Lanier Jim
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Out on a morning trip with Steve and his son Britton again. We've been out a few times and they like to go at different times of the year to see how to catch'em that time of year.
Today it was the summer pattern. Started off with a Jerk Shad over brush for a fish or two. I looked around and the sun was coming up...no wind....the surface just looked dead.....so I said "Jerk Shad is done - it's time to pick up the spybait, spy head, and drop shot."
We started targeting brush on main lake humps 25'-30' deep. Good call....first hump with the spybait, we boated 3 fish....Britton stuck a solid 2# spot and Steve had a double on the same spybait!
The pattern was simple....spybait then drop shot on main lake humps. We were getting a fish at most every stop on one of these two baits. This was Steve's and Britton's 2nd time drop shot fishing...and first time with the spybait. Got to admit - pretty proud of the way they picked up on the 2 techniques.
Color: Spybait it was the 80 G-Fix in American Shad and Ghost Pearl....and the 90 Blue Hitch. Drop shot - Blue Lily, Morning Dawn, LJ's Obsessions. Along with this - I caught 2 fish on the new spy head with a disco colored swimmer with the tail cut off. This gives it a real subtle vibration with just the prop plume.
Ended the morning with 20+ fish....not bad for the conditions....no wind and hot. Steve and Britton are fun father/son team. Lots of trash talking and laughs. Britton even showed up sportin his Lanier Baits hat.
Today it was the summer pattern. Started off with a Jerk Shad over brush for a fish or two. I looked around and the sun was coming up...no wind....the surface just looked dead.....so I said "Jerk Shad is done - it's time to pick up the spybait, spy head, and drop shot."
We started targeting brush on main lake humps 25'-30' deep. Good call....first hump with the spybait, we boated 3 fish....Britton stuck a solid 2# spot and Steve had a double on the same spybait!
The pattern was simple....spybait then drop shot on main lake humps. We were getting a fish at most every stop on one of these two baits. This was Steve's and Britton's 2nd time drop shot fishing...and first time with the spybait. Got to admit - pretty proud of the way they picked up on the 2 techniques.
Color: Spybait it was the 80 G-Fix in American Shad and Ghost Pearl....and the 90 Blue Hitch. Drop shot - Blue Lily, Morning Dawn, LJ's Obsessions. Along with this - I caught 2 fish on the new spy head with a disco colored swimmer with the tail cut off. This gives it a real subtle vibration with just the prop plume.
Ended the morning with 20+ fish....not bad for the conditions....no wind and hot. Steve and Britton are fun father/son team. Lots of trash talking and laughs. Britton even showed up sportin his Lanier Baits hat.
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