Big guy, little guy

[Abbeysdad]

Had the most amazing thing happen a couple of weeks ago that's worth sharing.
I'd been bait fishing with real night crawlers with only slight success. I had a snap swivel on the end of the line with a sinker and a #6 snelled hook about a foot or so above that. Becoming bored with the fish not biting, I hooked a crank bait on the snap swivel and just left the hook unbaited (thinking I'd switch back).
On my first or second cast w/slow-medium retrieve, I got a hit so I set the hook - I reeled in to find a small bass....with the unbaited hook firmly in his mouth! I'm thinking that this looked like a small fish chasing prey and the bass figured he'd beat the other guy to the "food".

If any empty hook worked....

Now I'm wondering if two lures in tandem (where the second appears to be chasing the first) might be a deadly combination? (maybe best in a trolling situation, but even cast 'n retrieve) For example, a small spoon followed by a larger one. a small spoon followed by a larger crank bait. A small spinner followed by a larger anything.

Might be something worth a try.

[rodman rat]

You maybe on to something. I have seen the pro's caught two at a time sighting the same small fish chase bait big fish wait it. I will have to test your theory next time out.

[doc]

donkey rigging. flukes work great. put your line thru the eye of one hook, then tie a swivel on. 1=2 ft of leader (or less your choice) then tie the other hook on. What you end up with is 2 flukes with 1 (the back one) that closes distance on the first one when worked.


hope that made sense

[Abbeysdad]

Originally Posted by doc

donkey rigging. flukes work great. put your line thru the eye of one hook, then tie a swivel on. 1=2 ft of leader (or less your choice) then tie the other hook on. What you end up with is 2 flukes with 1 (the back one) that closes distance on the first one when worked.
hope that made sense

Not sure it did It would seem that the first sliding hook would rest on the swivel during the cast such that the distance between the two would remain more or less constant on retrieve?

[doc]

Originally Posted by Abbeysdad

Not sure it did It would seem that the first sliding hook would rest on the swivel during the cast such that the distance between the two would remain more or less constant on retrieve?

cept you work the fluke with a stop and go pattern, causing the lead fluke to fall off or work down the swivel just a tad.

[Fishnngolfn]

I would be afraid that the sliding hook would weaken the knot on the swivel if you were to hook a good size fish on the fish hook. And lord knows what it would feel like if you hooked a bass on each one. I would like to find out though. I think I will try this little experiment this weekend. It may be a simple as finding the right strike zone with the extra bait.

[lowrider]

another spoon jigging trick is to put a feathered treble sliding freely on the line before you tie the spoon. as you let the spoon fall they seperate and on the pull up it looks like the spoon is chasing a smaller baitfish. gives those bass 2 things to target, and likely hit the bigger spoon.