Winter Finesse Fishing
With the cold setting in and winter fishing just around the corner, I thought I would talk a bit about the techniques I believe in the last few years have become a big part of the winter finesse fishing library.
First of all my favorite finesse fishing technique is somewhat of a spin-off of the drop shot technique. Its Secret Weapon Lures "Recoil rig," the technique is very similar to the drop shot except you have a leader attached to the weight that stretches. When you shake this rig with the tip of the rod, the bait attached above the 18 to 20 inch leader becomes very responsive to movement. It moves and twitches and shakes and causes a reaction bite with a finesse presentation. This bait rigged with a fluke is one catch fishing technique.
The next technique I recommend for winter fishing is whacky rigged sinko type baits, many times on Guntersville the bass will move daily in the winter time to the grass in 10 foot or less of water. Slow presented stick bait like a sinko wacky rigged can be a great fish catcher this time of year. In fact if you combine the wacky rig bait with the Secret Weapon recoil rig dropped to 15 or so feet of water off the channel can put some great winter time monsters in the boat on Guntersville.
Lastly the Shaky Head technology has impressed me so much that once the water temperature drops into the 50's a Punisher Shaky head rigged with the Go-2-Bait shaky head worms is my favorite as the grass dies off the edges of the ledges. The Punisher Shaky Head lure is one of the few shaky head baits made with #4 or #5 hooks and to me this allows you to stick a bigger fish without worrying that the fish will throw the lure. It also is weighted so the worm upon dropping allows the head to fall with precision with a vertical pattern to the bottom and cause a strike.
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Captain Mike Gerry