Thread: Lake Greeson Stripers

Originally Posted by Darryl Morris

Hey Grizz, it would definitely be worth a try and I would love to find something as effective as live shad, which would make things so much easier. I have tried baits like that before and really didn't do so well. I'm spoiled, I know, and well is relative as compared. There are several folks here now fast trolling heavy bucktail jigs and catching a few but they mostly watch us load up then wave when we head back to clean fish. They don't get them down deep enough with the right amount of action.

Even saw a guy with downriggers and he wasn't using them even after I told him where they were. If he would use the equipment for what it's designed for and get into the school he'd probably get some. But he just wrote it off as a live bait vs. artificial bait difference and continued while his boys looked bored as.... I can sit relatively still and let the live bait work. He could have trolled the artificial as long as it was at the right depth. Without the downriggers and as fast as he was moving the baits couldn't have been more than 10-15' deep.

Anyway, I'll stay motivated for the live bait work and take satisfaction in seeing the kids faces when they catch their first big one.

Hey Grizz, saw the same guy this morning with the downriggers. He was using them. Too bad it was a slow day. If it had been a good one he would have caught some. Glad to see he's not giving up on them. I like the tenacious anglers, or is that just stubborn, lol. I didn't get down there till about 8:00 a.m. Those fishing with shad caught some early.

Originally Posted by Darryl Morris

Hey Grizz, saw the same guy this morning with the downriggers. He was using them. Too bad it was a slow day. If it had been a good one he would have caught some. Glad to see he's not giving up on them. I like the tenacious anglers, or is that just stubborn, lol. I didn't get down there till about 8:00 a.m. Those fishing with shad caught some early.

Sweet, I seriously doubt you have used lures like the ones I listed unless you have tried them in the last year. These are all newly designed swimbaits built as smaller versions of the biggies they use out west for largemouth bass. I'll bet if you'd use them side by side with live bait for comparison using your techniques you'd hammer em on these new swimbaits.

Once you see these baits up close and swimming in the water you'll understand the difference. The lifelike swimming motion and designs are unmatched by anything I've seen before. I think they will revolutionize the lure industry.