Best lures for Red Devils?
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Best lures for Red Devils?
What are some good artificial lures to use for Red Devils? It seems like a lot of people catch some pretty big ones fairly easy. I've caught quite a few Tucs but only one small Red Devil so far.
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It might not be the lure as much as the way you fish it. I've caught RD on just about every kind of small lure... especially small crank baits and minnow type lures, crappy jigs, plastics. I mostly fish for them with a fly rod, so any small bluegill type flys work. (insect, minnow and crawfish type immitations) They don't take topwater lures.
The key is to s-l-o-w down your retrieve. S-l-o-w and steady....NO twitching or jerking the lure or fly.
I believe that red devils have 3 types of moods....
1. You can hit them on the head with a brick bat and they will ignore
you and not even move. Even live minnows or earth worms will not
interest them.
2. If your lure, live bait, or fly lands within 3 feet of them they will
scatter in fright. Run into a hole or streak for deep water.
3. If your lure lands with in 3 feet of the red devil it will attack. Usually
there will be several fish fighting over your lure all the way to the boat.
There are lots of Red devils, so if the one your casting to doesn't respond... move on to one that will.
Normally you'll see the RD in shallow water right against the shore.
Other times you can spot them in the "wood".... suspended in the brush and tops of trees that have fallen into the lake. These suspended red devils out away from the shore line seem to be a little more aggressive.
If you see a white one, they also seem more aggressive.
Again, my favorite way to fish for red devils is with a fly rod. I use any #8 or #10 size bead head fly. (color doesn't seem to matter to the fish... I like the bright colors because I can see them better)
We cast to within inches of the fish and let the fly sink down to it. Then use a very long s-l-o-w strip (retrieve). No twitching or jerking.
A long s-l-o-w strip.
As Clay says: "Set the hook when you see the RD flair it's gills".
The key is to s-l-o-w down your retrieve. S-l-o-w and steady....NO twitching or jerking the lure or fly.
I believe that red devils have 3 types of moods....
1. You can hit them on the head with a brick bat and they will ignore
you and not even move. Even live minnows or earth worms will not
interest them.
2. If your lure, live bait, or fly lands within 3 feet of them they will
scatter in fright. Run into a hole or streak for deep water.
3. If your lure lands with in 3 feet of the red devil it will attack. Usually
there will be several fish fighting over your lure all the way to the boat.
There are lots of Red devils, so if the one your casting to doesn't respond... move on to one that will.
Normally you'll see the RD in shallow water right against the shore.
Other times you can spot them in the "wood".... suspended in the brush and tops of trees that have fallen into the lake. These suspended red devils out away from the shore line seem to be a little more aggressive.
If you see a white one, they also seem more aggressive.
Again, my favorite way to fish for red devils is with a fly rod. I use any #8 or #10 size bead head fly. (color doesn't seem to matter to the fish... I like the bright colors because I can see them better)
We cast to within inches of the fish and let the fly sink down to it. Then use a very long s-l-o-w strip (retrieve). No twitching or jerking.
A long s-l-o-w strip.
As Clay says: "Set the hook when you see the RD flair it's gills".
"Why let the truth stand in the way of a good fish story?"
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