| First, a small amount of facts about the largemouth | | | | this lure to the same spot seven times before |
| bass you are seeking to catch. This fish actually has | | | | convincing him to strike. |
| six senses: Along with the normal, hearing, sight, | | | | My second memory was at Kentucky Lake, while |
| smell, taste, and touch they also have the lateral line, | | | | casting I went over a log- oops. While trying to |
| which is a series of sensitive nerve endings that | | | | retrieve the lure which became caught on the log a |
| extends from just behind the gill to the tail on each | | | | bass attempted three times at the lure. |
| side of the fish. | | | | The "Bass Oreno" in the red/white colors is another |
| While using these three favorite surface lures we | | | | very effective lure with the cupped out front end |
| should be appealing to their hearing, sight and lateral | | | | that also produces sound. This lure can be retrieved |
| line. If you choose to spray a scent of some kind on | | | | in a straight-line method or a side-to-side slight jerk |
| your lure, you can add smell and maybe taste as well. | | | | pattern. |
| The "Jitterbug" is a surface lure that produces lots of | | | | The last of my favorites is the "A.C. Shiner Minnow" |
| sound as it is retrieved creating a gurgling sound with | | | | which is a minnow style lure with a swimming type |
| its front blade as it wobbles along the surface. | | | | surface action. This lure when retrieved rapidly will |
| Present this lure around structure and be prepared | | | | dart to the side like a wounded minnow. The slow |
| for thrilling attack from below. | | | | retrieve produces a side-to-side swim effect. I like |
| There two particular memories that I have will fishing | | | | the medium size in silver pattern. |
| with this lure. The first was when I just had a | | | | I live in a northern state which has developed some |
| feeling there was a largemouth bass hanging around a | | | | lakes with very large populations of largemouth bass. |
| downed tree in the water. I was correct, but threw | | | | |