BASSTRACKER,
You gotta give this rig a try at Wilson, I would bet some serious money it would absolutely tear them up! Especially when they are chasing bait, but that isn't even needed.
These guys are a custom bait from Jaks Custom Baits
http://jakscustombaits.com/swimbaits.htm
Reaction Innovations Little dipper is almost identical but is 3.5 inches to the 3.25 Jaks. I have only a slight preference to the Jaks baits but they don't last as long as the little dippers and they take longer to get. On both baits I supper glue the head to the jig head and they will last quite a bit longer.
They work best on an 1/8th oz darter head jig, I get the jig heads from Jaks Custom Baits as well but bass pro makes a decent 1/8th darter and so does Big Bite Baits (I think they use a 4/0 hook that I prefer but they are painted black which I don't). Another jig head that works well are are the strike king jig heads. Occasionally I will fish em on a heavier jig head to get extra distance but the 1/8th oz definitely gives the bait a better action. Big Bite Baits also makes a 3.5 inch cane thumper which actually seems to get more bites but they will only last 1 to 2 fish max before they are torn up too bad. The cane thumpers have a smaller profile than the Little Dipper and the Jaks Swimbait, and is probably more similar to the shad at Wilson, but I seem not to catch the same quality of fish on em.
Fish them on 6 or 8lb mono or flouro, I generally will use mono because I don't trust flourocarbon that is less than 10lbs but will use 8lb flouro in really clear water. You can also use 14 or 20lb braid and add a 3 or 4 ft leader I like to do this when I'm fishing them on a spinning rod more than on a casting rod. Fish em fast, fish em slow, it really doesn't matter, I always start out fast though and cover lots of water but I would probably fish them a little slower at Wilson since there isn't as much water to cover. They are probably at their best when fish are chassing bait or suspended which is why your post made me think of them. For nearly the past three months this is almost all I've thrown! Only bad thing about them is when rigged on a darter head they don't come through brush very well. On the strike king jig head they are a little better. Back before the bass started moving into the backs of the creeks here they were staging on the main lake and secondary points to the major creeks often times they were suspending/sitting 20 to 30ft deep and were coming up to smash them as i burned them at about 3ft beneath the surface.
I have no connections or anything to any of these companies but this style of fishing has really caught my attention....and I WISH I KNEW ABOUT IT WHEN I WAS IN HAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you give em a shot let me know, I would love to hear about you tearing them up on em!
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