Pacemaker Fishing Forum

This is what I learned at my first meeting with the New Horizon Bass Anglers on March 12th.

Doug Hannon

-bass want to be shallow and they will only go deep if the conditions cause them to
-imagine what the fish are doing
-large plastic snakes are good pre and post spawn baits
    -swim them about a foot and then stop them in a "s" bend shape
-lipless crankbaits
    -start fast to get down and then reel in steady
    -rip through cover
    -if steady reel does not work then do a jerk, jerk, pause retrieve
    -the sound does not work with a steady retrieve, because it is hard to tell where it is coming from under water, but when doing a jerk retrieve, the sound will the get the fish sinked with the motion
    -make sure the lure is visible
-cooling ponds
    -target rip rap with a brown fat rap
    -fish coves that front a cove
    -slow roll a spinnerbait
    -carolina rig off drop offs
    -use soft plastics when fish are located
    -use a 1/4 oz swimming grub in flake
    -when fishing with a bullet weight, instead of using one 1/4oz weight use four 1/16 weights
         -they can dink and dangle all they want
         -peg them when fishing heavy cover
-the color red works the best in post spawn spring
    -black is second best
    -yellow is the worst