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The Spawn

And Soft

Plastics

Capt. Mike Gerry

When we start to see the bass bedding for
the spawn nothing catches fish like soft
plastics, it’s the universal bait the entices
bedding fish and its easy for any angler to
fish. The thing to remember is the presentations you can choose from are endless, just about any way
you choose to rig your plastic will catch bass.

The important thing to keep in your knowledge base is weighting the plastic is easy, anything less than
an 1/8 oz. is generally the ticket to catching fish. It’s very rare that I weight it any heavier than a ¼ oz.
that would only be if its windy and in most cases it’s just enough to get the bait out easily while casting,
slow drop rates are key. The other important part of plastics in the fall is having plastics that entice like

lizards, something with legs arms that flutter and make the bait move and drop slowly. Missile Bait D-
Bombs have great arms and are perfect spawn plastics.

The presentation I use a lot in this spawning time is to whacky rig a Missile Bait “48” stick bait
(pictured), I generally rig it on a 1/8oz. shaky head to give the bait an easy drop without having to peg a
slip weight. This set-up is easy for young and or inexperienced fisherman alike and all you need to do is

have a little feel for the bite and you can catch fish and many times it’s a good fish. I also like to Texas
rig an old fashion lizard, there is just something about the way a lizard drops and moves that spawning
fish love this plastic and it is always a great fish catcher. Colors to me were never very important but the
thing I try to do is just match the water color with dark
colors like watermelons etc. in bright clear water the
brighter colors and whites seem to work well.

Fishing plastics in the spawn is easy presentation and one
that anyone can be successful at, it’s a great way and time
of year to get your children catching fish. There is
generally lots of bites and opportunities for those grand
kids to catch fish.

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