Entry 138-5

More on Bass Fishing with Chad Brauer

More on How to Fish a Rock Slide

Editor's Note: How would you like to go fishing with one of the Strike King pros and have him coach you on how to fish different types of cover, which lures to use and which presentations to make to catch the most bass? This week as well as last week, we'll put you in the boat with Chad Brauer where he will operate the trolling motor as you stand right beside him. As we approach different types of cover, Brauer will tell you what type of lure to use and how to fish that specific kind of cover each day.

Chad BrauerBrauer: If I'm fishing a lake that doesn't have a lot of big fish in it, or if I'm trying to catch limit-sized fish, I'll be fishing the Series 3 crankbait. If I'm fishing for bigger fish, I'll choose the Series 4 crankbait. Just like the pattern I'll use when I'm fishing points, if the jig or crankbait doesn't produce bass, then I won't leave the rock slide until I've fished a Strike King spinner bait around it.

I'll choose a 1/2-ounce spinner bait in either the white, chartreuse, or white-and-chartreuse colors, depending on the water's clarity. I'll probably use one big single Colorado blade instead of a two-blade combination or a willow-leaf style blade. I like this type of blade so I can slow-roll the spinner bait around the rocks. Chad BrauerToo, that Colorado blade will give a thumping sound as it moves near the bottom. I believe that the Colorado blade gives off more vibrations than the willow leaf does, and I can fish it slower around the rocks and boulders than I can a willow leaf-type blade.

The tactics I've mentioned this week and last week are the ones I use in the springtime to hopefully find and catch bass on these different types of cover. Try these techniques and lures, and see if you don't catch more bass this spring, and particularly in April, than you have in past years.

 
 

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