Parasite Weights Blog

I think that the most important thing about fishing for bedding bass is knowing that if the fish stays close you can catch it. It could take awhile but it has an instinct to protect its unborn and new born fry. If it had hands it would probably pick up your bait by the very end of the bait and gently carry it out of its bed.But since they don’t have hands we have a distinct advantage when we can see them. Seldom do you see a bedding bass, throw at it, and it eats. Sometimes but not very often, generally where we fish they will sit on their nest and look at ya . Its your job to make that bass think that your bait is a threat to its young,but not make the bass afraid of it(your bait). Find an area of the nest that it will protect more and make it bite, Repeated casts to the “Right Spot”with a subtle bait works for me, The ability to read your fish and know when it is getting aggravated is key, you can tell by the way the fish reacts as to whether or not your going to be able to catch it. I use the Parasite worm weight and it helps me to catch more fish because when I have that fish ready to go I’m not having to fix or straighten my bait.

During the spawn Its important to remember to always release these fish  so they can continue to do their job and raise a family that we can catch later on.

Situated 60 seconds from Lake Shelbyville we are hoping for a really good year this year! Last fall was the best bass fishing on this lake that I had seen in years. It was not a problem to go into the back of most creeks on the south end of the lake and catch a good limit of fish, with some over 5lbs included with lots of two to three pounders!

We were able to catch them numerous ways from top water baits (horny toads) to Storm wiggle warts. My personal Favorite was to get in the willows and pitch or flip a full size brush hog on a 1/4 oz parasite weight, Green pumpkin seemed to work the best.

Crappie fishing was also very good  last year, It seemed like the majority of crappie that were caught were keepers and there were lots of fish in the 12 to 13 inch range. Most of my fish came off of brush in 15 to 20 feet of water , although lots of my clients caught them fishing a jig below a bobber. I like casting a jig on the side of a point and letting it kinda fall back to you. The bite is like a little tap and you never know whats going to be on the other end I believe every species of fish in this lake will eat a 1.5 inch tube. We caught Muskie, Carp, Buffalo, Catfish, Walleye, Bluegill, White bass, Black bass, and believe it or not a small mouth.