2nd Bass on snake and wake

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Comment by John Sheehan on July 15, 2016 at 12:09pm

Hmmm , i dont get that happening to me . I had a slip float rod I lugged all the way out there yesterday but stuck with the fly rod for the Gills and one Bass .After the Bass I started throwing the Jointed Rapala.

Comment by Slip Sinker on July 15, 2016 at 11:58am

gotcha... i guess that is a different style

whats amazing is the skill you got to catch em on top water... ive never been really good at it...

nowadays the most action i get on top water is my slip float being reeled in quickly and a bass slamming it. i swear im going to put just a treble on my slip float set up and cast and crank it in for these guys.

Comment by John Sheehan on July 15, 2016 at 11:53am

I tried quicker retrieves thinking to wake up a Pickerel but nothing; also with the shallow situation this was a  fine  technique to keep the hooks clean of subsurface  debris.

Comment by John Sheehan on July 15, 2016 at 11:49am

So "walk the dog " or 'Twitch and Pause " I kept it steady waking (like a jitterbug ) on top and snaking  the jointed back and paused  when they hit .First fish took at rest after hitting first . 2nd fish was more aggressive and took while it was moving .  "Wake and Snake " is what I ended up calling the technique I used because it describes exactly how the bait was moving and I'll remember it that way .

Comment by Slip Sinker on July 15, 2016 at 11:25am

we started with the twitch and long pause with the longer non jointed models ... then we kinda walked the dog with this model.

Comment by John Sheehan on July 15, 2016 at 11:13am

What did they call that technique Slip , do you recall ?

Comment by John Sheehan on July 15, 2016 at 11:12am

You were/are  fortunate .

Comment by Slip Sinker on July 15, 2016 at 11:10am

my uncle and Dad taught me that technique over 40 years ago... wow i feel old... caught many good bass on that technique.

Comment by John Sheehan on July 15, 2016 at 11:00am

Thin but feisty.

Comment by Slip Sinker on July 15, 2016 at 7:47am

nice lookin LMB there John!