WEBVTT 00:00:01.699 --> 00:00:05.480 It's the Terrible at Fishing radio show on Gold 00:00:05.480 --> 00:00:08.679 Country Radio. Here's your fishing expert and 00:00:08.679 --> 00:00:17.000 host, Michael Raffino. Welcome back to Terrible 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:22.019 at Fishing everybody. Well, I finally got out 00:00:22.019 --> 00:00:26.039 to Lake of the Woods this week. If you go to 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:28.179 my YouTube channel you'll actually see the trip. 00:00:29.789 --> 00:00:33.130 And a buddy of mine actually came with his trailer, 00:00:33.250 --> 00:00:36.329 so we put my boat in his trailer, and he took 00:00:36.329 --> 00:00:40.490 us up there, and us being him, his son, and me. 00:00:41.409 --> 00:00:44.710 And his son, Carr, actually, was in my boat with 00:00:44.710 --> 00:00:49.090 me. Carr just graduated high school, so I went 00:00:49.090 --> 00:00:54.409 to his graduation ceremony, and we're his party. 00:00:58.190 --> 00:01:01.750 Carr did one of the most important things when 00:01:01.750 --> 00:01:06.969 it comes to fishing a bait, and that's learning 00:01:06.969 --> 00:01:11.230 the bait. So when you throw a bait, especially 00:01:11.230 --> 00:01:15.390 a new bait, you have to understand the motion 00:01:15.390 --> 00:01:18.349 of the bait, the speed of retrieve, what it will 00:01:18.349 --> 00:01:22.930 do when you pop, you know, twitch the tip. And 00:01:22.930 --> 00:01:25.189 so he threw it in the water. It's very impressive. 00:01:25.880 --> 00:01:28.819 because obviously he watches my videos so he 00:01:28.819 --> 00:01:31.519 was just pop pop pop and he was looking at the 00:01:31.519 --> 00:01:33.959 different speeds this way when you throw it out 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:36.879 there you know what the bait is doing it's very 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:38.920 very important we were fishing for smallmouth 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:44.099 bass at lake of the woods we caught i think we 00:01:44.099 --> 00:01:50.200 landed 14 or 15 into the boat and uh we lost 00:01:50.200 --> 00:01:53.620 a few coming up to the boat And so, probably 00:01:53.620 --> 00:01:58.760 a total of, I don't know, 17 to 20 smallmouth 00:01:58.760 --> 00:02:01.959 bass. And we had a great time. We really did. 00:02:02.019 --> 00:02:06.540 It was a beautiful day. A little windy. I almost 00:02:06.540 --> 00:02:10.259 fell out of my boat because my seat became practically 00:02:10.259 --> 00:02:13.759 unbolted. I know. So I had to do a little repair, 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:16.800 you know, while we were out there. But I didn't 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:20.729 fall out of the boat. And we had a really good 00:02:20.729 --> 00:02:23.550 time out on Lake of the Woods. Lake of the Woods 00:02:23.550 --> 00:02:26.889 is probably our best fishing hole because you 00:02:26.889 --> 00:02:30.289 cannot not catch something out there if you're 00:02:30.289 --> 00:02:34.330 doing it semi right. And we were using small 00:02:34.330 --> 00:02:38.409 little hard baits that I painted. Little jerk 00:02:38.409 --> 00:02:42.569 baits and topwater baits. And we were just putting 00:02:42.569 --> 00:02:46.349 it in and we sometimes used a very small jig. 00:02:47.670 --> 00:02:52.889 It'll just catch more and more stuff. So, I mean, 00:02:53.050 --> 00:02:56.250 nobody goes out with me and doesn't catch a fish, 00:02:56.310 --> 00:03:00.409 so that can't happen. When I started catching, 00:03:00.550 --> 00:03:02.229 he still hasn't caught one. I was like, okay, 00:03:02.270 --> 00:03:04.610 we got to switch it up. We got to put something 00:03:04.610 --> 00:03:08.930 on his line that actually would catch a fish. 00:03:08.969 --> 00:03:12.310 And I really was appreciative for them to go 00:03:12.310 --> 00:03:15.330 through all this effort to get me up to the lake. 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:21.860 and it was such a friendly atmosphere up there. 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:26.620 People hugged me, they missed me. People who 00:03:26.620 --> 00:03:31.840 live on the lake were happy to see me. A family 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:36.500 was visiting somewhere and I set their rod up 00:03:36.500 --> 00:03:41.099 to catch fish and told them where to go and so 00:03:41.099 --> 00:03:44.580 they subscribed to my channel and thank you very 00:03:44.580 --> 00:03:49.909 much. and we took pictures together. Well, they 00:03:49.909 --> 00:03:54.110 took pictures. I didn't take any pictures. But 00:03:54.110 --> 00:03:58.289 it was a lot of fun. It was really a great day. 00:03:58.729 --> 00:04:00.949 I usually don't go on Saturdays because it's 00:04:00.949 --> 00:04:06.430 so crowded, but it was really fun to see everybody 00:04:06.430 --> 00:04:10.610 and to mingle again and see old acquaintances 00:04:10.610 --> 00:04:14.530 and people that... you know genuinely you know 00:04:14.530 --> 00:04:20.750 I'm fond of and so anyway that was we caught 00:04:20.750 --> 00:04:25.649 three species mostly smallmouth bass and he did 00:04:25.649 --> 00:04:32.410 catch a perch and we did catch a few small dinks 00:04:32.410 --> 00:04:36.870 of largemouths and we were using smaller baits 00:04:36.870 --> 00:04:40.839 so anyway we had a good time And most of it was 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:43.339 caught between the Marina and Aspen, right along 00:04:43.339 --> 00:04:46.459 that shoreline. Really, that's the best part, 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:50.620 best place to catch Smollies. Alright, this week, 00:04:50.699 --> 00:04:57.680 now last week we focused a lot on topwater. But 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:03.240 this week we're going to focus on fishing soft 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:09.379 baits. And, you know, what is a soft bait? A 00:05:09.379 --> 00:05:12.199 soft bait is basically, it feels like rubber. 00:05:13.139 --> 00:05:15.980 But it's, you know, it's a plastic, it's called 00:05:15.980 --> 00:05:23.160 plastisol. And I do make my own. This is a dead 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:26.980 -on plastic plastisol. And plastisol, when you 00:05:26.980 --> 00:05:31.600 actually heat it up to 350 degrees, yeah, you'd 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:35.879 really do. Microwave. And then you add coloring 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:39.560 to it, you add flakes to it, then you pour it 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:44.420 into a mold or inject it into a mold. And these 00:05:44.420 --> 00:05:51.459 things really can imitate a fantastic live bait 00:05:51.459 --> 00:05:54.980 out there. Now one of my favorites you can buy 00:05:54.980 --> 00:05:59.019 in a store is made by Berkeley. It's called a 00:05:59.019 --> 00:06:06.339 Berkeley Power Bait. this is the the champ craw 00:06:06.339 --> 00:06:11.699 I think that's what it's called champ craw anyway 00:06:11.699 --> 00:06:15.519 it looks like looks like crawfish and you know 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:19.439 power bait does scent it it works it's all I 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:23.079 can say is that it works I'm not much for scent 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:28.079 because you know just doesn't work for me now 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:34.779 You can, even in fresh water, fish a soft bait 00:06:34.779 --> 00:06:45.180 shrimp. And shrimp work! You can go ahead and 00:06:45.180 --> 00:06:50.420 use a shrimp soft bait and run it on the bottom, 00:06:51.139 --> 00:06:54.779 or even swim it. And we'll talk about techniques 00:06:54.779 --> 00:06:58.560 and how to hook these up. and matching them to 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:03.139 a jig head. Now, I mean, at first, you don't 00:07:03.139 --> 00:07:08.279 have to use a jig, but you can use what I enjoy, 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:12.160 weighted hooks. Weighted hooks basically give 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:15.160 me a Texas rig, if you ever know what a Texas 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:17.759 rig is, but technically that's pretty much what 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:24.540 it is. And when I make a bait, I can go ahead 00:07:24.829 --> 00:07:28.129 and put it on this big old, you know, this hook. 00:07:28.889 --> 00:07:31.750 It's got a weight on it to keep my fish, you 00:07:31.750 --> 00:07:35.750 know, orientated just fine in there. And the 00:07:35.750 --> 00:07:40.350 tip of the, the tip of the point, I can do what's 00:07:40.350 --> 00:07:44.410 called a skin hook to it. So now I just pull 00:07:44.410 --> 00:07:48.689 on my bait and I put the tip in there. And that 00:07:48.689 --> 00:07:54.029 is a completely weedless bait. I could throw 00:07:54.029 --> 00:07:57.329 it into the lily pads. I could throw it into, 00:07:57.329 --> 00:08:00.529 well, any kind of cover, any kind of weed bed, 00:08:00.610 --> 00:08:04.569 whatever I want. This is a great way of fishing. 00:08:05.790 --> 00:08:13.790 So, I mean, this is a six inch swim bait. So, 00:08:13.810 --> 00:08:17.589 you know, I love painting these. As soon as I 00:08:17.589 --> 00:08:22.149 mold them, then I can paint them with an oil 00:08:22.149 --> 00:08:27.100 base. um paint which doesn't come off and it 00:08:27.100 --> 00:08:29.459 can I could get lots of different coloring like 00:08:29.459 --> 00:08:33.440 this one I put sort of um veins red veins on 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:38.440 it and it kind of looks like a a kokanee that 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:41.940 is just starting to spawn you know so they get 00:08:41.940 --> 00:08:48.840 into that red now there are I'm kind of introducing 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:52.690 you to the options right now. And then, in the 00:08:52.690 --> 00:08:55.389 second part, we're going to talk about how to 00:08:55.389 --> 00:08:59.690 fish them, okay? So, just like every week, we 00:08:59.690 --> 00:09:03.350 have two 15 -minute segments. So, for a 15 -minute, 00:09:03.710 --> 00:09:05.710 I tell you about all these different things. 00:09:06.289 --> 00:09:09.330 So, that's a weighted hook on a big swim bait, 00:09:09.850 --> 00:09:13.870 or even a small swim bait. So, I like small swim 00:09:13.870 --> 00:09:18.769 baits too, and I like making them. Then there's 00:09:18.769 --> 00:09:22.350 Ned Rigs, all right? Ned Rigs are fantastic. 00:09:22.570 --> 00:09:27.889 Actually, last weekend I was using Neds and caught 00:09:27.889 --> 00:09:32.370 a few fish on them. When I met that family, they 00:09:32.370 --> 00:09:34.590 didn't catch anything on a spinner, which usually 00:09:34.590 --> 00:09:40.590 a spinner is a all -purpose. It's just all -purpose. 00:09:41.289 --> 00:09:46.179 So I gave them some Neds that I made. And Ned 00:09:46.179 --> 00:09:52.340 rigs use a jig called a mushroom head. Now there's 00:09:52.340 --> 00:09:56.019 two hooks. There's an extra wide gap and then 00:09:56.019 --> 00:10:02.360 there's just a straight. So a mushroom head sits 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:07.360 on the bottom of the lake on the head, but straight 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:12.799 up. So this actually is one of the easiest ways 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:16.750 to get the fish's attention. when you're fishing 00:10:16.750 --> 00:10:21.950 the bottom of the lake. Now, why would you use 00:10:21.950 --> 00:10:24.250 an extra wide gap? Well, an extra wide gap allows 00:10:24.250 --> 00:10:28.570 you to skinhook it. And again, making it very, 00:10:28.610 --> 00:10:35.190 very weedless. So, and as the little worm, a 00:10:35.190 --> 00:10:38.830 Ned is kind of like a half a Senko. You know, 00:10:38.830 --> 00:10:42.210 it's a little short guy. Did I not put one in 00:10:42.210 --> 00:10:43.870 front of me? Well, I didn't put one in front 00:10:43.870 --> 00:10:47.960 of me. But we'll talk about that later in the 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:52.019 next segment. But if you use an extra wide gap 00:10:52.019 --> 00:10:55.059 and skinhook it, you could toss it anywhere without 00:10:55.059 --> 00:10:58.700 worrying about the hook catching on debris. And 00:10:58.700 --> 00:11:02.639 as it sits on the bottom, it will wiggle. It 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:05.919 wiggles like a little itty -bitty worm. And that 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:10.519 little bit of motion is really good for catching 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:14.039 just about anything. To be honest, if they can 00:11:14.039 --> 00:11:16.360 put their mouth over the hook, you will catch 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:22.019 it. Ned Rigs are a reliable thing. So, if all 00:11:22.019 --> 00:11:26.259 else fails, you use a Ned, alright? Ned Rigs 00:11:26.259 --> 00:11:29.940 require patience, which most fishermen you would 00:11:29.940 --> 00:11:34.330 think have patience. No, we don't. A lot of fishermen, 00:11:34.549 --> 00:11:36.870 especially bass fishermen, don't have patience 00:11:36.870 --> 00:11:40.210 because we like to work our jigs and our rigs 00:11:40.210 --> 00:11:42.870 and our baits. We like to be in touch with them 00:11:42.870 --> 00:11:46.250 at all times. Well, a net rig, you throw it out 00:11:46.250 --> 00:11:50.110 there and you don't touch it. Now, there are 00:11:50.110 --> 00:11:58.909 what we call skirted jigs. A skirted jig, there's 00:11:58.909 --> 00:12:01.529 lots of different kinds. There's lots of different 00:12:01.529 --> 00:12:07.470 kinds. There's hinged ones, you know, and there's 00:12:07.470 --> 00:12:10.970 non -hinged ones, some with weed guards, which 00:12:10.970 --> 00:12:14.889 are a joke, and some without weed guards. But, 00:12:14.889 --> 00:12:20.990 you know, they say that we... whatever. But these 00:12:20.990 --> 00:12:27.070 right here are very, very nice because they get 00:12:27.070 --> 00:12:32.960 the skirt gives off the impression of the flashing 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:40.519 or the reflection off of scales. So when you 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:46.659 do put something on here, you want it to be in 00:12:46.659 --> 00:12:51.240 the same color range. So the soft plastic has 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:55.659 the same color range as the skirt. You want it 00:12:55.659 --> 00:13:01.610 to look like it's one thing Does that make sense? 00:13:02.009 --> 00:13:04.730 So if you've got a white skirt, you're gonna 00:13:04.730 --> 00:13:08.929 put a white bait on there If you've got sort 00:13:08.929 --> 00:13:13.169 of a bluegill or a purple you're gonna put like 00:13:13.169 --> 00:13:16.509 You know something that has blues or greens purples, 00:13:16.509 --> 00:13:22.049 you know in the bait So that's real important 00:13:22.049 --> 00:13:25.929 because it's kind of look like a fish or a bug 00:13:25.929 --> 00:13:31.139 or something And so the trailer, what we call 00:13:31.139 --> 00:13:34.460 the trailer, that's the soft plastic we put on 00:13:34.460 --> 00:13:40.200 it. The trailer has what we call primary motion. 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:44.100 Primary motion. And then that primary motion 00:13:44.100 --> 00:13:49.059 is going to flap the skirt. That's our secondary 00:13:49.059 --> 00:13:56.919 motion. So our trailer is our primary. Our trailers 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:00.320 are primary and as it moves, it's going to move 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:06.340 the skirt. The skirt creates that sparkly emotion 00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:12.440 and the scales are shiny. Scales are shiny. They 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:16.580 change with light. That's what the skirt does. 00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:26.730 So it imitates the image. a scaled creature. 00:14:27.570 --> 00:14:31.289 So, you want to match them. Very important. Do 00:14:31.289 --> 00:14:39.169 not put a white bait on a dark skirt. You just 00:14:39.169 --> 00:14:42.809 don't do that. It won't work, alright? Alright, 00:14:42.809 --> 00:14:46.649 so we're going to take a break. Now, in our next 00:14:46.649 --> 00:14:48.789 segment, we're going to talk about how to fish 00:14:48.789 --> 00:14:52.529 these things. That's real important. So, now 00:14:52.529 --> 00:14:55.470 you know what they are. 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Welcome 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:39.740 back to terrible at fishing everybody. This is 00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:47.200 take two. You know sometimes I uh I start talking 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:51.419 and I forget to hit record. That probably never 00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:54.659 happens to anybody else. But the nice thing is, 00:16:54.820 --> 00:16:57.759 I mean, I could tell you anything. I'd say, oh, 00:16:57.759 --> 00:17:00.620 I just caught a 10 pounder. Oh, sorry you missed 00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:06.700 it. Sometimes. But I wouldn't do that to you. 00:17:06.900 --> 00:17:13.339 I'd say it was 9 .5. So we talked about different 00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:17.829 hooks. different jigs, how to match jig skirts. 00:17:18.609 --> 00:17:21.509 Very important to match the skirt to the soft 00:17:21.509 --> 00:17:27.349 bait. Now, when I make a bait, the bigger the 00:17:27.349 --> 00:17:32.529 bait in soft baits, the stiffer I want to make 00:17:32.529 --> 00:17:37.549 the Plastisol. So, I don't want this big one 00:17:37.549 --> 00:17:43.200 to do what you know, my smaller baits do, because 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:46.660 it would flop all over. It wouldn't swim true. 00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:52.779 So I actually have a stiffer formula that I could 00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:56.259 do with this, and then smaller baits I can soften 00:17:56.259 --> 00:18:01.259 that formula. So when you think about when I 00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:05.460 make a bait or you buy one of my baits, I give 00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:09.259 it a lot of thought. I really do. you buy one 00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:13.359 of my swim baits, then you will get not only 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:16.160 a beautiful swim bait, but it's hand -painted. 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:20.460 I mean, because you really, really can't get, 00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:24.779 you know, veins and stuff like that by just pouring 00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:29.980 the the plastisol into the mold. I mean, I've 00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:32.940 tried different variations of techniques, and 00:18:32.940 --> 00:18:36.420 maybe I'm just not very good, but that paint 00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:39.779 doesn't come off, so you're good. And then adding 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:44.859 the eyes. So, a swimbait on a weighted hook. 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:48.880 Now, these six inch swimbaits, I use an 8 -Ot 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:55.599 monster. And, uh, or not monster, but, uh, anyway, 00:18:55.759 --> 00:19:02.059 8 -Ot. Oh, beast. Monster, beast, whatever. It 00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:06.180 works. Or my Gamakatzas. So, I always try to 00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:08.680 get a Gamakatsu, but if not, I go with a Beast. 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:12.559 But I think these are Beast hooks. And yeah, 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:17.599 and then my three aughts, those are Gamakatsus. 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:22.440 So know that I use really good hooks because 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:26.380 a good hook catches fish. It just does. It also 00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:30.380 catches your finger, or leg, or your neighbor. 00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:33.920 So these right here, you're going to skinhook 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:37.119 it and throw it anywhere you want. Throw it into 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:41.180 the lily pads and drop it down. Oh, sorry. Drop 00:19:41.180 --> 00:19:43.799 it down. Let it drop in between the lily pads. 00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:48.079 Just let it drop. And then move it a little bit 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:52.619 in between those holes. And then pop it back 00:19:52.619 --> 00:19:56.359 up. You know, jump it over the lily pads and 00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:59.480 let it drop again. Get it into a hole. Let it 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:08.619 drop. All right, frogs are hard to to to catch 00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:11.480 with because you have to have that delay Right 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:14.799 that one one and a half second delay in order 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:19.720 for them to close their mouth this baby This 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:25.900 baby's a hook These are great Really really good 00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:30.569 now if you were to get one of my um smaller ones 00:20:30.569 --> 00:20:37.490 my three four inch three inch four inch i don't 00:20:37.490 --> 00:20:41.230 know i can't remember these have the the same 00:20:41.230 --> 00:20:44.809 hook except gamakatsu and you can do the exact 00:20:44.809 --> 00:20:55.630 same thing with it now um ned rigs we're going 00:20:55.630 --> 00:20:58.990 to save ned rigs towards the end um because The 00:20:58.990 --> 00:21:03.130 Ned is the most reliable out of the bunch. Now, 00:21:03.130 --> 00:21:08.809 we can go with a skirted jig. And with a skirted 00:21:08.809 --> 00:21:13.829 jig, it's got all these danglies on it. All right, 00:21:13.829 --> 00:21:19.549 it's got danglies. And you have to match the 00:21:19.549 --> 00:21:23.069 trailer, which is what we call it, the trailer, 00:21:23.069 --> 00:21:31.609 which is a soft plastic on this. And, you know, 00:21:31.609 --> 00:21:35.410 here's a green pumpkin trailer. And I got a green 00:21:35.410 --> 00:21:40.289 pumpkin bandito bug by Google. Google. Google. 00:21:41.130 --> 00:21:45.289 Now, these are actually kind of long. That's 00:21:45.289 --> 00:21:49.529 too long for that. It's just too long. You want 00:21:49.529 --> 00:21:54.329 the trailer to be able to move the skirt. It's 00:21:54.329 --> 00:21:57.789 called primary action. And this is the secondary 00:21:57.789 --> 00:22:03.569 action. what you do is what I do I just bite 00:22:03.569 --> 00:22:09.029 it off okay I just bite the head off and measure 00:22:09.029 --> 00:22:15.329 it I want the the legs of this to move the skirt 00:22:15.329 --> 00:22:21.009 so as I swim this and you're going to swim these 00:22:21.009 --> 00:22:25.990 uh these jigs through the water the trailer is 00:22:25.990 --> 00:22:31.900 going to you know swim It's going to swim. And 00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:34.740 as it swims, that's the primary motion, it's 00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:38.400 going to move the skirt. That's the secondary 00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:42.099 motion. And between the primary and secondary, 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:46.619 it looks like a fish or a bug or something like 00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:50.900 that. The more it moves, the more it swims. That's 00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:55.500 why the, you know, we'll talk a little bit about 00:22:55.500 --> 00:23:01.369 the dancing bones, but bandito bugs work really, 00:23:01.390 --> 00:23:05.710 really well too. This right here will catch you 00:23:05.710 --> 00:23:08.910 fish. And I like to bring them through the water 00:23:08.910 --> 00:23:11.930 in sort of a, you know, bring them up, let them 00:23:11.930 --> 00:23:16.710 drop. Bring them up and let them drop. And you 00:23:16.710 --> 00:23:19.349 could drop it right down to the bottom of the 00:23:19.349 --> 00:23:22.589 lake or just keep it at any part of the water 00:23:22.589 --> 00:23:26.910 column. Now, because motion is very, very, very 00:23:26.910 --> 00:23:33.880 important, what I do. Motion is very, very, very 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:38.119 important. You want a trailer that has a lot 00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:42.839 of motion to it. One of the soft baits that I 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:45.480 make, which are the reason I bought the mold, 00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:50.480 because these things are expensive and I could 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:54.529 only afford a single mold, you know, so know 00:23:54.529 --> 00:23:56.730 that I have to do it over and over and over and 00:23:56.730 --> 00:24:01.809 over again to make a package for you. But a dancing 00:24:01.809 --> 00:24:05.670 bone is basically a vertebrae with ribs that 00:24:05.670 --> 00:24:11.589 stick off of it and a tail on it. And it looks, 00:24:12.009 --> 00:24:15.029 well, it looks like a skeleton is what it does, 00:24:15.549 --> 00:24:21.289 but it has so much motion to it. A ton of movement. 00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:25.839 But because it has this vertebrae, it doesn't 00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:30.000 really last like something big and wide like 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:35.200 a bandito bug. And these things, if you bought 00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:40.299 them, are four or five dollars each. I know. 00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:46.279 So, I bought the mold. Because I can't afford 00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:50.180 four or five dollars each. the Lake of the Woods 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:52.799 does have some of these couple packages of these 00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:57.220 in stock and I do put a hook in there for you 00:24:57.220 --> 00:25:00.519 so you can you know you have a really good hook 00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:06.039 a Gamakatsu. So these right here you're going 00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:09.019 to swim these and these things have so much primary 00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:13.440 motion these the secondary motion the skirt goes 00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:17.299 nuts so there's a lot of action and that's why 00:25:17.690 --> 00:25:21.210 People spend four or five dollars each for these 00:25:21.210 --> 00:25:24.470 now mind you that's not me. Okay. I'm half that 00:25:24.470 --> 00:25:29.589 and These things right here work really work 00:25:29.589 --> 00:25:32.789 just swim these up and down the water column 00:25:32.789 --> 00:25:40.349 and Dancing bones, I mean look it up on the internet 00:25:40.349 --> 00:25:45.670 dancing bones soft bait You'll see how crazy 00:25:45.670 --> 00:25:49.410 it looks But I actually make these I actually 00:25:49.410 --> 00:25:53.450 have a mold and I make them so they're fantastic 00:25:53.450 --> 00:26:00.990 Okay, so oh my goodness Now, you know some of 00:26:00.990 --> 00:26:04.369 these have you know weed guards I don't I don't 00:26:04.369 --> 00:26:06.650 believe in weed guards. It just doesn't work 00:26:06.650 --> 00:26:11.029 for me. Maybe I I still get it stuck. I still 00:26:11.029 --> 00:26:15.170 pull up wheat so Alright, so there is, and I 00:26:15.170 --> 00:26:19.890 told you in the first seven, Ned Rigs. Ned Rigs 00:26:19.890 --> 00:26:22.369 come in two different ways, a straight hook or 00:26:22.369 --> 00:26:29.009 an open, a wide gap hook. Now, which one do I 00:26:29.009 --> 00:26:31.950 prefer? All depends where I'm casting it, to 00:26:31.950 --> 00:26:35.190 be honest, because with a wide gap I could skin 00:26:35.190 --> 00:26:41.130 hook it, and skin hooking it, I can punch it. 00:26:41.230 --> 00:26:45.569 right through a canopy and just let it sit on 00:26:45.569 --> 00:26:48.490 the bottom. And what it does, it just wiggles. 00:26:49.529 --> 00:26:55.910 It just wiggles. Now, with this, I do not have 00:26:55.910 --> 00:26:59.549 a Ned Rig mold. I always thought about buying 00:26:59.549 --> 00:27:04.529 one, but never did. And still, you know, one 00:27:04.529 --> 00:27:07.180 of those things, because Neds... These aren't 00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:10.759 very expensive. They're just not expensive. And 00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:13.440 so, you know, I might want to do it just for 00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:19.880 me. But with swim baits, I'm just dropping stuff. 00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:24.759 So swim baits, the swim baits are expensive and 00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:27.259 I want to do stuff with it. So that's why I did 00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:32.799 that. And then I, you know, I bought the dancing 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:35.690 bones because I can't afford five dollars of 00:27:35.690 --> 00:27:39.230 plastic. I don't think most of you would want 00:27:39.230 --> 00:27:43.730 to do that either. Then there's a straight hook. 00:27:44.150 --> 00:27:48.750 I prefer using straight hooks because it just 00:27:48.750 --> 00:27:52.650 sits down on the bottom of the lake and it just 00:27:52.650 --> 00:27:57.529 stays there. If you're confident there's fish 00:27:57.529 --> 00:28:03.099 around that area, they'll find it. send it down 00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:08.680 to the bottom and let it sit. This is why a lot 00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:15.859 of bass fishermen don't do nets. Because we like 00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:20.599 to swim our baits, we like to work our baits, 00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:23.619 we like to do stuff. So, you know, the two most 00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:27.220 popular ways to catch fish that usually almost 00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:33.119 always works is a drop shot and a net. And you 00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:34.960 would think, you know, they're the two least 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:40.099 expensive ways to catch bass, too. And a Ned 00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:45.539 rig will catch everything. It'll catch a brown 00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:49.680 trout, rainbow trout, brook trout, any trout. 00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:55.480 It'll catch catfish. Because they're bottom feeders. 00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:57.579 They'll just run across this thing and eat it. 00:28:58.220 --> 00:29:01.259 They'll catch anything that can put their mouth 00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:05.339 over it. any bass, largemouth or smallmouth, 00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:12.880 striped bass, whatever. This is probably the 00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:19.539 most affordable and the most effective, yet it 00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:24.619 is the least used technique out on the lake. 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:29.220 Now, that's the good thing. A lot of fishermen 00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:32.900 do not use nets. like last weekend I did and 00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:37.539 it worked and so when I gave my neds to this 00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:43.819 one family which you know is again a custom it 00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:46.140 actually is a paddle tail which I do have a mold 00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:49.579 for and it works great because you can just leave 00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:52.259 it on the bottom or you can swim it through the 00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:59.660 the water column so the neds are effective and 00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:03.240 what color It all depends. Now, we've talked 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:07.519 about color. So, go with dark baits in dark water. 00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:11.500 Dark baits in dark water, because the profile 00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:16.579 is very, very important. Go bright baits, really 00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:20.799 bright baits, you know, white chartreuse in clear 00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:24.660 water. So, if you are at Lake of the Woods, that's 00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:31.250 clear water. If you are You know in upper Klamath, 00:30:31.849 --> 00:30:36.289 that's not I mean, that's yucky water It's really 00:30:36.289 --> 00:30:41.569 stained So depending on where you fish your color 00:30:41.569 --> 00:30:46.309 choices are very important So dark colors in 00:30:46.309 --> 00:30:50.549 dark water in stained water, you know Milky and 00:30:50.549 --> 00:30:53.009 just doesn't you can't see very far and if you're 00:30:53.009 --> 00:30:55.950 in a clear water lake like Lake of the Woods 00:30:55.950 --> 00:30:59.200 You can see 12 feet you're going to use brighter 00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:06.900 colors. And the reds, the chartreuse, the whites, 00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:12.599 even purples, like lavender. Lavender works really 00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:16.420 good at Lake of the Woods. So that's kind of 00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:22.480 how you choose color. And as for your baits, 00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:28.799 lighter works best. lighter works best. Heavier, 00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:34.759 bigger fish typically, but usually we throw heavyers 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:40.079 through canopies, some punch through it, and 00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:44.380 bigger hooks for bigger fish. I hope this helps 00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:48.779 you this week. Thank you for tuning in to Terrible 00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:53.420 at Fishing. I am recording this and it will be 00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:56.720 also posted on my YouTube channel, Terrible at 00:31:56.720 --> 00:32:00.079 Fishing. And thank you very much for supporting 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:03.480 Community Radio. Take care everybody and tight 00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:08.180 lines. We'll see you out there. That was Terrible 00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:11.849 at Fishing, the radio show. with fishing expert 00:32:11.849 --> 00:32:14.950 Michael Raffino. 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