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The optimal spinnerbait set-up in the summertime
is one that emulates the natural forage in a body of water. In the summertime, baitfish
tend to school and move throughout the lake. Think like a bass, bass are going to position themselves in places where they can expend the least amount of energy to catch a baitfish. Another factor to mention at this point is the bass’s metabolism. When the water temperature starts to get up there, the bass’s metabolism is about as high as its going to get,
therefore making it necessary to feed more often. This prime water temperature is 80 degrees where it only takes approximately 18 hours for a fish to digest its food. This means that bass are going to be positioning themselves on the edges of deeper weedlines, around points, rock piles, and in general – a little deeper.
Bass are going to tend to be suspended around these key areas. When they get hungry they are going to ambush their prey from below. Hence when you do locate them, probably around schools of baitfish, you’ll see the classic inverted “V” below the school of baitfish.
So getting back to the spinnerbait, you will want to simulate one of these baitfish to the T. You may want to use a single blade spinnerbait and think about making that bait a little more compact by shortening the arm on the bait. Remember, this tactic is for this particular situation (summertime, clear water, little or no wind,
and schooling baitfish on the body of water). What you are doing here is simulating a wounded schooling baitfish, which brings us to the presentation.
The presentation for this situation is going to be casting that the bait just beyond your target area and
retrieving the bait in a “ripping” motion.
You do this by bringing your rod tip up to about 10 o’clock and ripping it up of the bottom and letting it flutter back down while reeling in the slack.
Written By: JD
Lunker USA
March 2006
http://www.lunkerusa.com
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