Michael Pearce: What's on the line?
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We had caught about 30 bass in the first hour. But since we'd assiduously worked the shoreline, 20 minutes had passed without a strike.
Kyle Redger was making a shift pass, casting a favorite spinnerbait, when I switched from a fly-rod and streamer to spinning machinery.
A solid bass came with the new rig's first cast and I landed eight largemouths over the next 10 minutes, most of them dignity fish. All came from where Kyle had fished seconds before and we'd both angled earlier.
I'm persuaded the flurry of success had more to do with what was on the end of my line than who was casting it.
The lure looks about as voluptuous as a handful of sinkers. It's equally simple, since it's just a pinky-sized compose of soft plastic on a plain-Jane jighead.
But I'm starting to hold what's called a Ned's Rig may be the most productive spinning lure I've cast.
Clyde Holscher, of Topeka's Signal Lines Guide Service, thinks it's the best he's tried.
"It's my job to get clients around 100 bites a day and it's certainly the excellent way," Holscher said. "We've caught everything that can be caught in Kansas, no exceptions.
Source: Bradenton Herald