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Ike: Wet Noodle Can Put A Hurtin' On The Fish
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All around the country, bass are becoming more and more accustomed to seeing finesse presentations. Fortunately, new ones are being developed all the time. And perhaps the greatest thing about them is none are all that complicated to rig up, nor are they difficult to use properly.
Mike Iaconelli is an advanced practitioner of finesse tactics, and one that he relies heavily on these days is the "wet noodle rig." It's a variation of the ubiquitous dropshot, but it's vital that the bait be a Berkley Gulp! Wacky Crawler.
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Visual Acuity
Here's a good way to think about visual acuity. If a buddy holds up two fingers, how far away does he have to get before you think he's only holding up one finger? Pretty far because our visual acuity is pretty good – a lot higher than a bass's. That means bass have to get very close to their prey before they can truly look at it and discern what it is. They also have to get very close to see subtle differences in color. That's why scale patterns on baits are almost meaningless because bass can't see intricate detail on baits unless they're within inches. But they do see dark/light contrasts well, like a bait with a black back and silver sides.
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What You Need to Know About FireLine
- No other superline like it on the planet. Can't be: It's patented.
- It's NOT a braid. It's a "thermally fused" superline. That means the fibers are thermally fused, not braided.
- Fused means smooth castability (it behaves more like mono).
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What Does AV Stand For?
Techna AV rods are high-end rods made by Fenwick, and are used by top pros and weekend warriors alike. What makes them better or different than other high-end rods? Here are a few facts:
- Fenwick found that competitive anglers, in particular, put a lot of power into hooksets and casts. That causes rod tips to "overbend." On hooksets, that could cause many rods to break, and when it comes to casts, they won't be as accurate. Fenwick engineers wanted to make sure that wouldn't happen.
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Why Do So Many Pros Like Stren Super Braid?
- Bass pros and redfish pros like Super Braid over other superlines.
- It's all personal opinion, but many pros think that this line fishes and casts the best of any superline.
- It has a coating called advanced microbond technology that binds to the fibers and helps the line keep its round shape, color, slickness and strength much longer than ordinary superlines that just use a wax coating.
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What's Berkley Gulp!?
- Gulp! is a water-soluble, 100% biodegradable material that acts kind of like a sponge.
- It soaks up all the fish-attracting and fish-holding-on goodness of PowerBait and disperses it in the water 400 times faster than soft-plastic baits.
- This makes Gulp! ideal for slower, finesse-type techniques so the bait's scent can disperse in the water. "When you're dropshotting or using a shakey worm,
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FireLine Crystal: The Only Translucent Superline
- Anyone can make a white superline. But the patented FireLine fusing process "melts" the fibers and makes them translucent.
- If you wrap FireLine Crystal around a piece of paper, you can read the words through it.
- Crystal is hard to see underwater, partly because it's not completely clear like mono so it doesn't reflect light or sparkle.
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Plastic vs. PowerBait vs. Gulp!
- Baits made with all these materials catch fish.
- Over years of testing, Berkley found out what bass like and put together a mixture of stuff that bass love. Stuff they eat all the time. That's what's in PowerBait and Gulp!
- In head to head Berkley tests, PowerBait had 20% to 100% better catch rates than regular plastic baits, depending on shape, action and color.
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The 100% Winter Line
With winter setting in around much of the country, odds are you're fishing deep right now. Jigs, worms ...
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Do Bass Remember?
More and more in bass fishing, we hear the pros say that bass are "conditioned." The term ...
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Supporting the Pros
Savvy fishing industry companies like Berkley, Abu Garcia, and Spiderwire maintain stout pro rosters ...
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