| It is definitely a hard decision choosing the best all | | | | When confronted with cold fronts I worked it slowly |
| around bait of this past season. In my decision I | | | | to get my Bass. I found that fronts or weather |
| considered key factors such as versatility, weather, | | | | changes prompted me to work the 6" grub by |
| longevity and performance to name a few. I had to | | | | dunking it into any pocket found in good thick weed |
| choose a bait that brings confidence to the table as | | | | flats of 5 to 8 feet of water. When Mother Nature |
| well as many other perimeters. After careful | | | | brought her inconsistencies to the Bass I found them |
| consideration and on the water experimenting, I think | | | | in flats like this because it made a perfect protective |
| the best bait of the '07 season is the 6" grub by | | | | blanket for both the Largemouth and Smallmouth |
| Yamamoto. Yes.....a grub! Hey, don't knock it! It was | | | | Bass. This is also where the 6" grub shined. Dunking it |
| responsible for the biggest Bass of the season, not | | | | into pockets, giving it just enough weight to get |
| to mention the most fun to work with in any type | | | | through the weed growth to bottom, was all it took |
| of structure you can imagine. | | | | to get them. The trick here was to work the cover |
| Yamamotos 6" grub is slightly lighter than its 8" | | | | thoroughly, and with perseverance I was rewarded. |
| cousin. This makes it ideal for skipping it under docks | | | | The salt impregnated into the Yamamoto grubs is |
| weightless. Rigged Texas with an Owner 30 wide gap | | | | perfectly measured to give it that excellent |
| rigging hook and a 18th screw-in bullet weight made it | | | | buoyancy for its slow free fall to bottom. It is a |
| a good lethal weapon for this past year. I was | | | | good porous product which makes it a good |
| pitching it in weed pockets, along weed edges giving | | | | candidate for holding scented liquids in helping the |
| it plenty of line to fall hypnotically to the bottom. | | | | longevity of its effect. |
| Casting it out into boulder infested or weeded | | | | Its tail is its strong point. The tail of the Yamamoto |
| shallow flats and working it slowly by causing a debris | | | | grub family is thinner and wider than most and in the |
| cloud sure fooled the Smallmouth. | | | | water it performs gracefully giving the Bass plenty of |
| Off shore shoals proved to be one of the 6" grubs | | | | notice as to its whereabouts! Its body too helps give |
| forte. Especially when weeds were in the mix with | | | | the Bass authenticity in order to hold on longer for |
| depths of 10 to 12 feet of water. In many instances | | | | the hook set. |
| the grub would not even have a chance to reach | | | | The year 2008 brings great challenges ahead. There |
| bottom. The Smallmouth would gobble them up in a | | | | are new baits coming out every year making it more |
| hurry! When it did reach the bottom I gave it a few | | | | and more difficult deciding which ones will be elected |
| jerks with the rod tip to give it some life, but not | | | | for the coming season. But I am up for the challenge |
| without that all important time to sit before hand. | | | | of working them to no end to bring the readers the |
| Dead sticking it for that few crucial seconds before | | | | results of my in the field experimenting! So let this |
| the jerk was all it took when the Smallmouth were in | | | | 'tackle test dummy', me, work for you! It is great fun |
| the vicinity. That is why it is also important to cover | | | | bringing it to you and hopefully it helps bring |
| every nook and cranny of all structure to get it as | | | | memorable moments to your outings as it does to |
| close to the finicky Bass as possible. | | | | mine! |