Recently I went fishing with a buddy on a blustery evening, with winds strong enough that we knew we’d be staying in protected backwaters. There were lots of little puppy drum around and we were fishing for fun rather than to load the cooler, so that was just fine. I started out with one of my favorite offerings for the pups, a green and white spinnerbait with gold blades. When he came walking down the dock I expected to see something similar, but nope – instead, he had a small green and black bucktail tied to the end of the line. He also had a bucket of small live shrimp he’d netted up. He was going to try the classic bucktail/shrimp combo. And boy, did it work.
A mix of small reds and specks chewed the heck out of him, and while I did catch plenty of puppy drum (the specks didn’t seem to like the spinnerbait quite so much), I think he may have out-caught me two-to-one using this old-school method. Here’s how it goes:
Will you catch more fish using this technique than you would casting lures? Maybe sometimes, maybe sometimes not. But one thing is for sure: on some days, fishing old-school is the ticket.
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