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FISHING THE SMALL STUFF
Finesse fishing had became a lost art until the last several years as many pro fisherman and weekend anglers turned back to the forgotten tactic to begin filling creels and winning major tournaments.
I think finesse fishing had been put in the back of the tackle box because of all the fast paced fishing products on today’s market . With big jigs, spinnerbaits, crankbaits and creature type plastics along with high speed reels and flipp’n sticks the angler had a more glamourous way to catch fish.
I had to been caught up in the cover a lot of water and catch the active fish that are looking to react on a bait from reflex rather than slow down work area’s and entice bass into hitting a offering that slowly moved by the fishes lair.
Finesse fishing should not be termed as a pick it up when the bite is tough technique in my opinion . What I mean by this is when fish are active small baits can produce a tremendous amount of bites and quality fish when fished in prime location’s . Often time’s when fish are feeding good and biting the fast moving baits or even the bigger baits a fisherman can take a small worm fished on a jighead with small diameter line and fish high profile location’s to
catch numbers of fish. In these numbers will be some quality and given the angler fishes multiple location’s on this given day the angler can end up with a solid five fish limit while catching a lot of fish . I look at it as power finesse fishing where I will take and move area to area fishing different types of structure to develop a pattern on that day that will produce the most bites I can get much as the power fisherman uses the jig , spinnerbait or crankbait to do the same thing. As many fisherman know the first thing in the morning in spring , summer and fall can be the best time to be making cast from say daylight to around 10:00 a.m. and often fisherman will use the spinnerbait , topwater or crankbait to try and catch as many fish as possible before slowing down and working an area with a slower presentation . I think this is where finesse fishing excels. I will start first thing on most morning’s with some topwater or what have you but spend limited time with these type baits before going to my jighead/worm combo . I will concentrate my efforts on many of the same type areas that the power fisherman make repeat cast to stumps , points , docks , ledges and humps . I often have many days where I catch over 20 fish with numbers of keeper sized fish with several tournament quality fish mixed in . This style suits me and I enjoy catching numbers of fish and with the finesse tackle the fight of the fish makes it worth the effort .
I have caught a lot of fish in the last 10 years over 4 pounds with this style of fishing along with some trophy spotted bass as well as a few big largemouth and I can assure a fisherman if they will work finesse fishing into the arsenal they already posses that the average days catch will increase.
While spring and fall are some of the best times to use this tactic summer and the depths of winter also have many days that can make the success rate go up when using the finesse lures.
I am not saying to abandon your other styles of fishing but to incorporate a spinning rod , a few jigheads and finesse worms along with some small crankbaits and spend some time fishing the small stuff and you may figure out what some of the nations top pro’s have already discovered.
The angler has many options from different companies that offer baits, lures and tackle for finesse fishing application’s from rounball jigheads to stand up jigheads with weed guards with different style hooks that will match your style of fishing .
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Donnie Sims/Spotsticker Baits
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