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Build your confidence in Heavy Cover
Welcome back. I fished a couple BFL tournaments on Guntersville the first week of the month (because of a make up), learned a lot. After posting 16 videos on YT in March: this one seems to resonate with the most people. Heavy cover is probably the biggest cliche in bass fishing. And right now with females moving shallow before the spawn, there is one common denominator, in everything they do… STAY SAFE.
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@Casey ODonnell good stuff Casey! Enjoyed it. I just got back from serving as a marshal for the Elite series at the Tenn/Tom waterway. I fished with 2 young guys, J T Thompkins & Kyle Patrick. Was pretty interesting but also frustrating at the same time. Those young guys fish quite a bit different than I do & especially on a dirty water river system like that.
90% of anglers fish a jig wrong..
Even in the colder months, a jig you fish on the bottom might not be the slow technique you thought. The right size/type jig paired with two cold water modifications, fished the correct way is your best chance at a fish of a lifetime this Winter.
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Living in South Mississippi I don’t fish much water colder than 50 degrees. I recently fished a BFL at Lay Lake & we had 44-46 degrees water. I struggled big time. I caught 2 nice Spots for 6# right off the bat on a shad rap but never had another bite. I tried Traps & Jigs & flatsides etc on channel swings & flat points in creeks but never could muster any bites. Guntersville fish seem to not mind the cold water 😀
Treble hook alignment
Casey. Enjoyed the video on treble hooks on different hard baits. There are 2 ways to put treble hooks on the split rings. Turned one way there is a single leg of the treble down & the other 2 are up (when the lure is being retrieved & hooks are up). Rotated the other way 2 legs of the treble are down & one is up ( this is when you see a hook wear on the bottom of the lure from the single leg wearing against the lure as it it wiggles etc). If you want to make your Squarebills or most any crsnkbait come through cover much better make sure you have the treble with the single leg down & you can bend the hook inward just a bit. You can also do this to the rear hook on deep divers that you may be cranking through deep brush piles. You will be surprised how many fish still get hooked on a treble that is bent inward. The key is making the cranbait hit the cover but not hang to trigger the bites. Having the treble hooks that are “inline” lines one of the legs up in line with the eye. All trebles are not in line & these don’t line up perfectly down. The pic below shows the single leg down alignment on a squarebill. This really helps on lipless baits as to not snag the grass as bad on the from bottom hook ( if bent inward some).
Treble hook alignment
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@Casey ODonnell Hey Thanks for inviting to join the group! Yes I do think the hook up ratio is better with the 2 hook up 1 down alignment. It comes through cover better & also improves hook up. I have actually in practice or fun fishing bent the single down until it was practically closed & the practically closed hook somehow still catches fish!
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Steve Jones
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66 years old. 54 years Bass fishing. 90 MLF/ BFL tournaments with currently 11 Top 10 finishes. 7 Top 10 AOY’s in 2 different divisions.

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