Entry 31-2

Mike Wurm's Weird Tactics

Strange Series 3 Crankbait Tactics

Editor's Note: Mike Wurm from Hot Springs, Arkansas, and a member of Strike King's Pro Fishing Team, has qualified for the BASS Masters Classic six times and for the FLW Championship four times.

Question: Tell us some ways you've fished the Series 3 crankbait from Strike King.

Wurm: I've also used a Series 3 crankbait in some weird ways. I've gotten into the habit of throwing a Series 3 in places where people don't normally throw it. I'll throw it in the middle of brush piles and around cypress trees. Many anglers fear that their baits will hang-up. Well, the bait will hang- up on occasion, but by throwing your lures around this wood, you're presenting a lure in a way that the fish do not normally see. Normally, the bass will see a Series 3 in about 6 to 8 feet of water going right down the bank as the angler casts it out and reels it in then casts it out again. But bass don't normally see this bait in this situation where you bang it into the brush or in any kind of wood.

As you reel the bait through the brush pile, and you feel your line getting taut as the bait comes up to a limb, slow down your retrieve, and reel it slowly. Your bait will hang if you reel it in quickly. As it comes in contact with that limb, it will go underneath that limb and come up and wrap a circle around it. If you slow down your retrieve, the reel has time to catch up to your retrieve, and the lure will bang the limb and pop on over it. Many anglers make the mistakes of throwing out and winding too fast, thinking if they wind their lures fast they'll make it through the brush. But the lure will wind around the limb and hang-up.

Question: Can you give me any specific examples?

Wurm: This retrieve will work in any river situations where you have lay-downs in the river. I used this technique in the Classic on High Rock Lake. When High Rock Lake gets close] to a river situation, there is a lot of lay downs on the banks. In those Classics, I took a crankbait and threw it on those lay downs and banged it off those limbs. Those are two great examples of how this technique can work in any situation where you have any kind of lay downs or brush in the water.




 

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