bass with No Name !

[jiggerjohn]

Water temp is still quite cold on my local lake,but with sun out & air temp at 70*, I hadda do some casting! Saw some activity -movement/flashes- near submerged boulders by a stone bridge, but no takers with even a very slow jigging retreive. Figured a downward flutter may give them an even slower speed & more time to react. After our "No Name" discussion previously, I'd tied up a few Microspoons with a 1/2" 5# test Power Pro extension, and a 1/2" white mink fly with gold flashabou on a #10 hook. The little trailer REALLY sashayed around behind the wobbling Microspoon, and woke up the lethargic bass (small ones) in a hurry! Almost all grabbed the little fly,but a few had the spoon's single no 4 hook in their jaws! Can't wait to try this actionized little No -Name combo on soon stocked trout!

 

[Hawnjigs]

Don't spank the folding chair Power Baiters too badly - remember, could be you in a coupla!

And, lets hear a comparison report of the spaghetti spoon and the 1/32 Boolie prop jig.

You know, "Man with no name" = spaghetti westerns. Bombora would understand.

 

[Fatman]

Jigger thanks for letting us know how it worked - We know it works in cold water now we'll wait to see what happens when the water warms up.

 

[jiggerjohn]

Hawn - tested the 1/32 Oz mini Boolie (your 1/32 0z heads with the slightly longer shanked,sharp no 8 hooks, and new tiny "fly propeller) against the "no-name" (ice spoon with mink trailer fly-no 14 hook). Both scored on bass, but the Boolie easily won the contest by about 30 to 12 (nothin big, but,hey, last year at this time we were still digging out from a major snow storm!!).

 

[papaperch]

Tried my No-names out Sunday but lake was extremely muddy. Did not get anything on lures but managed four jumbo perch on live bait. Wind finally blew me off lake.

Jiggerjohn - I tied up a couple with the minkie also.

 

[Fatman]

Good reports

 

[jiggerjohn]

PaPaperch, The No names have been pretty efficient when the water is somewhat on the clear side, and especially in very shallow water. But I'm just back from a day On Pymatuning, and it was a bit silty, and the No-Name wasn't productive. But my new light 1/32 oz Boolie pulled crappie, big bluegill, perch, and bass out of near shore laydowns all day long. The downside is right now I have to fillet a whole coolerful !!