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BYDANO’SULLIVAN perspective on
a regional thing
I
t’s funny how all of us feel like we have the
market cornered when it comes to a technique.
For us Westerners, those who reside there and
those who originated from the Left Coast know that we brought the bass fishing world swimbaits,
While all of that may be true, I’ve learned a thing or two about things as I’ve traveled the country doing my job that has shown me that there are different perspectives on the same lures and techniques – depending upon the area of the country you may be in.
hand poured worms, split-shotting and popularized
One example of that for me is the “tube jig” or as
the dropshotting technique.
we Westerners know it, the Gitzit, which was created
by the Garland brothers in the ‘60s. The
lure was fished on a jighead and light line,
A completed tube. and it was extremely effective on the
Photo by Christina O’Sullivan sheer walls of the desert lakes of the
West.
Fast forward to several years ago,
and “The Tube” became an integral
part of my own fishing on all of the
reservoirs of Northern California. I
personally cashed checks in Future
Pro Tour, B.A.S.S. Nation and club
events on a tube on Folsom Lake,
Oroville, Shasta, Berryessa and
several others.
To me, the tube became sort of
a finesse alternative to a football jig.
While I had caught a good number
of fish; including my personal best
10-pound, 1-ounce largemouth
on a football jig, I still found myself
turning to a split shot rig, dropshot
or darter head more frequently.
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