Entry 164-1
Fishing Strike King’s Products with Mike Wurm
Part 1: The King Kong
Editor's Note: Mike Wurm of Hot Springs, Arkansas, has been a professional angler for 11 years. He fishes both the FLW and Bassmasters tournament and has won two Bassmasters tournaments.
Question: Why do you like the new King Kong bait?
Wurm: We’ve seen lures in the past that were jointed lures, and jointed baits have been around probably since fishing lures were invented. However, the first thing you’ll notice about the King Kong, Strike King's new swim bait, is that it has four joints. These joints give it more action than a single- or a double-jointed lure. The four joints of the lure allow the bait to move slowly and wiggle back and forth. It has a slow sashay movement back and forth that tells big bass, "Come get me baby." It has a big body that throws out many vibrations and a little bit of waves as it swims below the surface.
I fish this bait mainly around points and coves, areas where I think big bass live. I think it will produce big bass best during the pre-spawn and the spawn. During the pre-spawn, I fish the King Kong in channels and ditches that lead to spawning areas because the bass are looking for a big meal they can catch easily and readily. The King Kong offers them that big meal. I think the King Kong is a kicker bait for the tournament angler. When you have your limit of bass, and you want to catch that one big bass that will add weight to your stringer, allow you to cull and possibly win a tournament, the King Kong is the bait to use.
Most tournament anglers try to get a limit of bass first since limits win tournaments. However, this year (2006) we’re fishing so many lakes with so many big bass in them that just catching a limit of keeper bass won’t get you the money. We must have bigger baits to catch the bigger bass that will allow us to be competitive. That’s the reason the King Kong is an appropriate bait for the tournament angler. It’s also great for anyone who wants to catch big bass.
Next: The Mini 3
Contents:
- Part 1: The King Kong
- Part 2: The Mini 3
- Part 3: The Perfect Skirt
- Part 4: The Iguana
- Part 5: The Deuce
