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November 7, 2010


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With cold setting in and winter fishing just around the corner, I thought I would talk a bit about the techniques that in the last few years have become a big part of my winter finesse fishing strategy.
 
First of all my favorite finesse fishing technique is somewhat of a spin-off of the drop shot technique. It’s Secret Weapon Recoil Rig. The technique is very similar to the drop shot except you have a leader that stretches attached to the weight. When you shake this rig with the tip of the rod, the bait attached above the 18 to 20 inch leader becomes very responsive to movement. It moves and twitches and shakes and causes a reaction bite with a finesse presentation. This bait rigged with a fluke is one catch fishing technique.
 
The next technique I recommend for winter fishing is whacky rigging Senko-type baits. On Guntersville in the wintertime, the bass move daily up to the grass in 10 foot or less of water. A stickbait like a wacky rigged Senko, presented slowly, can be a great fish catcher this time of year. In fact, if you combine the wacky rigged bait with the Secret Weapon Recoil Rig and drop it into 15 or so feet of water off the channel, this can put some great wintertime monsters in the boat on Guntersville.
 
Lastly, the shaky head technology has impressed me so much that once the water temperatures drop into the 50’s and the grass dies off the edges of the ledges, a Punisher Shaky Head Jig rigged with a Go-2-Bait Shaky Head Worm is my favorite. The Punisher Shaky Head Lure is one of the few shaky head baits made with #4 or #5 hooks. This allows you to stick a bigger fish without worrying that the fish will throw the lure.  Also it is weighted so that when dropping a worm, the head falls to the bottom with precision in a vertical pattern and causes a strike.
 
Captain Mike Gerry
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service
PO BOX 79
Owens Cross Rds.  Al. 35763
256 759 2270
http://www.fishlakeguntersvilleguideservice.com
Email: bassguide@comcast.net

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