Bucktail Technique

[joe the plumber]

Men,
All I can say about this post and the responces to it,is that they are the best I have ever read on this site.Thank you.Joe

[Zeno]

NIB knows his chit

[keeperreaper]

There definitely is a touch and ryhthm component to bucktailing.
You see alot of jiggers jigging so hard that it looks like they are trying to get the jig to rocket out of the water. This is also true on a boat. A slow steady pulsing snap action works very well in almost all applications. A cadence. This technique is the simplest form of fishing yet can be the most complicated based on the conditions and the experience of the fisherperson. It is deadly effective when done right or when luck is on your side.

[NIB]

Originally Posted by Zeno

NIB knows his chit

Thanks I guess. It's all just common sense really.
I love to fish new places an figure what the proper presentaition is.Once u do that U could fool em with anything. Fisherman tend to over complicate things..Bass are stupid really.One outing in the bay on a friends boat I watched a teenage size bass for a half hr try to eat a clear plastic salad spoon..
They hit needle fish lures...Think about it.. it's a stick with hooks.. Then consider how many different color and weight/shapes I own...which is well over a hundred..
Makes me wonder..
One thing I am pretty sure of when the fish are in the current they are there to feed.Either they came in to spawn an they will have the feed bag on going an coming from that affair or they have followed some kinda baitfish into the current.The current also is a excellent source of oxygen that will have fish active in even off temps..I will fish entire tides thru the full bore.I love it..I never get tired of jiggin the current..I know some have said that slack tides are best for big fish.That could be right..Why limit urself to a 15 minute window.If I had to pick My favorite stage of the tide.I would say one hr after the full bore when it starts to slow down like the 4th an 5 hr. I have always found fish will become more aggressive at this stage of the tide..Here's the Key...They will be where they are supposed to be.On the bottom.A one ft depression in the bottom itself is enough to provide a slow water area for a bass to sit comfortably.Slack tide the fish will meander thru the water collum..U have a river or a canal thats 30 ft deep an thats a lot of water to cover.In the moving tide they are much easier to fool.They have to make a split second decision to eat or let it go by..Well like I mentioned they are there to eat..It's how they make a living..U spend enough nights fishing this way and U happen upon things..Fish catchin things..Ur never really sure where the next cast will take U..
Thats the beauty of fishing..