It's a cold windy day in the northeast, I want to fish the docks on my lake.........
..my favorite lure for throwing under docks is a <what is your
favorite lure?> "Please answer before you read what others post" |
Richard
Oct 19
2004
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| Jig & pig... Black & red, black & blue or brown & orange (for muddy water). |
Andrew
Oct 19
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| my favorite lure for throwing under docks is whatever is currently tied on the rod in my hand. If I'm working down a bank fishing stumps or laydowns or a weed edge or
whatever, and I come to a dock that looks inviting, I'm going to throw
whatever I have in my hand or whatever I caught my last fish on, unless
it's totally inappropriate. RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing |
RichZ
Oct 19
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| 5" Pearl Zoom Fluke Texas Rigged with a 5/0 Gamakatsu EWG wire hook. |
Steve
Oct 19
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| A Senko, black, Texas rigged weightless on a EWG Gammi and skipped under
on spinning tackle. Once you get the hang of it, you can skip those babies
all the way to the bank. Rich P |
Rich
Oct 19
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| It used to be cut and dry for me what I would use to get under a dock, a
Texas rigged 6" Producto tournament worm with a 1/32ounce bullet weight
(pegged). Now there are so many factors that go into it, like how far off the water
the dock is, how deep of water does the dock sit in, what kind of structure
besides the dock exists around the dock (weeds, rock, wood). How many
angles the dock have (to create shade). So I guess there are many baits to
list. On Boom I caught fish on docks drop shotting, on crankbaits, and on
soft plastic jerkbaits. I suppose I left more questions than answers :-( Chris |
Chris
Oct 19
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| A big fat Powerworm... hopefully, as far back under the dock as I can. |
Charles
Oct 19
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| >favorite lure?>
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> "Please answer before you read what others post"
>
It used to be a Jiglett by Plano until the old boy stopped making
them. It was a very effective extruded silicone craw with a silicone
skirt similar to a spinner bait skirt built in. Molded onto a 1/8,
3/16 or 1/4 ounce size standup style jig with a wire guard loop to
keep it weedless and avoid hangups. The 1/8 was my most effective in
a pumpkinseed/pepper. It caused me quite a bit of frustration to have
my go to bait dissappear like that. After that I started to use 7" Power worms in red shad or tequela
sunrise. The short tail, not the ribbon tail. These appear to be
getting harder to find in the WI Northwoods. 1/16 to 1/8 weights and
Texas rigged with a Gammie 2/0. Very successful with very high hookup
rate for me. There is the problem of panfish picking it up and trying
to wrap it up in anything they can. I usually just keep enough
tension on it so the can't take it where they want to. The added
advantage to this in my opinion is sometimes a Bass will take it away
from them. I think the Bass that was normally ignoring a bait will
take it from panfish just because of the panfish activities with the
bait. Then again what the hey do I know. I have started to use a craw bait. I think it came in my NWC package.
It is about 4 1/2", Metallic red - kind of a candy apple, hollow so it
settles real slow and emits bubbles as it goes down. It may be
considered a tube bait. I had some good fish on it at my favorite
local lake. Missed a big Bass the first time I used it because I had
the hook set back in the tail/body. Now I rig it with the hook in the
head. Sometimes I insert a 1/16 weight in it but mostly just the
hook. Appears to be something the local fish like. All of these baits skip well for me on a spinning set up. Of course
every pier is not a bass haven and being able to read the signs is the
big part in fishing piers. I do enjoy asking cute ladies sun bathing
on a pier if I can fish it. Most times it will be a pier I want to
fish anyway :<}
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Dan
Oct 19
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| OK, it's a cold day, and the water up here has already cooled into the 50's
anyway. The wind is making boat control difficult and the use of
lightweight plastics damn near impossible. I'll be tossing a jig and pig,
probably a 3/8 oz to start. Since it looks like a crappy day, the fish
should be roaming out from the cover a bit, so I won't have to work at
skipping it too much on this pesky levelwind. |
Eric
Oct 19
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| Eric, Actually there is a couple problems with thinking those fish will be out
moving around. If you are referring to overcast skies and rain will have
the fish roaming . The problem with that is , if the temperature change
wasn't subtle and and the pressure changed dramatically (rising) it could
push those fish even tighter to cover overcast or not. 50 degrees is really
not all that cold, but if the water went from 60 to 50 in a short period of
time it could shut those fish off.
Also, if you have a lot of wind and those fish are roaming and a soft
plastic jerkbait is to hard to fish , I would switch to a suspending rogue
or maybe a husky jerk (or Long-A). At least you could keep constant tension
on the bait as you work it.
Then again I could be totally F.O.S because I have never seen your body of
water, and what kind of structure you have available, or what the primary
forage is, or anything else, except that you have docks :-) just a few thoughts Chris |
Chris
Oct 19
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| Instead of under the docks, I would buzz a zoom toad or speedworm along side
the dock and in front first. I have had really good luck using that method
first before disturbing the water underneath. Casting to the shoreline
instead of in the water, and work it in slowly. If possible drop it on the
dock and plop it in the water. I love when bass explode on that presentation |
alwaysfishking
Oct 19
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| OZMO Warren |
go-bassn
Oct 19
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| Red shad curltail worm. |
Henry
Oct 19
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| Hi Chris, LOL we had those conditions for a little T Saturday up here (NH). It was a
watersupply lake, so no docks but they ate the jig and pig nicely 'till they
got active (then a spinnerbait:). I like a sluggo, senko or light t-rig around certified dock fish. I can't
baitcast-skip a jig&pig to the back of a 30' floating dock, but I can
usually get the hops I need to reach the piers & ladders. FWIW, I also had the worst dock fishing year ever - never got on a good
pattern (still won the bassman again tho). Eric |
Eric
Oct 19
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| Where are you fishing Richard, Manor Lake? If so I can get you on some
great fishing right now. Warren |
go-bassn
Oct 20
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| Yes, we just had a tournament this past Sunday. Of 9 guys on 6 boats we had
4 guys with no fish. Howling wind, cold, the bite was tough. I worked all
the docks and came up with nothing which surprised me. The only fish I had
was a small one taken along the edge of the pads over in the stump field. I
got him on a 5" blk/red flaked senko. The winner had 4 small fish totaling
less than 6 lbs., it looked like he was using some kind of large creature
bait in the wood along the edge. The lunker was grabbed on a jig during the
last 5 minutes right out of the lily pads next to the boat ramp, an area I
am starting to think is under-fished in Manor. Our next tournament is on Van Sciver in two weeks. It will be our last for
the year. -Rick |
Richard
Oct 20
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| Maybe we should have an Okeechobee tourney in mid-winter for a those that HAVE to fish. Just to break up the hard times during the
snow storms. After all, we don't have hurricanes after November. Doc
=== Our next tournament is on Van Sciver in two weeks. It will be our last for
the year. -Rick |
Doc
Oct 20
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| Interesting you should say that. Brown with a little orange is considered
by many to be the "Yuma Color."
Here the channel tends to run stained, but rarely muddy except after a rare
rain storm, and then only for a few days. Occassionaly an algae bloom will
turn the lakes badly stained, but usually they run from very lightly stained
to almost gin clear depending on the traffic in that lake, and the recent
weather. As a result I tend to throw black with red in muddy conditions, and brown
with orange in clearer conditions. Weird.
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Bob
Oct 20
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| Another EXCELLENT idea! Only problem is... the northerners would have to
drive through the snow to get there. After they leave 40 inches of snow... they still have the crazy
Tennessee/Kentucky drivers to deal with through 2 inches of snow. Talk about
a nightmare!!! |
Charles
Oct 20
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| Great idea..Florida in the Winter RichG |
RichG
Oct 20
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| Doc, Do you think you could find me a sales job down there, I would just come and
live through the winter :-) Chris |
Chris
Oct 20
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| Well Rick, I sure wouldn't be fishing docks on Manor this month, in fact I
wouldn't be fishing visable cover at all.I've won a bunch of October
toiurneys on that lake throwing a RatlTrap in the shallows. Scotts Creek,
the stump flat, Kings Cove are great places to fish. Get away from the
banks & fish the open water. Pay special attention to little riples & the
like, they're often the key to getting on em. Manor this time of year is
all about shad in the shallows Rick. Pads are the only form of visable
cover I'd target, but most of the bass will be just wandering around
following the shad. There's a natural funnel from shallow to deep water right at the mouth of
Scotts Creek. Fish the area off the pads on the creek side & you'll catch
em all month. Email me privately if you want more details bud. Are you in the club that Roger weitzel fishes in? |
go-bassn
Oct 20
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