Strike-triggers

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Strike-triggers are anything about a lure that provokes a fish to attack. All good lures have unique strike-triggers based on their design and presentation. There aren't that many presentations to choose from:
steady retrieve and trolling
hopping lures on the bottom
allowing a wacky rigged Sendo to slowly sink
small pauses in a slow darting retrieve that bring out a lure's subtle action

Lure combinations such as joining the parts of soft plastics together using a candle flame, are endless. This year I've gone back to using bladed lures with soft plastics, the reason being that a pulsating blade adds pulsations and quiver to soft plastics like no other! It's the same for skirted lures like the spinnerbait and Chatterbait. The skirt quivers and pulsated on the retrieve.

One discovery early this year was adding a Kut Tail Worm to a Micro Chatterbait I found lying on the ground. The worm pulsations and wild action from the back & forth action of the forward coffin-shaped blade, caught bass the first time I used it! Adding certain soft plastic shapes to a Beetle Spin - same thing.

Another strike trigger to add to the tackle box.