| Dead sticking is a handy trick to have under your | | | | following ever so slowly. I thought I would put this |
| fishing hat for getting Small and Largemouth on | | | | theory to the test. That Bass stared at my |
| the end of your line! It quite simply involves | | | | crayfish for such a long time, I couldn't stand it |
| casting the bait into the water and letting it sit | | | | anymore! I was actually talking to it, begging it to |
| there...and sit there...and sit there.... until the Bass | | | | hit the bait, but it just kept staring at it as if it |
| can't, sorry, until we can't take it anymore! But | | | | was under a spell! I finally took it away while |
| don't reel it in just yet.................. the Bass is just about | | | | watching the bass dart away, I started shaking |
| to take it! | | | | my head and thinking..."Where is the nearest |
| Dead sticking requires patience and perseverance | | | | asylum, I need to commit myself! |
| on your part. Now cast your offering and relax! | | | | Now you know darn well that the very next cast |
| "Ya, right." That's easy for me to say, but in | | | | resulted in a Bass put in the live well and another |
| actual fact, it's definitely easier said than done, | | | | hard lesson learned. It was so simple its mind |
| believe me! You would be surprised how long a | | | | boggling! If your instincts tell you that Bass are in |
| Bass can stare at lifeless bait. Especially when their | | | | the vicinity and you've tried everything in your |
| bellies are full! | | | | arsenal to get them to hit, without any takers, |
| Fishing one of Ontario's northern lakes proved this | | | | learn to trust your instincts, and 'dead stick' it to |
| fact right before my eyes. Working a clump of | | | | them! What do we have to loose, besides time. If |
| reeds proved futile. I found myself doubting | | | | that's all it takes then so be it, because there is |
| whether there actually were any Bass around at | | | | nothing I won't do to get a Bass on the end of |
| all. But looking down at my Berkley Power Craw | | | | my line. Even if it takes all day! |
| coming in from a recent cast I noticed a 5lb 'hog' | | | | |