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Photo: Andy Crawford
Photo: Andy Crawford
Photo: Andy Crawford
Photo: Andy Crawford
“And that gold one is pretty much the only color you need down here.”
Photo: Andy Crawford
Photo: Andy Crawford
Photo: Andy Crawford
Photo: Andy Crawford
Photo: Andy Crawford
Photo: Andy Crawford
Photo: Andy Crawford
Photo: Andy Crawford
Photo: Andy Crawford
“It’s a good way for a beginner to get a little confidence in a jig. It’s a hard bait to learn to fish.”
And the black-and-blue combination is “pretty much the only color you need,” he said. “It works best in stained water, but it has worked anywhere in the country I’ve been to.”
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Photo: Andy Crawford
The choice of whether or not to peg the weight comes down to the cover Latuso is fishing.
“If you’re flipping in grass or a lot of bushes, you want to peg it,” he explained. “If you’re just flipping around open wood or trees, don’t peg it. You’re going to get more bites and more hookups without pegged weights.”
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“You flip it just like you flip the D-Bomb.”
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“It’s kind of 'finessy.' You just want to get bit as a beginner, and that’s a great bait to catch fish on. Drag it around real slow, and you’re probably going to catch a fish.”
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“It’s kind of finessy. You just want to get bit as a beginner, and that’s a great bait to catch fish on. Drag it around real slow, and you’re probably going to catch a fish.”
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He pegs his weight to ensure the lure breaks through the salad. “I use two stoppers,” Latuso said. “One peg slips on you, but with two it ain’t going nowhere.”
The punching skirt helps give some heft to the bait profile. “Sometimes they want a bulkier profile, especially earlier in the year around the spawn,” he said. “You get bigger bites. Sometimes they want something big to eat.”
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Photo: Andy Crawford