Entry 41-4

When Strike King Saved the Day for Mark Rose

Bitsy Tube

Editor's Note: Strike King pro team member, Mark Rose, from Marion, Arkansas, has fished professionally for three years. Rose has fished in B.A.S.S, FLW, Everstart and Ranger Millennium pro-fishing tournaments and has placed in the top five on several occasions. This week Rose will share with us how Strike King saved the day when his fishing situation seemed hopeless.

Question: Have there been any more times when Strike King has saved your day of fishing?

Rose: This past year, on Beaver Lake, in Arkansas, I was in a full-blown sight-fishing tournament. I'd successfully used a Kevin VanDam Tube. However, I was working one particular spotted bass, a 2-pounder, and it was acting like an adolescent male who wouldn't commit to anything. That fish would pick up the tube and just hold it, but I couldn't get the bass to eat the whole thing down to where the hook was.

In near desperation, I started digging through my tube box. I remembered packing some Strike King Bitsy Tubes, in case I got in a tough situation for smaller fish. I thought this might be the perfect little 2-1/2-inch tube I needed, and it fit a 2/0 hook. This lure was a little subtler, bulky, white, and something to which the fish would still want to react.

I knew the Bitsy Tube was also small enough for the fish to be able to get the entire tube in its mouth, and the hook would set. Thanks to that Strike King lure, I caught that 2-1/2-pound fish. So don't think for one second that the 2-1/2-inch Strike King Bitsy Tube is not a fantastic sight-fishing bait, because I know from personal experience that it works very well.

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