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Best Bait of the 2007 Bass Season

It is definitely a hard decision choosing theWhen confronted with cold fronts I worked it
best all around bait of this past season. Inslowly to get my Bass. I found that fronts or
my decision I considered key factors such asweather changes prompted me to work the 6"
versatility, weather, longevity andgrub by dunking it into any pocket found in
performance to name a few. I had to choose agood thick weed flats of 5 to 8 feet of
bait that brings confidence to the table aswater. When Mother Nature brought her
well as many other perimeters. After carefulinconsistencies to the Bass I found them in
consideration and on the water experimenting,flats like this because it made a perfect
I think the best bait of the '07 season isprotective blanket for both the Largemouth
the 6" grub by Yamamoto. Yes.....a grub! Hey,and Smallmouth Bass. This is also where the
don't knock it! It was responsible for the6" grub shined. Dunking it into pockets,
biggest Bass of the season, not to mentiongiving it just enough weight to get through
the most fun to work with in any type ofthe weed growth to bottom, was all it took to
structure  you  can  imagine.get them. The trick here was to work the
cover thoroughly, and with perseverance I was
Yamamotos 6" grub is slightly lighter thanrewarded.
its 8" cousin. This makes it ideal for
skipping it under docks weightless. RiggedThe salt impregnated into the Yamamoto grubs
Texas with an Owner 30 wide gap rigging hookis perfectly measured to give it that
and a 18th screw-in bullet weight made it aexcellent buoyancy for its slow free fall to
good lethal weapon for this past year. I wasbottom. It is a good porous product which
pitching it in weed pockets, along weed edgesmakes it a good candidate for holding scented
giving it plenty of line to fall hypnoticallyliquids in helping the longevity of its
to the bottom. Casting it out into bouldereffect.
infested or weeded shallow flats and working
it slowly by causing a debris cloud sureIts tail is its strong point. The tail of the
fooled  the  Smallmouth.Yamamoto grub family is thinner and wider
than most and in the water it performs
Off shore shoals proved to be one of the 6"gracefully giving the Bass plenty of notice
grubs forte. Especially when weeds were inas to its whereabouts! Its body too helps
the mix with depths of 10 to 12 feet ofgive the Bass authenticity in order to hold
water. In many instances the grub would noton  longer  for  the  hook  set.
even have a chance to reach bottom. The
Smallmouth would gobble them up in a hurry!The year 2008 brings great challenges ahead.
When it did reach the bottom I gave it a fewThere are new baits coming out every year
jerks with the rod tip to give it some life,making it more and more difficult deciding
but not without that all important time towhich ones will be elected for the coming
sit before hand. Dead sticking it for thatseason. But I am up for the challenge of
few crucial seconds before the jerk was allworking them to no end to bring the readers
it took when the Smallmouth were in thethe results of my in the field experimenting!
vicinity. That is why it is also important toSo let this 'tackle test dummy', me, work for
cover every nook and cranny of all structureyou! It is great fun bringing it to you and
to get it as close to the finicky Bass ashopefully it helps bring memorable moments to
possible.your outings as it does to mine!



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