Entry 119-4

Five Great Light-line Tactics with Mike Wurm

The Big Little Spinnerbait

Editor's Note: Mike Wurm, a 51-year-old professional bass fisherman and member of Strike King's Pro Fishing Team from Hot Springs, Arkansas, first fished competitively in 1978 and began fishing professionally on the BASS circuit in 1992. He's had eight top-10 tournament finishes and has competed in five Bassmaster Classics.

Wurm: The new compact spinnerbaits that Strike King makes look like little-bitty baits because they're so compact. However, these baits actually will be 3/8-ounce or 1/2 ounce spinnerbaits. Although the spinnerbait looks like it's 1/4-ounce because it's so compact, it's actually much heavier. By now everyone's caught onto how deadly effective these compact spinnerbaits can be. However, where many fishermen miss the mark on spinnerbait fishing when they don't step down one size smaller and fish the Micro King spinnerbait.

This new really-small spinnerbait will imitate those really-small shad that often occur in a lake. I've found that this lure is especially deadly when I'm fishing in tidal waters where bass like to hold in grass and generally don't like big baits. These bass are accustomed to eating small baitfish, and this Micro King really matches the type of bait that tidal-water bass eat.

Don't be afraid to change the blade on the Micro King. If you don't like the Colorado blade that comes on it, take that blade off, and put a willow leaf blade on it. One of the reasons I like the willow-leaf blade on the Micro King is because I can pull this spinnerbait really fast. If you look at the Micro King as it comes through the water, it resembles a little bitty baitfish swimming.




 

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