Was fishing texas rig the other day. Was moving it along and decided to put the rod under my arm and light some smoke. I felt it move as I was digging in my pockets and figured it's too late anyways so I finished taking my breather and went to reel in and check the lure and that dang fish was still on it! It was probably about 15 seconds or so. I'm slowly learning to be more patient but my habit caught me that fish that day
This is one of your videos that helps me even though I fish in the saltwater. I'm going to try hooking fluke like that for the top fluke on a double fluke rig. The other one will still get a jig head. Rigging 2 about a foot apart is a great technique for flounder and redfish, and it's a classic for speckled trout.
I grabbed some offset round bend hooks instead of ewg and tried that with the ultravibe speed craw and caught 14 bass today and missed 1. My hook up percentage is so much better. I use a medium heavy spinning rod in a kayak and had trouble getting solid hook ups with a texas rig until now. Awesome! ❤
Smaller hook theory sounds crazy but a few yrs ago I started downsizing to 2/0, size 1 and 2 hooks on 6 lb fluorocarbon and 8 lb copoly line. It made a difference in getting more fish. 2 things: you do have to keep checking your drag and clearing your your spool of line buried after a snag. But a property set up drag, line weight and rod action (system) will bring you better results.
I was using the UV Speed Craw the other week with the same hook and I kept missing fish. I took out my utility knife and made a slit down the middle of it, and after that I caught every one that bit. The Speed Craw seems to be a little bit tougher plastic than a lot of the other Zoom baits, but that simple modification made all the difference from catching nothing to landing every one.
Do you like the 3inch plastic's like the 3" Yum Dinger I used the 1/0 or #1 wide gap. I switched to mini everything for the lake I fish. I think is more fun to use. Something different.
i saw some sort of advanced tackle video coming based on you showing your terminal tackle boxes lol smooth telegraph i’m seated…i just throw whatever random hook on a lure that looks good no real consideration for function
Was fishing texas rig the other day. Was moving it along and decided to put the rod under my arm and light some smoke. I felt it move as I was digging in my pockets and figured it's too late anyways so I finished taking my breather and went to reel in and check the lure and that dang fish was still on it! It was probably about 15 seconds or so. I'm slowly learning to be more patient but my habit caught me that fish that day
That was an excellent video as usual. Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge with us.
This is one of your videos that helps me even though I fish in the saltwater. I'm going to try hooking fluke like that for the top fluke on a double fluke rig. The other one will still get a jig head. Rigging 2 about a foot apart is a great technique for flounder and redfish, and it's a classic for speckled trout.
I grabbed some offset round bend hooks instead of ewg and tried that with the ultravibe speed craw and caught 14 bass today and missed 1. My hook up percentage is so much better. I use a medium heavy spinning rod in a kayak and had trouble getting solid hook ups with a texas rig until now. Awesome! ❤
Smaller hook theory sounds crazy but a few yrs ago I started downsizing to 2/0, size 1 and 2 hooks on 6 lb fluorocarbon and 8 lb copoly line. It made a difference in getting more fish. 2 things: you do have to keep checking your drag and clearing your your spool of line buried after a snag. But a property set up drag, line weight and rod action (system) will bring you better results.
man i gotta watch this one in a bit, come in from yardwork& seen this- hooks are everything for soft baits!
I was using the UV Speed Craw the other week with the same hook and I kept missing fish. I took out my utility knife and made a slit down the middle of it, and after that I caught every one that bit. The Speed Craw seems to be a little bit tougher plastic than a lot of the other Zoom baits, but that simple modification made all the difference from catching nothing to landing every one.
Do you like the 3inch plastic's like the 3" Yum Dinger I used the 1/0 or #1 wide gap. I switched to mini everything for the lake I fish. I think is more fun to use. Something different.
i saw some sort of advanced tackle video coming based on you showing your terminal tackle boxes lol smooth telegraph i’m seated…i just throw whatever random hook on a lure that looks good no real consideration for function
I think hooks should still be checked and touched up. I sharpen as needed, and is often overlooked.
Im first!