[Rockport24]

that's pretty cool Flap!
The exact opposite happened to me actually, I was casting to popping fish with a mambo and not catching, only to realize the lip had broken off, so I put on new one with a good lip and starting slamming them!

[Tagger]

sounds like you stumbled upon the perfect injured minnow .. We work hard on lip size,,weighting,,hook sizes,,looking for the perfect swimmer,,only to have a busted lure slay ... go figure ..

[shadow]

take a redfin let it rest then rip it let it float back up rest for a second then repeat the thing looks like its dying then fish slam it hard.

[MarshCappa]

I love this story. It's awesome when you stumble on something like that. Good for you Flap. Keep using it and let us know how it's doing.

[RIJIMMY]

fishing the florida keys with a guide years back, the first thing he did was take out a swimmer and break the plastic lip off the plug. We nailed shark, cuda and jakcs all day long on them

[GattaFish]

If you have an old Redfin you can take the lip and the back treble off then turn it around and fish it backwards,,,, It darts and wiggles nicely........

I have even made some jerk style with a slow sink,,,, posted pics of them like a year ago,,,,

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