Entry 184-1

Denny Brauer On What’s New

Part 1: It’s Not Just the Jig

Editor’s note: Denny Brauer of Camdenton, Missouri, longtime, avid bass angler, has fished professional bass tournaments for over 20 years. This week, Brauer will tell us about the new lures at Strike King, and how he uses them to catch tournament-winning bass.

Denny BrauerQuestion: Denny, what’s the Pure Poison?

Brauer: Pure Poison is a combination of three things. It has the characteristics of the jig and the spinner bait, and it has the vibrations and the shakes like a crankbait, making it appealing to big bass. The Pure Poison looks totally different in the water from what the bass have ever seen before. The bait’s also designed right, with the right components. It has a big hook, so it can take a big bite out of the jaw of the big bass and help you land it. This characteristic is important because this style of bait is notorious for bass missing the lures when they strike at them. However, with this bigger hook, you’ll land a much-higher percentage of the bass that strike at it than if it has a smaller hook.

Question: What will you put on the back of the hook as a trailer?

Brauer: You don’t have to put any type trailer on the back of it, but you can put a twin-tail or a 3X regular trailer, depending on how much vibration you want the lure to have. Strike King Pure PoisonYou also can use a bigger trailer to slow the bait down, or, you can use a little thin trailer, if you want a tight, fast wiggle. You can’t keep your Pure Poison from vibrating, but you may make it vibrate more or less by the size trailer you use on it. One suggestion I’d make is I’d put a trailer hook on the bait 100% of the time I use it. This lure is just like a spinner bait or a buzzbait. Any time you have a bait like this moving through the water, the trailer hook will hook more bass than fishing the bait without a trailer hook will.

Question: How will you fish the Pure Poison?

Brauer: I’ll fish it over and near cover like I will a spinner bait. The difference is Pure Poison will give the fish a different look than what they’re accustomed to seeing. It will catch the bass that traditional baits won’t.

Question: What are your favorite colors?

Largemouth BassBrauer: I like white, if the water is clear, and white-and-chartreuse, if the water’s slightly stained. In tannic-colored water, I’ll use green-pumpkin or black-and-blue colors.

Question: What pound-test line will you fish with the Pure Poison?

Brauer: I’ll usually fish it on 20-pound-test Mustad Ultraline Thor.




 

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