Entry 274-2
Chad Brauer Fishes the Wake Shad, the Burner and the Bottom Dweller
Editor’s Note: Chad Brauer of Osage Beach, Missouri, is a tournament fisherman and has been for most of his life, even when in college. In the last few years Brauer has turned more of his attention to hosting the Academy Outdoors Television show, which covers both hunting and fishing. This week, we’ll find out what lures Brauer’s been fishing, why his career has changed, and what’s in the future for him.
Part 2: Why the New Spinner Baits are Better
Question: What other new Strike King lures do you like?
Brauer: I really like the two new spinner baits, the Burner and the Bottom Dweller. Both of these spinner baits feature the new Raz-R-Blade. These blades move less water; therefore they allow you to keep the spinner bait in the strike zone of the bass much longer than you normally can. Too, the Burner enables you to keep the spinner bait in the top layer of water and spin it really fast. The Bottom Dweller moves less water, so you can get the spinner bait down to the bottom, move it slower and keep it in the strike zone of the bass. The biggest difference in this blade and the Colorado or the standard willowleaf blade is the thickness of the blade. The Raz-R-Blade is a little thinner than the other two, so it displaces less water as it spins.
Question: Why do these two spinner baits fill a niche that Strike King hasn’t had spinner baits to fill previously?
Brauer: You can use other spinner baits that Strike King makes in these same two situations. However, these two new designs make fishing a spinner bait easier, either right on the surface or right along the bottom, than you can fish regular spinner baits. I really believe that the Raz-R-Blade makes these two spinner baits more effective and somewhat easier to fish than any other spinner baits that you try to fish in these two ways. Both these two spinner baits will cause your arms to be less tired at the end of the day than they will have been if you’ve used other spinner baits.
Question: What color spinner baits do you like?
Brauer: In clear water I like white, and in stained water or when I’m fishing for smallmouths, I like chartreuse. I fish these new spinner baits on 14-pound-test monofilament. In the fall of the year, I generally prefer the Burner spinner bait because the bass are often suspended around docks, on vertical cover or along bluffs. When I’m fishing for smallmouths with the Burner, I can pull smallmouths up from 10- to 15-foot depths to the surface to take this spinner bait. The Bottom Dweller I like in the late spring and summer when the bass are a little-more lethargic and want the spinner bait deeper.
Next: Bet on the Big Snake
Contents:
- Part 1: Here Comes the Wake
- Part 2: Why the New Spinner Baits are Better
- Part 3: Bet on the Big Snake
- Part 4: Bet on the Monkey for Flippin’ and Pitchin’
- Part 5: I’m a Lobster Manq
