LloydR

For me it's the fluke, but only for smallmouth. For some reason when I throw flukes for largemouth I only catch dinks, but almost all of my biggest smallies fell for a fluke.

Josh Alwine included a section about scents/attractants in his book, High Percentage Fishing. In his analysis, there was no evidence that fish attractants improve catch rates.

I made it a goal to learn the bladed jig this year, after trying a few times with no luck over the previous years. It quickly became my favorite lure during the prespawn here in St. Louis. I had the best luck varying the speed of the retrieve during each cast, but didn't find it necessary to jerk or pop it. One thing I noticed early on: some fish would absolutely crush it, but many would just be on there. Many times I thought I was in weeds or had run into a log, but it was a big bass. Anyway it's clear to me now: the bladed jig is an awesome lure and it probably should be part of every bass fisherman's arsenal.