spooks?

[bigcheese43]

what is a spook?
eveyone keeps talking about them but i have no idea what they are.

this is the start of my second year of true bass fishing so i am still learning!!

[Infisherman1]

A spook in specific is a Zara Spook, which is a topwater lure made by Heddon. The term "spook" is often thrown arouund to describe any type of topwater lure that has the same "walk-the-dog" action as a zara spook.

Zara Spook:

[morrow50]

Hula nailed it! The Zara Spook also has a son, Jr. For smaller ponds and lakes, the Zara Spook Jr. fits the bill. Ethier choice, as Hula explained you have to master the "Walk the dog" retrieval technique which will pay off ten fold in filling the livewell.


Mike

[Bassin_Dude]

heres a good ?, what is walking the dog ???

[Infisherman1]

Its kind of hard to describe, but I'll give ti a shot. It is a slack-line technique to give action to your lure as it goes across the surface of the water. You point your rod tip down towards the water and with slack in your line, you give the lure a consistant small jerk. This makes the lure dart from left to right to left to right across the surface of the water.

[Rich]

Adding to what Hula said-cast it out, reel down to it and give it a jerk. The lure will turn either right or left. Jerk again and it will turn back the other direction. Continue jerking and get a left-right-left-right rhythm. The trick is reeling in between jerks to take up the slack. Not hard, but it does take a little practice to get your timing down. You can catch some real monsters on this bait.

[macgyver]

[quote author=Rebbasser link=board=news;num=1111967574;start=0#5 date=03/27/05 at 20:02:30]Adding to what Hula said-cast it out, reel down to it and give it a jerk. The lure will turn either right or left. Jerk again and it will turn back the other direction. Continue jerking and get a left-right-left-right rhythm. The trick is reeling in between jerks to take up the slack. Not hard, but it does take a little practice to get your timing down. You can catch some real monsters on this bait.[/quote]


Ya ever notice that the JITTERBUG ;D Has a walk the dog action, without the twitching ;D ;D ;D ;D

Lizards

[Rich]

True. Just not as exaggerated.

[reddscott]

I want to catch fish on a spook so bad but I can throw a buzzbait tear the fish up but tie on a spook and nothing I guess i just suck at walking the dog or something lol i just cannot catch a fish on one for nothing any hints on how to use one? what size is best... color?

[okefenokee010]

what is a spook?
eveyone keeps talking about them but i have no idea what they are.

Only the greatest topwater lure ever designed. Not that I have an opinion on the subject.

[profishermenkid16]

Do they still make the Zara puppy ?That would be a great pond lure. P N J

[BassNva]

i don't know if they still make them,i have a dozen or so that i picked up years ago.don't remember if i ever tried them tho... :-/
remember the zaragossa?bought a sh**pot full of them for 10 cents each a few years ago..i only wanted the excalibur rotating hooks off them.

[profishermenkid16]

Tom, I do remember the Zaragossa bait.I used to throw them alot when I first started fishing. Pickerel and Pike loved them. P N J

[Bassin_Dude]

PNJ, they do still make zara puppies. matter of fact, i just picked one up tonite at BPS. in baby bass color. i figured that would be a good color since spawn is about over here.

[profishermenkid16]

Bassfisher,Thanks for taking the time to let me know. The baby bass is my favorite color spook Jr.I used to use the silver flitter shad color, but now I always tie the baby bass color on.Same color with the Manns Baby 1 minus. ;D P N J