Westernbass.com Magazine - Bass Fishing Tips And Techniques - April 2012, Page 53

Westernbass.com Magazine - Bass Fishing Tips And Techniques - April 2012, Page 53

Images provided by Dan Wells

BMF

Camo Candy

explosive

Jungle Bug

Perfection

Spec Ops

color patterns get generalized; but the way we’ve done them with the living rubber and silicone blend and the different amounts of color in them is a key.” as he discussed the colors he chose for the jigs he stated, “These color combinations have been domi- nate for spotted bass for years.”

Wells shared the following info for how he chooses how to blend his baits to the bottom: Explosive - People are going to refer to it as a rainbow color; but it was designed to match the sandstone bottoms and light rock bottoms at Shasta and oroville. You can fish it shallow and on” no wind” days, when there is nothing to break up the profile, the lighter colors absorb the light and blend into the back- ground. This makes it so it doesn’t create a gigantic, overpowering silhouette in the water; because the more you can hide a bait in the water from big spotted bass the more they’re intrigued by it. Spec Ops - there is three tones in this one, a ho- logram flash and a special tan in it that we had custom made and the way it is tied with the tan, it pushes out the hologram. Nobody’s ever designed one like that. if you’ve ever seen a crawfish out of oroville or Shasta and you start flippin’ em upside down, you will see in the joints of their appendages - they get that white hue to ‘em. they get those white hinges in them early in the year, before they start developing molting colors. this one resembles that look. this one is a perfect choice for Bullards and Mc- Clure. i’ve already got a 5.8 spot on this color. Perfection - Brown and purple is usually so popu- lar- with only two strands of purple through it instead of half and half brown and purple, it is perfection. Per- fection is perfect at Bullards, Shasta and Melones.

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April 2012

COLOR/FISHERY RECOMMENDATIONS

Blending into the bottom is such a big deal for tar- geting big spots. You need to match the clay color on a bank or the color of the rock. The whole theory behind the jig is to match the environment, not just the baitfish hues; but also the bottom and structure. You don’t want to have hard edges with the skirt hanging and cropped flat. Straight out of the package these skirts are trimmed at a 45-degree - back and front. Just put the trailer on to figure out how much bulk the bass want and when you trim it, it will still have the 45-degree angle to it to get the maximum flutter out of it. Put a trailer on. The most common and what works best are Beavers, Chigger Craws or a Yamamoto double tail Grub. i have found that when on this jig, the color explosive is unbeatable with a 4-inch Yamamoto Single tail Grub in watermelon, trimmed a little short. You can fish this really fast and get reaction strikes on it. You can fire it up shallow and start bouncin’ it back with a Single tail Grub on it and they eat it like a reaction bait. Spread the weed guard out a little to clear the point; but not as much as a standard jig. This jig doesn’t have that real thick fiber weed guard that needs trimming. Start with 12-lb test and if you’re not getting bit, move down to 10-lb. i use Seaguar invizX and fish it on a dobyns dX 784 Mike long Signature Series Jig rod with a 7:1 reel. other lake suggestions are Camo Candy at Melo- nes, BMF at McClure and at amador where i’ve al- ready got two 7-lb largemouth on the jig. Camo Can- dy and Jungle Bug are also good choices at amador. i think Jungle Bug will be a standard there; because it’s one of the darker hues and has a predominate profile. Naturally that will shine around largemouth and i think this one will also shine in summer at Clear lake as will Camo Candy.

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