how do you catch stuff with rooster tails????????
i fish in a farm pond with cat, bass, grass carp, bluegill and never caught anything with a yellow one
If you've read my post you will see I don't use any color but white..I've never caught nothing on yellow eiither..
OK ..put on your imagination hat and let me give ya 4 scenerios where a
WHITE 3/8 ounce Rooster will work..
I fish no other color but white UNLESS I have to .
A. It's early ...your body of water has a small pocket cut out ...Water is like 3 feet deep and there should be a spawning bass in there...CONSIDERING your an expert caster..
gently chuck the Rooster back missing the shore line by about 8 inches..let her sink about 6 inches and sweep the rod gently to start the willow blade turning..Bring the Rooster ever so slowly yet blade turning back to the boat..Frustrate Mr./Bass by making 2 or three more cast in the same spot.WHAM!!! bif fish on..I've caught many big ones like this..
B. While fishing you noticeschooling bass ahead...about 15 yds..Cast about 5 yds ahead of the churning bass...let the Rooster sink about 12 inches..slowly BUT keep willow turning...rod bent fish on..Almost a guarantee. I caught 23 in 15 minutes like this once...not real big but up to 2 pounds..
C. You are striking out..you know there is structure and it's real deep ..past 15 feet. Cast long...let Rooster hit the bottom..sweep,,,and reel just fast enough to turn willow.TRYING your best to keep lure near the bottom..both of my GIANT hawgs were hooked like this.
D. It's the early morning hours..In Florida at this time bass feed on Gizzard Shad...I lay a worm rod across my left knee and drift a worm...and run my boat literaaly right beside the islands..I cast long letting Rooster go down about 4 feet.deep and about 5 feet from the island.and the morning hour fish will attack it..
But normally...right now in the dog days with the spawn over...I drift one rod with a rubber worm...I have one rod loaded with a weedless spinner bait for when I run into heavy weeds..YOU CAN'T FISH A ROOSTER IN WEEDS
One rod with an MTHands jig..to show the fish something new...a good crankbait...and a White Rooster to learn depth and hopefully provoke a deep reaction bite.but now in June..99% of my fishing is Jig or rubber worm..finessing with light mono line..or for fun a wild shiner...this is nearly a 100%
God bless,
C7