Entry 31-3

Mike Wurm's Weird Tactics

Unusual Jig 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: Can you give me a third example of an unusual fishing technique?

Wurm: Strike King has a tube lure that has a crawfish claw on it called the Craw Tube. I thought this lure would make a good jig trailer, but I had to cut off the back of the tube because this Craw Tube is a part of the Tube Technology Series from Strike King that has a solid head. So I cut the back off and used the claw part for a jig trailer. It slides up on the jig keeper on the hook pretty well. This lure stays up and has a lot of bulk. It adds a completely different look to the fall and to the speed of the fall of the jig.

The two claws wave back and forth. It just adds another dimension to the lure. I've also pinched tentacles off the tube itself from the top and bottom. The remaining slot looked two antennas waving back and forth in there. So this added a whole different look and appearance to the jig. When you flip it out there, it has a slower fall and a lot of bulk to it and gives a whole different presentation. Then the lure has a whole different appearance. If the bass were accustomed to seeing a jigging frog or a jigging pork all the time, this lure gives the bass a different look completely, and it gives me another weapon to use.

This presentation worked effectively for me during a media event where I was trying to catch bass for photos. I caught two or three bass that weighed 3- to 5-pounds each. This lure saved the photography session last year. This tactic really helped me there, and since then, I've used it on more than one occasion to catch some larger fish. I don't remember catching very many small bass on this lure. This rig makes a big lure, and you can catch a lot of nice-sized fish on it.




 

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