Fishing
with Tackle Warehouse and BASS Elite Angler Jared Lintner
(continued)
In
the meantime Rich and JIP head out to find some largemouth of their own in some
of the coves that line the main lake. Rich has proven that he knows what it
takes to be successful in the industry, and while he doesn’t get out fishing as
much as he would like to anymore, is still an adept angler.
Rich and JIP find more fish under
the docks
When asked what his
favorite techniques are he ranked topwater first, followed by flipping and
pitching, and then blades. Rich started the day like Jared working a Vixen, and
JIP turned to a R2S Kong swimbait. “Can I check out that bait?” Rich asked. JIP
handed him the rod and Rich handed JIP his setup.
Time to mix it up, Jared hands
Zander a crankbait that has been proven on Nacimiento
As Rich began working the
Kong back to the boat he heard a splash, and turned just in time to see JIP set
on a fish with his Vixen. The fish that was landed was just shy of two pounds
but it fought like a four plus pound largemouth, that’s Spots for you. The cove
continued to yield plenty of spotted bass, but few were keepers.
Corey and Joey target bass on
baseball sized rocks
On the other side of the
lake Jared and I were getting into fish, lots of them, but the story was the
same, they were all small spots. “Let’s head up into the river to see if we get
into some bigger fish” Jared said, “I’ve won a lot of tournaments working that
section of the lake.”
Jared ties on
his go to lure, a green jig and works the rocks
In one of the creek arms
the bait was stacked, and we could even see them breaking on the surface as they
were chased. Jared worked a buzzbait and I switched out to a Daiwa TD Minnow SG
in Ayu pattern. “Got one!” I exclaimed as I set into a fish. “Good one?” Jared
asked. “I’m not sure, I don’t think so, but it feels weird,” I retorted. “What
the heck is that?” I exclaimed as he lifted a white bass into the boat.
A white bass
inhales a Daiwa TD Minnow SG, they may be small but they fight pretty hard
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