The Finer Points of Colors on Rods

Have you ever experienced one of those days where one person on the boat seems to get every fish while everyone else has a hard time catching anything? Of course you have, then. And if you’re using tooling to fish for redfish, there’s a great chance that just one small, inconspicuous details could be the difference between success and failure.

This fish was able to wire up repeatedly while his friends went bite-less. Someone finally noticed that his jig head was lighter by a quarter ounce.

• Blade brain weight is important. A bit. When fishing in somewhat deep water, you might be tempted to use a head that falls too quickly because reds occasionally like jigs that are falling just right. Everyone on board was casting with three-quarter gram faces in the image above, with the exception of one person who used a half-ounce mind. Later, another person combined two and two, changed to half an ounce, and began catching.
• Tail length is important. a bit. even more than shade at times. There will be times when blades defeat twisters or vice versa, depending on the type of tails.
• Smell is important. A bit. Sometimes the fish do n’t seem to care, but other times a scented bait ( or one covered in scent ) outfishes the plain ones completely. Keep in mind that whether you get a bite or not does n’t always matter much, but how long the fish holds the bait almost always does. Scent is get them to hold on long and assault with more aggression when they’re short-striking or you miss a lot of very small nips.
• Waves are important. a bit. There will be times when only a pounding paddletail receives bites, as well as time when nothing but under-spin heads do. Consider how much vibration your offering is emitting, especially in cloudy or discolored water, if you are n’t getting hit.
• The method of retrieval issues. a bit. A slow, steady swing can work in some situations, while a quick, uneven cadence can. Change your retrieves until you understand what the bass want because you can never be sure every day.

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