WOW!

If you guys missed this on the Home Page, here ya go:

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/buzzbait_bass.html

Outstanding young man!    ;D ;D ;D

Very well wrote up article with some very helpful pointers in there. I have a buzzbait but I haven't used it once this year. Reading this article has helped me understand them more and I definately will try using it this fall. Thanks Matt!

I absolutely adore buzzbaits and use them often, especially early morning just before sunup, or an hour before and after sunset is always a magical couple hours as well.  I have a question though.

Is counting to 3 mississippi a little long?  In my experience waiting that long has lost me a couple fish.  Counting to ONE mississippi is about what I've been doing.  You never want to see the blowup and immediatly try and set the hook, thats for sure, but waiting about 1 second after the blowup, to let that bass get that hook fully in its mouth, has been landing me some good ones.

Matthew are you sure your actually waiting about three seconds before setting the hook?

When using frogs in the slop, counting to 3 mississippi, after a blow up seems perfect, but with buzzbaits it seems to me that's to much time.  Am I nuts?

Also, another retrieve that's nice, at least for me, is a steady retrieve for about 10 feet, after the buzzbait hits the water.  Then, after about ten feet, give your rod (line) a little twitch, without stopping the bait.  Do that the whole way in.  I get a ton of topwater strikes juuuuuuust after I give it a little twitch to speed up the bait for a second.  If you twitch it near a bass, it's almost like your bait has seen the bass, and was startled, thus forcing the natural "Time for dinner!" response from the bass.

In any case, nice writeup Matthew!

Great read, very insightful for a young man.

Kelley

Super article.

Thanks for sharing Road Runner.

I love buzzbaits and fish both the clacker and double blade styles.  All with a trailer hook.

I even have been known to throw a buzzbait during the day.

Great bait and lots of fun to see the fish either hit it hard or just gulp it down.

Very well written.  I thought I was reading something from a field staff writer.  

Nice

You know I got some advice from that ;D

I never have played with the skirt colors.

Just always have bought another color. He did a great artical

some excellent potential here as a successful outdoor writer

but please don.t say things because it seems logical

(Make sure you are not burning it to the point where a bass can not catch up)

no reel built will pull any bait so it will outrun a bass.  don't fall into bad habits at a young age

I agree with BA, 3 seconds seems a little long to me for a buzzbait.  However, I tried fishing a frog last

night for the first time and I wasn't waiting nearly long enough.  Excellent article!

If a bass can get rid of a buzzbait (or other hard bait), he's not going to wait three seconds. He'll get rid of it instantaneously.

Also, from my contact with fishermen in person and on forums, I don't get the impression that the buzzbait is overlooked and underrated. Otherwise, a nice article.

Great article but I too agree with BA....that's a tad too long to wait for a hookset on a buzzbait...