| In 2004, I fished more lily pads than ever before? | | | | it through the lily pads almost as fast as any buzz |
| Why? Well, because I caught fish in them. I | | | | bait I have seen used. I was using the same lure |
| probably caught over 100 fish in the lily pads this | | | | except slow. The outcome? Well, he was getting |
| year alone. Two were over 5 pounds and one | | | | strikes, I mean lots of strikes, I was getting none. |
| over 6 pounds. So what did I do different this | | | | So, I went back over the same area I just fished |
| year? | | | | and guess what? Yep, I began getting strikes, but |
| I'm glad you asked......I used a lure called the scum | | | | I was missing them as the lure would get past |
| frog, green and white, not only that but I fished it | | | | the fish. I thought maybe I should compromise, |
| different than ever before. You see, I used to go | | | | so, I slowed down my retrieve just a hair and |
| slow, I mean real slow, my way of thinking was | | | | bingo, I started catching fish. That is the way I |
| that even though the bass is a fast swimmer, he | | | | used the scum frog for the rest of the fishing |
| would have a hard time catching up with the lure | | | | season. Fast, but not quite as fast as a buzz bait, |
| through the pads, if I retrieved it fast. Not only | | | | when they would hit and miss I would stop the |
| that, but, I wanted to put it in his face a lot longer | | | | bait and just twitch it a few times. This was one |
| by going slow on my retrieve. | | | | of my best fishing years in over 40 of fishing for |
| Well, then I watched this guy and he was running | | | | bass, all due to this new retrieve. |