The Original Plastic Worm

Way back in the late 1940s the United States was recovering from the 2nd World War and the country's industry was really booming.  At the same time bass fishing was really beginning to be a noticed sport that would soon turn into one of the most participated sports in the world.  Even if you didn't fish in those early tournament, you were fishing for bass, it was the new big thing and it was only going to grow even bigger.   One of the reasons for this growth was due in part by Nick and Cosma Creme.  The Cremes were in their basement in Akron Ohio cooking up the perfect combination of vinyl, oils and pigments to produce a molded worm. By 1949 the Creme Wiggle Worm was official born and by 1951 it was being sold mail order in packages of 5 for a dollar.  By the late 50s, word of the soft plastic worm began to spread and bass anglers everywhere wanted to get their hands on some of these worms. It was making an impact on bass fishing that would never be seen again by a single lure.  At this same time the region of the country that was seeing the most bass fishing activity was northeast Texas so the Cremes decided to move their company into the center of this activity and built a plant in Tyler, Texas.

The Creme Lure Company is still in Tyler, Texas and they still make those famous worms along with a lot of other wonderful plastic baits.  The Creme Wiggle Worm of yesteryear is today known as the Scoundrel and after 67 years it is still just as effective catching bass as it was when it was first born.  There have been hundreds of companies to come and go in the plastic lure business over all these years so it speaks volumes that Creme is still in business.  There aren't many lure companies out there that are older than me and there is only one that helped me become addicted to bass fishing.  In fact way back in 1965 at the ripe age of 5 it was a Creme pre-rigged worm that I used to catch my first 5lb bass.  After that bass I was hooked on bass fishing and I was hooked on Creme worms.  Now I won't lie like most fishermen I've tried just about everything new that hit the market over the last 50 some years.  However when it came to worms, I have always gone back to Creme.  Not saying that other worms won't catch bass, but I am saying that all those worms as well as any other plastic baits on the market today are because of the dreams of Nick and Cosma Creme back in the 1940s. Had they not spent countless ours in that basement in Ohio, we might have never had these wonderful baits.  Heck there are many worms out there today that still copy many of the aspect of the Creme Scoundrel worms.  Sure they are called by different names like "Trick Worm" or "Robo Worm" but the fact is their birth came form that original Creme Wiggle Worm.  They say that copying is the the greatest form of flattery and the Wiggle Worm/Scoundrel has been copied many times in the past 67 years.  That should tell you just how effective this worm is at catching bass.

Now that we have gone through a short history lesson on the birth of the plastic worm and the Creme Lure Company, lets talk about how I still effectively fish the Creme Scoundrel worms. They come in three sizes, 4, 6, and 8 inches and they still catch bass, and I mean big bass!   The Scoundrel is offered is so many different colors that I'm sure there is one that will be effective under any water conditions and in any part of the world where bass are fished.  I also bet that you will find some of your most favorite colors are available.  One of the other aspect of the Scoundrel that makes it effective is it floats.  A floating worm gives you so much better action than the ones that sink.  Though there are a lot of worms out there that copy the Scoundrel somewhat, most of those worms sink.  With the Scoundrel it is that floating action that I feel really sets it apart from the rest and gives it such a different action no matter which technique it is fished.  I showed you a picture of me way back in 1965 with a bass caught on a Scoundrel well I'm still catching them on these awesome worms today.  In fact I trust them to keep me in every tournament I fish and the picture to the left was from my last tournament.  It is a great feeling to have a bait you know you can count on and I've been counting on them for 51 years now and I really don't see that ever changing.  So why don't we take a look at some of the techniques I use to successful catch bass using the Scoundrels. 


Texas Rig:
There is nothing really fancy about the Texas Rig, it is one of the old tried and trued rigs that has been around for a very long time.  In fact it is likely one of the first techniques any bass fisherman learns when fishing a plastic worm.  Basically it is the worm hook of your choice and a bullet weight.  The size of the weight you use depends a lot on how deep the water is, how big the line you are fishing or how fast you want to worm to fall.  If you want the worm to fall really slow you can use a small split shot or even no weight at all. If your hook is a light wire hook then you are now fishing a Floating worm. I fish all three sizes of Scoundrels using the Texas Rig and let the bass decide which size they prefer on any given day.  The Texas Rig can be fished just about anywhere a bass would hang out.  This means you can throw it in just about every type of cover.  However there is one thing that might hamper you as the weight slides up and down the line, the weight and the bait could become separated in some types of cover and cause you to get hung up.  To fix this you can us a bobber stop above the weight or do as us ole times did, stick a toothpick in the hole of the weight and break it off.  This will stop the weight from sliding on the line.

Carolina Rig:

The Carolina Rig is where the floating action of the Scoundrel really starts to shine.  Like the Texas Rig, the Carolina is also one of the old tried and trued rigs that has been around a long time. With the Carolina Rig you are basically fishing a Texas Rig where the weight is separated from worm on purpose.  Carolina Rigs can be made up many different ways and use all kinds of beads and brass cacklers to make noise to attract the bass.  Personally I like to make up some pre-made rigs like the one shown in the pictures.  Again I will fish all three sizes of Scoundrel worms on this rig.  The Carolina Rig is meant mainly for fishing deeper water where there are rock piles, stumps, downed timber, humps or drop offs.   They do not do well in standing timber or any type of vegetation but only because of the hang up factor.  If you don't get hung up, it will catch fish.  In general the Carolina Rig is worked slower than the Texas Rig, however I've found at times a faster action will draw more strikes.  As with any bait or rig; play with your presentation until you find what the bass want on that given day and time.

Drop Shot:

The Drop Shot method of fishing Scoundrel Worms is relatively new on the scene.  The Drop-Shot is a true finesse rig and meant to be fished on lighter lines and spinning tackle.  However from time to time I do break that mold and use a little heavier lines and casting tackle if I'm fishing in places where the lighter line can be nicked easy.  I mainly fish the 4 and 6 inch Scoundrels on a Drop Shot, but there have been time where the fish were bigger and I have caught them with an 8 inch on this rig.  To fish the Drop Shot you are going to be moving the bait towards you very, very, very slow.  Just when you think you are working it slow enough, show down some more.  You move the bait towards you then stop and shake your rod tip to cause the worm to wiggle and dance.  While you are doing this you want the sinker to remain on the bottom and not move.  This keeps the bait in front of the bass a long time.  After a minute or two of shaking, you then move the bait toward you another foot or so.  I want to point out that from time to time I also break this mold as well.  This rig can be used to catch aggressive bass that might be suspended off the bottom.  If you find a spot that has suspended bass then rig your Drop shot so the worm will be at the same depth as the fish.  Again play with your presentation until you find something that works.

Shaky Head:
This technique is also a newer Finesse type rig that hasn't been around too long, or at least it seems like that because I've been fishing so many years. The Shaky-Head is basically a jig head with the worm rigged in a weedless fashion.  As with the Drop Shot I will generally just fish 4 and 6 inch Scoundrels, but of course there are times I'll go with an 8 inch.  There are a few different types and shapes of Shaky-Head jigs out on the market today.  My favorite is the football style Piglet from Santone Lures.  Which ever your favorite head, when worked right these are also fish catching rigs.  Basically the Shaky-Head is fished in the similar fashion as the Drop-Shot but in different types of cover.  Where the Drop-Shot is a more open water type of rig the Shaky-Head can be fished in and around cover.  They are also a very good choice for fishing under docks and boat houses.

Shaky Drop:
Now the Shaky Drop basically is just a combination of two of the above rigs that came to me one day fishing with my son.  I was catching bass one after another on a Drop-Shot while my son was matching me Bass for Bass on a Shaky-Head.  So I said why not just take the sinker off the Drop-Shot rig and tie on a Shaky Head and with that the Shaky-Drop was born. Though this rig does not work well in any type of vegetation, standing or lay down timber, it is an open water bass killer.  If you can find fish on a rock pile, stump field, hump or drop off then you can catch them on the Shaky Drop.  You can even fish the Shaky Drop with two different color Scoundrels at the same time to fine tune which color the bass are wanting or seeing the best on that day.  Just fish it as I described in the section about the Drop Shot and you will be putting bass in the boat in no time and it some cases two at a time.

Slider Head:
The Slider Head might be one of the original finesse techniques for fishing worms.  These uniquely designed heads will cause a worm to glide through the water making them look very realistic.  I have been effectively using them since the 1970s and they are still available today.  I've caught bass in rivers, lakes and bayous on worms using the Slider Heads.  These heads aren't hard to fish at all and I've found that just lift your rod tip up quickly to get the worm off the bottom and then letting the head glide the worm back to the bottom is my favorite method.  There are a couple different styles of these heads that give you a little different action.  I use these heads effectively with both 4 and 6 inch Scoundrels.  I let the bass decide which they want on any given day.  A lot of time the size worm is dependent on the size of the bait fish or crawfish the bass are feeding on.  Again I have to say that with these heads play with your presentation and find what triggers the bass to strike.

Finesse Jigs:
I have to say the Scoundrels are the absolute best Finesse Jig trailer I've ever used.  It goes back to the fact that the Scoundrels float.  When your jig is on the bottom the tail of the Scoundrel is floating upward.  Twitch your rod tip a little and the tail of that worm will wiggle as it floats.  That action is too much for most bass to stand and they will inhale your jig.  Again I use both 4 and 6 inch Scoundrels on these jigs and again let the bass decide which size they prefer on any given day.

I hope you enjoyed the brief history of the Creme Lure Company and how the bassin' world was given the Original Plastic worm.   I also hope that you will give the Scoundrels a try, they are a legend in the bassin' world and have been catching fish for over 67 years now.   Hey that is longer than a lot of us have been alive.  Sure there are other worms on the market, but none of them can say they are the Original.  I also hope that you try out some of the techniques I use to fish the Scoundrel.  I know if you do you will find that even though there are other worms on the market, they still can't do it like the Scoundrel have been for over half a century!!

Until next time, Tight Lines and Take a Kid Fishing.

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Fair warning.... This is not purely about fishing, but it is very much a fishing story and will shed some light on how I came to love this sport the way that I do... This is a very emotional thing for me to share, but it is time for me to close some final chapters in my own emotional vault... To my family past and present, I am telling my truth in the way I have too. I would never disparage the man I came to love as a second father. To truly honor the dead I believe it is crucial to tell the true tale of who they were from each person's view. I tell the truth to honor him and heal me. Also please understand that everything you are about to read here is absolute truth and meant to tell the real story of a truly great man who unfortunately had many demons... His demons became my demons by default because I virtually worshiped this wildly difficult man... I love him and miss him every day...

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Robert Matthew Chambers was my bonus dad.  He left this world 5 years ago, and I haven't been quite the same since. Matt came into my life around the age of 10 and was a huge force in my life until the day he died. I owe virtually everything outdoors related to Matt. Matt taught me to shoot, hunt, golf, and most importantly fish. While I owe my first fishing memories to my grandfather they were always salt water moments. Although having just written that, I remember being on a lake in Louisiana near Angola prison with grandmother and grandfather. (Hey mom any clue?) But Matt taught me everything about Bass. Matt was a master at the craft. He had a slow and methodical approach to bass fishing that I still try to emulate (poorly) today. He flat caught fish. In the one year I remember him fishing club level events, he won the majority of the events that year. Like all clubs (sorry I have no patience for club drama), he was accused of cheating. Silly idiots. He was that good... period... end of story... He was that good at almost everything he did. He could have been a professional golfer, baseball player or bass fisherman had his life and choices been different.

Matt was an alcoholic and he battled the addiction until the day he died. I was too young to clearly know early on how much alcohol was a problem. I do however remember learning how to pour his bourbon for him. I remember finding random empty bottles in odd places. I also remember being afraid. Luckily it was a lot of the time. Hold on... Hear me out. It is part of why his demons became my demons. Matt was a wonderful drunk. When he was drunk he was the best bonus dad on the planet. He expressed emotion. He told me he loved me. He talked to me. He wanted to spend time with me. He taught me things. I loved him drunk. How much of that I was aware of at the time? Honestly I can't tell you. I know what I know today is that I was always subconsciously rooting for drunk. How horrible is that? I'm a teenage boy rooting for his bonus dad to drink. I have to tell you it affects me to this day. I have a nearly hate hate relationship with alcohol. I do drink, but I operate at a near ludicrous level of control. I don't really care if other people drink, but I feel like I am on constant watch. I have a hard time dealing with people who lose control or cannot control themselves. The drinking affected too many facets of my life growing up not to be an influence. As I got older I knew it was a problem. There was always a story. How the car got beat up. How he got the black eye. How he was jumped and the cash stolen. Why he can't find the car while picking me up at the airport. Why I had to drive us home from the airport. Any of you who've dealt with addiction in your family know exactly the kind of stories I am talking about. And still.... I preferred him drunk... The alternative was bad... for a growing boy who worshiped the man he was... very bad...

Matt was not good sober. He could be brutal. Not physically. But he was cold and sharp and lightening quick when he was sober.  You didn't make noise. You didn't get in the way. You didn't ask questions. You didn't eat his snacks. You were afraid. I was afraid. Notice how I switched to You and not I until I caught myself? Tells a lot doesn't it. That was unconscious on my part and didn't notice it until I forced myself to type the next line. Still affects me today. The reason I said above that fortunately it was a lot of the time is because he was constantly battling to escape the addiction. He was a true fighter on that front. And I know he fought hard because there were many times when he was very difficult to be around. I know he fought because he loved us. My mother, my brother, and me. I love him for the fight even as subconsciously I was always rooting for drunk. This is the heart of the conundrum of my love and relationship with this man. I grew up at war with all of it. Terrified when he was sober praying he'd say anything nice to me. And loving him dearly and spending quality time with him when he was drinking. Even if it was not obvious whether he was or not. I knew. I always knew.

Of all the things Matt taught me, bass fishing was the key. Bass fishing was the magic. I fell in love with this fishing specifically. To this day, I really don't enjoy any other fishing with the same passion that I do bass. I know part of it for sure was Matt himself. On the water Matt was a different man. He so clearly loved the water and the fishing. I think it may have been the one place where he could be himself without drinking. I have no idea if this is true, but I know we left before the sun, and I never saw him drink while we were out. He had more patience. He let me try new lures. He fussed because I didn't want to throw a worm. I wanted shiny. I wanted moving. I wanted top water.  Like most kids my patience was not great. At least with casting and winding I was always doing something. And I did catch fish.  Virtually every perfect father son moment we shared was on the water or discussing tactics or planning the next trip. In the last years of his life after I started competing on the FLW, BFL and Costa levels he was my coach before every event. I would talk to him the night before every event. I gave him everything. Water clarity, temps, grass composition, current...everything... And we would discuss for as much as an hour how I would approach my day. I dreamed that eventually when his health returned he would travel with me and be there for all of my big tournaments. We talked about it often. Somehow his passion became my passion. I love the water. I love bass fishing. I love to compete. I wanted to make him proud. I live today to make him proud. He was alive for my first check. He was alive for my first top ten. I didn't win before he died. I will win. And that win will be for him. I will cry in front of everyone there as I try to express why that win means so much to me and how much I hope he is watching and cheering with me.  I call on him on the tough days. When the heat is beating me down and the bite is slow. When I feel like it's going to end bad. Then I remember how tough a teacher he was and I snap back to it, and carry on. No matter the pain. No matter how tough. Putting myself back against those little green fish in an effort to prove myself to them and more importantly him. I so desperately wanted him to be proud of me growing up.  I still worry today that I am not doing enough. In the last few years of his life he told me many times just how proud he was of me. How much he loved me. He got to a point where he truly expressed to me how much I meant to him. He went to great lengths to tell my wife Cori just how proud he was of his son. His son. My brother and I are his only sons. A tragedy and a triumph of sorts. I am glad he thought of me as his son. It means the absolute world to me. And in itself was another lesson of huge importance to my own life. I have two beautiful bonus daughters. They are my daughters. I have treated them since day one like my own, and they always will be. He gave me that gift too.

So how do you come to terms with that much mismatched love and hate and fear and sadness?  First I had to tell the story. Second I had to have an ink piece that would be near my heart but not on it. I had to have an artist that got the story and could bring the strife to life. In this case the artist is also an addicted bass fisherman himself. He also shared an eerily similar father son relationship. When the universe delivers... it delivers... Eric, my friend... Thank you... from the bottom of my heart... Thank you... This was the last piece to the puzzle of trying to come to terms with my grief...my sadness... and my love of a truly amazing man... who was so ridiculously difficult... who often left me so completely conflicted that I was always lost about it...

Matt.... thank you for every single lesson... the good ones and the bad... and thank you for the passion for those little green fish... I know how much you loved me... I know how proud you were... I won't stop making you so... your son.... timothy

Bandit Lures Crankbaits - The Right Choice

If you have read some of my blog articles you will know that I'm a jig man.  I love fishing jigs all year and switch between a standard jig, swim jig and football jig depending on the time of year and the conditions.  Even though I'm a jig man first and foremost there are times that fishing a jig just won't get you bites.  So I do carry an assortment of other types of lures whenever I hit the water.  Conditions change and when they do the type of bait needed to catch bass also changes.  Now the storage on my boat is limited so I carry only the baits that I have 100% confidence in catching bass.  When it comes to Crankbaits the only ones I carry are made by the Bandit Lures company.

Now I do have to admit that it had been a number of years since I'd fished any baits from Bandit.  I threw them a lot in the 80s but then I started to focus on jig fishing.  Recently I had been carrying a few different brands in the boat just in case the jigs or worms didn't work.  Those were what ever cranks were available at one of the local shops and none of those shops carried Bandit. Now what changed recently was I found out that Bandit was looking for Pro Staff.  Memories quickly returned to me of the days when Bandit Crankbaits had been my Go-To for filling out my limits early.  That gave me the time I needed to focus on getting that one or two big bites during the rest of the day to anchor my limit.  So when the chance to be a part of their Pro Staff came I jumped at the opportunity.  I am not only pleased but very proud they excepted me on their team. There were two main reasons why back in the day I felt Bandit Cranks were so much better than others on the market.  First off their baits had the right movement in the water to trigger strikes.  That movement combined with perfect sound from the rattle chamber seemed to draw strikes time and time again.  I was really hoping they hadn't changed their designs much over the years as I waited for my new Bandits to arrive.

I received my fresh allotment of baits just last week and it didn't take long to realize that if they had changed any it was for the better.  The biggest problem I had was selecting which colors I wanted.  That was one of the first positive changes I saw, they had so many awesome colors it was hard to pick.  I did select 6 different colors that I thought would work in the waters I fish mostly.  I got 2 of each color in the 100, 200 and 300 series baits for a total of 36.  When they arrived I was like a kid on Christmas morning.

The finish on these new baits was remarkable, and most importantly was the sound from the rattle I remembered was still there.  These baits were the same top notch quality I had remember from back in the 80s and that is something you just don't see from every bait company out there.  Some of them have skimped some on the quality to keep their prices down.  Well for me I'd rather pay for high quality and then some cheap junk.  I'm not saying that Bandits are more expensive, they will compete with the prices of any of the name brand products out there, but they have retained their quality at the same time.

Now it wouldn't be a good product review if there wasn't some testing involved. So this past weekend I headed out to Lake Fayette County to give them a test.  I had a pattern on Fayette that had been working awesome.  I had been fishing swim baits on under spins in the morning on the main lake points up near the grass. I had caught a bunch of good fish doing this over the past couple of months.  My son and his friend were joining me and so I rigged them both with the swim bait/under spin combo, while I was going to be throwing a 100 series Bandit in Chartreuse Shad.  We pulled up on the point and went to work.  It didn't take long for the Bandit 100 to strike and it was a beauty of a first fish too, ss you can see in the picture on the left.  This wasn't the 100's only victim either as I had 3 fish in the boat while the boys hadn't gotten their first hit.  It didn't take long for me to switch them to 100s of their own.  Over the next hour we boated more bass that we could count.  None of them were as good as that first one but we did put some 3 and 4 pounders onboard.  Had this been a tournament, I would have been limited out before 8:00 in the morning.  Even better I would have had a bag that pushed 20 pounds and a great kicker already with 7 hours to improve.

Now once that morning bite ended I did go to the next pattern that had been working for me which is fishing football jigs on the steeper drop offs along the points.   Now Sunday was a little different than my previous trips as the wind was really blowing.  Though I caught 3 really good fish to cull my bag that would have upped my overall weight to 25 pounds or more, the boys were having problems.   The wind was making the back of the boat swing and they just could work their baits as effectively as I was.  Frustrated my son put down his jig rod, removed the 100 on his crank bait rod  and tied on a 300 series in Chartreuse Shad.  Two cast later he was boating a very chunky 4 pounder.  His friend also went with a 300 and started to catch fish as well.  Not to ruin their fun, I stuck to the football jigs, and continued to catch some good bass but the boys were each catching 2-3 to my one.

We called it a day about 1:00 pm as it was just too hot to stay out on a day of pleasure fishing.  However the testing of my Bandit Crankbaits had been accomplished.  After what the boys did out deep, I'm pretty sure when the morning shallow bite ended we could have gone to 200 series Bandits, moved out a little deeper and continued to catch bass.  Would I have improved my bag like I did with the football jig, I don't know but I do know I have my opening act back in the game plan.  My tournament planing will be shifting back to what it was in the 80's with using Bandits to get that limit then breakingout the jigs to finish off my bag.  Keep an eye out too as I'll be fishing in the Bayou Bassin' League Championship this coming weekend on the San Bernard River.  Most of the time my crankbait rod is in the rod locker for those just in case times, but not this weekend.  This weekend it will be up on the deck with a Bandit 100 tied on and ready to go!!

Until next time Tight Lines and Take a Kid Fishing!!!

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Ardent Outdoors

Bandit Lures

Santone Lures

Creme Lures

Dunamis Rods

Liquid Mayhem Fish Attractants

Lazyman Hooks

New Pro Products
Fishidy

Stealth Rod Holders

Squiddies Flip Reel

Feeling The Flipping Bite

Tim Zdrazil

@bassfisher3k
Tim Note: These are my thoughts and are not endorsed and/or approved by any other fisherman. This is only what works for the Tim man... ; )

Recently on Twitter, F. Stillwagen (@Whostosay1   give a follow please) stated/asked the following:

Instead of trying to have a protracted Twitter discussion, I thought I would just jot down my thoughts on this topic. I don't think of myself as a master flipper, but I have been actively flipping for the past 8 years, and I have fallen in love with this technique.  I have a lot of confidence doing it and have caught a lot of nice fish flipping. There are a million explanations on the difference between flipping and pitching, so I'll leave that to you to go explore, but they are both short line techniques typically involving Texas rigged soft plastics or jigs. However you can flip or pitch just about any bait. I will focus on soft plastics with a brief nod to the difference in the hook set fishing jigs. 

"I guess it takes practice because when I flip I just can't feel the bite..."

Yes. Just like any other technique in bass fishing it takes practice to get bites and bites to gain confidence. I once went four straight fishing trips with only a flipping jig in my hand for the entire day in order to gain confidence with a jig. For me the biggest difference between casting a soft plastic stick bait like Mister Twister's Comida and Flipping the same bait is the presentation itself. With casting you are mostly working the bait back to the boat horizontally relating it to the bottom. You could be ticking it slowly through grass or simply dragging it over the bottom back towards the boat, but it is mostly a horizontal presentation. With flipping or pitching you are working the bait much more vertically.  This is where the practice and confidence is really important. With the short line techniques you are putting the bait through or over something. Here in Florida that is typically grass of many types or lilly pad stems. However this could be any kind of cover. It could be a limb of a fallen tree. It could be a dock cross beam. But you are basically working the bait almost in place over a piece of the structure. This feels much different, but you will start to 'feel' the difference and notice things like how the bait falls and what it feels like when it hits bottom. With this up and down bait presentation, I typically have three different 'bites' that breakdown as follows:

1. The 'arm yanker'. This is by far the easiest bite and does actually happen from time to time. You drop the bait in the right place and a bass literally grabs it and runs. If you miss this bite, I can't offer you much here. During the ABA Ram Trucks Open on the Kissimmee chain, I had one decent keeper do exactly that. I pitched into a small hole in the kissimmee grass, I jigged the bait up once and it stopped (we will talk about that again in a minute). It felt like the weight had wedged in the grass. Then the bass shot away with the bait in its mouth and nearly yanked the rod out of my hand. I snapped the rod back and hauled the keeper out of the grass and into the boat. You really can't miss this one and if you flip long enough you will get one of these for sure. 

2. The 'bump, thump, or tap'. This is the most traditional bass bite and is exactly how a bite feels on many baits and presentations. Sometimes this could be a couple of rapid taps or just one solid thump on your line. The point here is that it is literally the same bite you have probably felt many times. It really is no different. My kicker (pic above) in the ABA event was this bite. One sharp thump told me the fish was there. 

3. The 'stop or hey something is different'.  This one takes time and experience to truly understand, but I have a simple tip that will catch more fish. Once you get the 'feel' of what a bait feels like falling over a lilly pad stem or a thick section of grass edge this will be easier. If you are flipping grass that is in four feet of water over and over again you get a feel for how long it takes the bait to fall to the bottom. As your flipping along and that drop changes or the bait just stops(like mentioned above) you almost know at that point that a bass has grabbed it on the fall. You may not feel anything other than the fact that the bait stopped way too soon. The other thing that can happen is the bait just suddenly feels 'weird' or 'different'. My simple tip here is one told by many fisher folks. If it feel different or weird in any way. SET THE HOOK! I will say here though that you should be careful in heavy wood cover with that tip. You could hurt yourself if it's not a bass. I've done this. It isn't pleasant. 

"...set the hook properly."

The hook set is also not much different than most casting applications. For me it is almost always the same. I feel the bite, I reel up slack while lowering the rod tip and 'feeling' for the weight of the fish on the line, then I make a very hard fast hook set to penetrate the soft plastic and bury the hook. There are many variables, but the vast majority of my fish come with this hook set. I do change this somewhat based on line type. With braid I go all out and don't care one bit how hard I hit the fish. However when I use fluorocarbon line, I try not to 'snap' as hard. It's still aggressive, but it is more of a hard fast pull than a snap. We will cover lines below. You might have noticed in the first fish catch mentioned above (arm yanker) was actually two types of 'bites' and I jumped right to the snap hook set. Like I said there are many variables. That fish was a stop first. I misread it as a grass stop and not a bass stop. Luckily for me the fish was dumber than I was because he turned into an arm yanker and took up all the slack for me, so all I had to do was hit him hard and swing him aboard. Again practice makes perfect. You will get the hang of it. Just do it and do it and do it until you have the confidence.  The one side note here is on jigs. When I am flipping or pitching a big jig, I hit every 'bite' immediately. I don't feel for the weight etc. I take up line and slam them as fast as possible. Now that I use Liquid Mayhem scents on literally every bait that goes in the water, I could probably give the jig bite more time, but in my experience the bite is too fast not to hit immediately.  Liquid Mayhem will help you learn this technique, because I truly believe the bass hold onto a bait longer than without. It gives you a little more room for error. 

"Is it the rod?"

It certainly could be. It could also be the line you use. I only flip with braid, gliss (new line type from Ardent that fishes and feels very similar to braid), or fluorocarbon.  There is very little 'stretch' in these lines and relay anything that happens to your bait very well. I know a few guys that flip with mono line, but for me there is simply too much stretch and not nearly the sensitivity as the others. If you are flipping with mono and having trouble feeling the bite. Give braid, gliss, or fluorocarbon a try.  It should improve your chances. The rod is also a critical element in all types of fishing, but particularly with flipping and pitching. For me, it's all about a very fast sensitive tip and a whole lot of back bone. My flipping rod of choice for most lighter flipping is a Big Bear 7' 3" 3/4 heavy rod with a fast tip.  The tip is all about sensitivity and allows the bass to take the bait without running into a wall. The tip has some give in it so it allows the bass to load up a bit before you hit them. This is especially helpful in the arm yanker. If the fish hits a brick wall when running away from you, they could throw the bait before you set the hook. A good flipping stick is just like the greatest hairstyle of all time, the mullet. A good flipping stick is all business at the bottom and a party at the tip. ; )  

These are just my thoughts and observations, but I truly feel like they may help those learning to flip and pitch. Short line fishing is like pure hand to hand bass combat, and frankly it ROCKS!!!

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Hottest Summer Bass Technique

When the water temps start raising during the summer months bass can be difficult to locate and catch.  For many years I always struggled in the hotter months here in Texas.  Just like when the water gets cold the bass become less active when it gets hot.  Night fishing can be great during these warmer months but there really aren’t any tournaments held at night, well few if any.   So if you are going to compete you have to locate these summer bass and get them to bite.   Sure in the early hours of the morning you might be able to put a few good fish in the boat.  However once that sun comes out and the temps start to rise those fish disappear, but where do they go?  I can tell you this they don’t go very far from their morning feeding locations.  The fish you are catching the first hour or so of the morning do not swim all the way across the lake once the sun comes up.  No those fish are in that location feeding because it is near where they spend the rest of the day.  They are going to move off into deeper water of some kind that is near their feeding grounds.  

So where do you start looking for the summer bass?  First off you need to look close to where they are feeding in the morning.  If the bass are feeding on a point with structure close to shore in the morning the first place I’d look is any deeper area long that point further from shore, but look for an irregularity. It is very unlikely there will be bass everywhere on the point as they will associate to something that is a little different from the rest of the point.  There may be a cut where the drop off is steeper, or a rock field along a drop off.  This difference doesn’t have to be huge, it could be as small as a lone tree stump in deeper water.    Take a look at the picture to the right is one for an example of a place that I'd try to fish.  If that is where they are holding then they might be stacked up ready to be caught.  

Other places you might want to look for them is any old pond dams, old road beds, creeks or river channels that might be near where they are feeding in the morning.   Like I said they won't swim all the way across the lake but the might travel some distance to a spot they feel comfortable spending the rest of the day. There is always a chance that that spot is 100-300 yards away from their morning feeding grounds.  If it has some type of structure in deeper water then it might just be holding some bass.  I like using maps like the ones you can find on the Fishidy App.  I use these maps to find these spots a day or two before as I'm planning my trip so I have a game plan before you hit the lake.

Now I know that most of you have heard of  mid lake humps, but what exactly are these humps?  They are a spot that is surrounded by deeper water that raise up in some cases to only 5-10 feet.  They really don't have to be in the middle of the lake, but in some cases that is where they are located.  The picture to the left is an example of what a hump would look like on a map or your GPS.  If it is associated to a morning feeding area then you have to give it a try.   That doesn't mean forget about those humps out in the middle of nowhere.  Those mid lake hump can hold bass all day long.  The fact is that these bass aren't likely to travel to a shoreline to feed in the morning then head all the way back out to the middle of the lake to a hump.   A lot of times these humps can hold large groups of bass.  I'm sure some if not all of you have see the bass pop up in the middle of the lake attacking a school of shad.  Did you ever question where they came from? It is very unlikely that a school of them were just roaming around out in the middle of the lake.  It is much more likely that they came from one of those mid lake hump.  The school of shad passed by the hump and those bass jumped on them.  Once they finish their attack they will return to the hump and can still be caught.

Now that you know where to look for these summer bass, lets talk about some of the ways you can catch them in their mid day holding areas. For many years about the only two effective methods for catching these bass were Deep Diving Crankbaits or Caroline Rigged Worms.   Now let me tell you both of these methods still work and work great.  Give me a Bandit Lures 300 Series or Flat Maxx-Deep crankbait and I'll catch some bass.  Also let me take a Creme Lures 8 inch Scoundrel Worm or 10 inch Same Thing Ribbon Tail Worm Carolina Rigged and I'm going to catch some bass too.  So if you love your crank baits or love fishing your worms do not fear you will be able to catch these summer bass, but hey don't forget to use some Liquid Mayhem Fish Attractants.

The title of this this article is "Hottest Summer Bass Technique" and so there is something else that I consider even hotter.  Will it catch bass every day, well maybe not but that is why I have my Bandit Lures crankbaits and Creme Lures worms in my boat all the time.  However when you get on the bass this technique tends to catch a lot more quality fish and we are talking some big girls.  I know, I know you are saying come on tell us what this new technique is already.  The technique is fishing football jigs.  Yes just when you thought jig fishing season was over, I'm telling you it is not over it is just getting as hot as the weather.  Though football jigs are technically a jig, you don't want to fish them anywhere in the same manner or same type of places you would a standard jig.  If you try and fish a football jig in heavy cover you are going to get really frustrated really fast.  A football jig will get hung up in heavy cover 99.99% of the time.  So are we going to fish these jigs, you are actually going to fish a football jig out in the open water locations I pointed out in the beginning of this article. However before we get into how they are rigged and fished, lets talk some about your rod, reel and line setup to fish these jigs:

Line - I use 10-16lb Fluorocarbon line when fishing a football jig.  10-12lb if the water is clear and also for when I'm fishing water deeper 20 feet.  I go to the 16lb if the water stained and water depth is less than 20 feet or if there are a lot of structure on the bottom.  There are two reasons I use Fluorocarbon; First it sinks and if I'm fishing deep water it gets my bait down fast and second it has very limited stretch so even on longer casts I still have good hook setting power.  There are some that will swear that braid line is the only way to go and I'm not saying they are wrong, but if you choose to use braid then go with nothing over 20lb test. This bait is going to be worked slowly giving the fish a chance to get a good look.  The heavier braids may stand out for the fish to see before picking it up.  Heavy braids might keep some bigger bass from picking up your bait up all together and that is especially true on clearer water.

Rod - I want a 7'3" Medium Heavy rod that has a parabolic action, meaning that the bend in the rod is throughout the top 60-70% of the blank.   This does a couple things for you, first it enables you to make very long casts and second when the fish hits it isn't so stiff that it spooks them but it still has the backbone to set the hook on long casts.  Rod length and action is another point folks tend to disagree.  Really any rod that is 7' to 7'6" and Medium Heavy to Heavy can work.  However with a stiffer rod you risk the chance of the fish feeling you and spiting the bait. These football jigs are heavy so which ever rod you go with it needs to be able to handle a bait up to 3/4 of an ounce.

Reel - I want a reel that is around 6.5:1 so I can pick up slack fast.  Some folks like a faster reel but the reason I use a 6.5:1 is this rod can double as be my Swim Jig rod.  Your reel should also be able to hold at least 150 yards of 16lb Fluorocarbon.

I realize that the rod, reel and line I talk about above may not be what some prefer but it is what I have used very effectively.  My current setup is an Ardent Outdoors Apex Magnum Reel 6.5:1 on a Custom Dunamis Rod.  The fluorocarbon I use is K9 Fishing as I have found it out lasts all the other fluorocarbons.  I should also mention that this setup makes a very good Carolina Rig setup as well.

Now that we have discussed the rod, reel and line I think is best for fishing football jigs it is time to talk about the jigs and trailers themselves.  There is no end to the supply of different brand jigs and trailers out on the market today.  However though they may look good in their package or in that on-line pictures not all of these jigs and trailers measure up to my expectations.  That is why all the jigs I fish come from Santone Lures and all of my jig trailers come from Creme Lures.  Why is this you might ask, well it is because of the quality of their products and customer service of both these companies extremely excellent!  Santone Lures produces over and above the highest quality jigs I've ever fished and their selection of colors and weight is unreal.  Creme Lures has been in business since 1949 and it was this company that invented and gave the bassing world the original plastic worm.  They are still in business today because they know how to make the highest quality soft plastic baits on the market. Creme's Same Thing line of plastics not only catch bass but they also save the fisherman money.

Santone Lures has two types of football jigs available and I use both of them depending on where I'm fishing.  My favorite is the Pro Series that are built around super sharp, heavy-wire Gamakatsu hooks for lightning-fast penetration and rock-solid hook-sets. The heads are  finished with a durable powder-coating, and they come with premium silicone skirts in more colors than I can count.  You can order these with or without rattles, but I always want rattles on mine and I'll explain why later when we get into the technique I use to fish them.  I use the Pro Series the most because of the type of lakes and bayous I fish where the water isn't very clear and there is a lot of structure.  The stained water allows me to fish these on heavier line so if the fish are in structure I can get them out fast. Their other football jig is the M Series 

that were designed with the help Elite Series Pro, Matt Herren.  These have a 5/0 medium-wire Gamakatsu hook that allows them to be used on lighter line as the medium-wire hook will penetrate faster with less force. The heads on the M Series are also finished with a durable powder-coating, and they still come with premium silicone skirts. They are a great choice if you are fishing clear water lakes where lighter line is required to get the bass to hit. The colors I fish mostly on both of these jigs are the more natural greens and browns.  However when the water is really stained or even muddy then I'll fall back on darker colors.  That doesn't mean the darker colors don't work in clear water.  Really it depend on the bass themselves and also the color of the crawfish in the waters you are fishing.  These jigs are meant to look like crawfish when they are fished and you should try and match the color of the crawfish in the body of water you are fishing.  I know that can be difficult at times unless you are lucky to actually see one.  However if you research the body of water before you go fishing you might be able to determine which colors might work best.  If you can't find any information then go with your gut, then switch up as needed to find what they want.  I fish both the 1/2 ounce and 3/4 ounce versions of these jigs.  I like the 1/2 ounce when fish clearer water or when the depths are less then 20 feet.  I use the 3/4 ounce when I have stained water or when the depths are over 20 feet.

The Creme Lures Same Thing Craw is my preferred trailer when fishing football jigs.  Really I can' t think of a better trailer out on the market today.  The ST Craw resembles a crawfish extremely well, they offer enough colors for you to match your jig well and most importantly they don't hurt your wallet! The ST Craw also gives you great action even when it is not being worked fast.  They are the right size for this type of fishing and they stand up to multiple catches most of the time.   I use them from clear to moderately stained waters very effectively.  Now if the water is heavily stained or even muddy then I go to a little bigger trailer to give the bass a little more to see.  That is also a Creme LuresSame Thing bait but this time it is their Beaver, also know as the "Badd Bugg".  The Badd Bugg has a bigger profile than the Craw which gives you a little added size to your overall bait.  This can make a big difference when your water conditions are less than the best.  Just like with the Craw, the Beavers are offered in colors that will allow you to match your jigs and they also will not hurt your wallet!!  The Badd Bugg also give you good action and some added vibration for the poor water conditions.

Now we have discussed where to look for these summer bass as well as the tackle needed to catch them.  It is time we discuss how you actually fish or work these jigs to get the bass to bite.  Really it is very simple and anyone can fish a football jig effectively.  In other words there isn't anything really special to this technique.  Basically once you locate a spot that may be holding bass and then position yourself in the deeper water.  You will want to cast into the shallower water and work your bait down the slope.  I prefer locations where I am casting into the wind.  Now I know a lot of you may not like casting into the wind, but bait fish even crawfish will work with the currents even if the currents are very subtle. Believe it or not even a light wind will create water currents and you want your bait moving with and not against this current.  Besides you are fishing very heavy 1/2 or 3/4 ounce jigs that will fly well even if the winds are blowing pretty strong.  You want to position yourself so you can make as long of a cast as possible to put your jig at the top of the drop off.  Then allow your jig sink all the way to the bottom.  Be ready though as it falls because I can't tell you how many bass have hit my jigs on the initial fall.  Once your jig is on the bottom you can start working it down the slope.  This is done by simply dragging the jig on the bottom.  Yes you want to drag it and not hope or stroke your jig you want it in contact with the bottom 98% of the time. The football head is doing the work for you as you drag it along.  Picture a football rolling along the ground, it is wobbling back and forth very erratically.  It will move even more erratically as it hits objects on the bottom.  The jig is also making noise on the bottom as it hits things and those rattles I mentioned above really come into play as well.  With a good trailer like the ST Craw you even more action from the setup.  As your jig is being dragged on the bottom it is stirring up silt and other small debris just like a crawfish would as it moves along.  Now I said you want your jig in contact with the bottom 98% of the time, but what about the other 2%?  When your jig comes to a bigger rock or other structure on the bottom I like to stop moving it for a moment or two and just shake my rod very subtle to make the jig and trailer twitch.  If a bass had been following it then they will likely inhale it when it starts to twitch.  If a bass doesn't hit after a few seconds of twitching then I'll raise my rod tip and pop the jig up over the structure and let it fall while maintaining contact and ready to set the hook.  A lot of times there will be a bass stationed on the down slope side of this structure and your jig falling over the top will trigger a strike, so be ready.  Speed of your drag varies from day to day depending on the conditions.  If the bass are active then a fast drag may be the ticket, but if you are fishing very high pressure and the bass are not really active then you want to move your bait slower.  The longer you keep your bait in front of an inactive bass the better the chance they will eat it.  As far as how I drag my jig, I like to move it with my rod.  I will hold my rod tip just under my waist height and use a swiping motion to the side when dragging.  I never drag my jig the same distance with each movement.  I may move it a foot to foot an a half overall but I tend to break that up some like 3 inches then 6 then back to 3 then 10 inches.  Something that is never the same so the jig doesn't look like some robot, but more like a real crawfish.  Also if you want your jig to be more realistic then you will need to put some Liquid Mayhem Crawfish or my favorite Garlic Crawfish attractant on them.  Just apply it to the trailer and when the bass pickup your jig they will taste crawfish!!

In closing I sure hope this article will help you catch more and bigger summer bass.  I know there is a lot of information here, but it can be really easy after you have spent some time to refine this type of fishing.  In fact it can be so easy that you will be fishing football jigs like a pro in no time!!

Until next time Tight Lines and Take a Kid Fishing!!!

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Fishidy - A Must Have App!

I'm always looking for tools that will help me catch more fish.  One of the tools that everyone needs is a means to plan a trip on a new body of water.  In the past 10 years or so the internet has really helped a lot of us step up our game in the planning department.  There is tons of information on the net about almost every body of water.  However you have to do a lot of searching and digging to find the good data and that can be time consuming; that was until I found the Fishidy App.  This App is a source that puts almost all the information in one convenient location and the best part is the App very usable on Smart Phones.  The Smart Phone App means you can this information at your fingertips anywhere and anytime which is huge!!

So what exactly is Fishidy?  It is a combination of a Forum, Hot Spot Map, Weather Report, How-To Technique and Tackle Reviews all in one neat package.  The best part is information on Fishidy grows more and more each day as anglers using the App enter more useful data.  When new anglers find this great App and start using it to mark spots they have caught fish, structure that may hold fish or techniques they are using the information grows even more.  Every day anglers provide how and where they are catching fish on given bodies of water and what bait and techniques they are using.  In short the possibilities are limitless with this App.  Sure it may not have all the information you need today, but as it grows and more and more anglers find and start using it the information it holds has unlimited possibilities.

Let’s look at some of its features:
First of all there are detailed Lake Maps.  More and more lakes are being loaded that have some of the best details I've ever seen.  In fact Fishidy takes a satellite map and overlays a detailed contour map from “Hot Spots” on top of it. In addition when the map comes up it will give you the current weather conditions as well as some of the recent catches on the body of water.  You will see "Hot Spots" marked as well as locations where real people have caught fish.  If you click on these they will give more details about the what, when and how these catches were made.   Also you will see other places marked that may be some type of structure that might hold fish or it may be some type of Hazard that you need to avoid.  The member posts will also include lures and techniques used to catch the fish at these locations.  Oh and the best part is they also include a picture of their catch so anglers have some bragging rights.

Now if you want to keep your hot spot private then there is an option for you to post the location but only you can see it when you call up the map.  This makes it nice as you can enter all the specifics about the catch including the weather so you have a handy log that you can go back to for planning future trips.

The next feature is the ability to follow specific lakes, rivers and streams.  You also have the ability to follow the members that are interested in these same locations and types of fish.  There is a messaging system so you can converse privately with another member and plan a trip to a secret hole.   However if everyone keeps everything secret then the maps don’t get better.  That is why you have folks like me on Fishidy that are more than happy to share our information to help other fishermen catch more fish.  To the left is an example of one of the posts I made recently after a trip to Lake Fayette.  It includes how, where and when I caught that bass.

There is also an added bonus; there is a team of great folks always looking for more ways to make this App better.  They are always adding great features that make the App easier to use or give you more functions that you need.  I sure wish I had something like this many years ago when I was a young man.  Let me tell you I would have been really dangerous on any tournament circuit!!

In closing I’ll say that this App is Derek Herring Fishing approved.  I have it on my computer at home and on my smart phone with me all the time.  I do use it to plan trips to new bodies of water I haven’t fished before and so far it has helped me get on fish quickly on those trips.  I can’t think of anything I’ve left out, but they are likely updating it as I type this article.  There is also someone likely making a post on one of the bodies of water I follow so I’ll have even more info the next time I plan to go there.  Bottom line is grab this App for your phone and/or home computer, then look me up so we can follow each other!

Until next time Tight Lines and Take a Kid Fishing!!!

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Lazyman Hooks

New Pro Products

Stealth Rod Holders

Squiddies Flip Reel

Why Pay More for the "Same Thing"?

Why would you ever pay more for the Same Thing is a good question.  That is the whole idea behind the Creme Lures "Same Thing" line of soft plastics.  They are the same shape, size and style of baits you can get from other companies but they cost a lot less.  Personally I trust Creme Lures to produce the very best plastic baits.  Why do I trust them so much?  That answer is very easy, Creme Lures has always been on the cutting edge of plastic baits.  In fact it was Creme Lures that produced the very first plastic worm all the way back in 1949.  That is over 66 years ago and they are still in business.  That means they are doing something very right.

Personally I've been fishing Creme Lures products for over 50 years.  I got hooked on them as a young boy and though I've tried other plastic baits over the years, I kept coming back to Creme.  Back in my younger days I wanted to be a Pro Bass Fisherman above anything else.  I can remember seeing guys like Bill Dance with the famous Creme Logo on his shirt and fishing their baits.  I always wanted to wear that logo on my shirts, it was a symbol of bass fishing greatness.  Now that I'm on the Creme Lures Pro Staff I take pride in wearing the logo that meant so much to me as a young boy.  I also take pride in letting folks know they don't have to spend a lot of their hard earned money to fish great bass catching baits!

The whole "Same Thing" line of baits will catch you bass, but I do have my favorites.  Those would be the ST Beaver (also known as the Badd Bugg) and the ST Craw.   The only real reason these two are my favorites is because I'm a Jig Fisherman and they happen to be the very best jig trailers I've ever used.  The ST Beaver paired with a Santone Lures Rattlin' Jig has won me more money in tournaments than any other single bait.  It is just something about that "Badd Bugg" that bass just can't resist.  There are times however that even the biggest of bass don't want a big bait, so it is those times that I will switch to the ST Craw.  The Craw is a bit smaller than the Beaver and will allow your jig to sink faster and it also gives your jig a different action.  Now you don't just have to fish these two as jig trailers.  They are both very effective fished Texas and Carolina rigged as well.  In fact if I'm going to be punching mats then I go with the Beaver on a pinned Texas Rig and you had better have a rod, reel and line that can handle the monsters it will produce.

I also fish a lot of the ST Stick Baits and Ribbon Tail worms.  The Stick Bait is so versatile it can be fished just about any way you can think of and it will produce bass.  I've fished them as a jerk bait, wacky rigged and even Carolina rigged.  Now if you want some jaw jarring strikes use an ST Stick with a Lazyman Hooks under spin Cheater Hook.  They add just the right amount of weight and flash to the ST Stick that just drive the bass crazy.  The ST Ribbon Tail worm is my go-to bait when fishing a Carolina Rig.   They have two sizes of the ST Ribbon Tails, a 7" and 10" that when fished Carolina style over mid lake humps can produce some strikes from huge bass, even in the heat of summer.  I don't only use the Ribbon Tails on a Carolina Rig, they make an awesome choice Texas Rigged as well.  I rally like them Texas Rigged when fishing rock piles and drop offs or any structure where you bait will fall as it makes that tail dance and those bass just don't seem to be able to resist them when that tail is dancing!

In closing I have to ask you again; Why Pay More for the Same Thing?  Before you buy more plastic baits you need to stop and ask yourself that very question.  This is specially true when you have a great company like Creme Lures that has been producing plastic baits longer than most of us have been alive.  It seems simple to me, I trust them now just like I did when I first started using their baits over 50 years ago.  I'm not the only one either, there are some very famous names out there that have been using baits from Creme Lures for a very long time.  To stay in business for over 60 years you have to be doing things right, and let me tell you Creme Lures plastic bait are done right, and they will save you money too!!

Until next time Tight Lines and Take a Kid Fishing!!!

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