Professional bass angler Sean Hoernke is hooked. No, a lure is not hanging from his shirt or stuck in his hand. Hoernke, a professional angler from Woodland, Texas, is hooked on the Reaction Strike Revolution Bluegill. Hoernke like the majority of other professional anglers know how deadly a bluegill imitating lure catches bass in the spring when bass or bluegills go to spawning in the spring; however, unlike other professional anglers, Hoernke doesn’t just catch fish on the Revolution Bluegill in the spring. For him it’s a year round lure that he uses to catch them almost anywhere, anytime.
Just like any bait, knowing when and how to present a lure can mean the difference between a successful fishing trip or getting skunked. “The key to catching fish on the Revolution Bluegill is to fish it like a crankbait or wake bait; its deadly on bass located in 5- to 7-feet of water,” explained Hoernke. In the springtime, Hoernke will fish with the Revolution Bluegill near bass or bluegill beds. He likes to use a stop and go retrieve, dead-stick it right in the bed, or just cast past the bed and reel it in very slowly. One technique Hoernke has been successful with is sight fishing. Once he has spotted a bed, Hoernke will cast the Revolution Bluegill right into the bed and give the lure a series of soft twitches. “This makes the bait look like its eating the eggs in the bed and no bass can stand it,” said Hoernke.
Its official, Junior is in the zone, the Big Bass Zone; where anglers check their egos in and cast into all the possible ways to catch a fish. Make no mistake about it, Spro’s BBZ-1 Junior lives up to his predecessors before him, the original Spro BBZ-1 and the Spro BBZ Shad.
It is a day like no other day. You finally caught a big bass. You celebrate, jumping up and down. You quickly call fishing buddies to let them in on the news. Describing every explosive leap, your fishing rod bending, his head swing side to side while trying to throw the lure, and then subsiding into the net. For you, catching one massive largemouth proves to be a thrill of your lifetime. On the other hand, for Bill Siemantel, a Los Angles California Firefighter, catching giant bass is his passion.
You see, Bill Siemantel happens to be renowned lure designer, successful tournament pro, author, and giant bass catcher; however, unlike other anglers who keep their big bass knowledge secret. Siemantel openly shares his knowledge with other anglers and puts it all in his book Big Bass Zone.
I thought that I had heard it all when it comes to fishing lures. I mean, it’s not unusual for California anglers to cast 8 to 12-inch swimbaits for monster bass in Lake Shasta or Clear Lake. I guess that is why it did not surprise me when this Bassmaster Elite Angler called me and reported catching numbers of huge bass on the Rebel 19-inch Autographed Zell Rowland Pop-R.
Big baits catch big bass; small baits catch little fish right? Not necessarily, especially when you are talking about swimbaits. The great thing about swimbaits is they bring something completely different to your arsenal of fishing lures you may not already have. While the majority of hard swimbaits come in one size-BIG, a few lure companies are starting to produce smaller sizes that anglers in the Midwest or eastern part of the United States can use confidently to catch bass with.
"Run!" I yelled. "Hang on just a second, I'm coming," hollered my fishing buddy who still could not catch up with me. I was standing on the long gravel point and had already made my first cast, right into a school of bass that had shad flying out of the water trying to escape. Immediately, I gave my lure a quick jerk, 2 bass instantly try to eat my bait at once and they both miss. I slowly begin to reel my bait in; the bait is making a slight V-wake as it comes towards me. KERPOW! My lure disappears into a deep vortex. I lean back and set the hook hard, "Oh my... did you see that?" I yell to my buddy, "That bass just crushed my new BBZ-1 Shad!" After a few spectacular jumps I bring the bass in. "Hey, let me see that bait," my fishing buddy insisted. He looks at the bait up close in awe and exclaims, "Oh my!"
It is a day like no other day. You finally caught a big bass. You celebrate, jumping up and down. You quickly call fishing buddies to let them in on the news. Describing every explosive leap, your fishing rod bending, his head swing side to side while trying to throw the lure, and then subsiding into the net. For you, catching one massive largemouth proves to be a thrill of your lifetime. On the other hand, for Bill Siemantel, a Los Angles California Firefighter, catching giant bass is his passion.
Big baits catch big bass; small baits catch little fish right? Not necessarily, especially when you are talking about swimbaits. The great thing about swimbaits is they bring something completely different to your arsenal of fishing lures you may not already have. While the majority of hard swimbaits come in one size-BIG, a few lure companies are starting to produce smaller sizes that anglers in the Midwest or eastern part of the United States can use confidently to catch bass with.