Not what I expected...

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Carpkiller
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Not what I expected...

Post by Carpkiller »

Managed to get out for a couple hours on the creek.
Previously, the new tiny fluke thing was getting whacked pretty consistently just flylining it.
Figured I would stick to dropshotting it this time out.
I mean, it looks like a shrimp or a bug or something anyway...
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Tried a copper/clear laminate, clear with glitter, clear w a bit of red inside, and did get a few microbass.

But what worked even better for the bigger (relatively speaking) fish were the the carrot lures on an EWG hook. They dart around like a slug or fluke.

Here's a copper colored carrot (made with gold mica powder)...
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And the fish of the day bit a clear/glitter carrot...the same lure that was killing the micro-calicos in the bay a month ago...
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That fish was 14 inches long...a lunker for this little step-across creek.

I was so sure the tiny shadlike thing would kill on the dropshot. Oh well.

Need to get out on the tube and let the bay bass have a shot at the new lures.
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Re: Not what I expected...

Post by vito1023 »

Nice, you have made some nice lures in the past and this style looks to be another good one.
Thanks for the post.
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