| TODAY'S
TIP: Now is the Perfect Time for "Wake
Baits"
courtesy
of The
Fishing Line by Berkley
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| Clark
Reehm likes the "wake bait" |
Post
spawn bass have a notorious reputation for being hard to catch during
the brief interval between spawning and actually starting their
return to deep water, but that reputation has never bothered Yamaha
pro Clark Reehm. He simply ties on a 'wake bait' and keeps fishing.
"These are crankbait-style lures with short, down-turned bills that
keep them running very shallow, and the slower you retrieve them,
the more they wobble with a side to side motion that's hard for
bass to resist," says Reehm, who has used them for years in tournament
competition.
"They're effective whenever bass are shallow, but I think their
best application is when fishing is tough, which happens during
the post spawn. It's a lure that attracts big bass, too. You don't
use wake baits if you're looking for a lot of strikes, because you
normally don't get them, but the bass that do hit a wake bait are
quality fish."
Reehm really likes wake baits because he can fish them over submerged
vegetation; the lure's pronounced wobbling action literally pulls
bass out of the greenery. Wake baits are also effective when fished
through emerging lily pads, over shallow brush, along rocks, and
even out in deep water. Because he is fishing these lures around
heavy cover, he prefers either 20-lb. monofilament or even braided
line; because fluorocarbon line sinks it is not often used.
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