{"id":12367,"date":"2024-01-15T09:25:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T15:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theclarion.org\/?p=12367"},"modified":"2024-01-15T09:25:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T15:25:40","slug":"fishing-tip-of-the-week-146","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/?p=12367","title":{"rendered":"Fishing tip of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Finesse Time in Cold<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>by Mike Gerry<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Finesse fishing is generally not my thing, but it has its place. In fact, many have heard me<br \/>\nverbalize it. It\u2019s true I am not but a fan.<\/p>\n<p>However, I believe we have reached a time in the<br \/>\ncoldest part of the year where working finesse baits might be your best alternative, and the<br \/>\neasiest way to catch a fish.<\/p>\n<p>All I can say is don\u2019t shoot the messenger. The cold water will slow the bite and power fishing<br \/>\nis hit-and-miss, and it seems the best way to have success is to downsize some and slow down<br \/>\nyour presentation. <br \/>\nThe few finesse presentations I revert to are first fishing a shaky head; a<br \/>\nsmall 1\/8 oz. shaky head rigged with a small finesse worm or a sinko type worm fished along<br \/>\nthe grass edges will get you bites, and many times it can be a good fish. <br \/>\nJust be patient, work<\/p>\n<p>it slowly and find some productive water; it\u2019s also a bait that can ignite small schools of fish.<br \/>\nIt has that tantalizing drop that ignites bites. <br \/>\nI am also high on fishing a weightless sinko<\/p>\n<p>rigged with a big hook and maybe even a swivel to contain the line twist especially if you\u2019re a<br \/>\nspinning rod fisherman when you\u2019re finesse fishing. <br \/>\nThe sinko goes back many years to theintroduction of what has been called dead sticking; meaning you work it very slow, let the<br \/>\ndrop of the bait be the action and just be patient. Many times, working a sinko in grass that<br \/>\nseems to have holes in it where the bait drops slowly into the holes, especially in low light<br \/>\nconditions, can be great.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t overlook the fact that both these presentations can be worked in deep water. <br \/>\nIf you scan the bottom and find a school of fish in deep water, both of these presentations will catch fish and maybe even win a tournament. It takes patience, and it takes a commitment to let that bait get to the bottom, but if you can stand the wait the results are worth it.<\/p>\n<p>Many times on the newest Lowrance technology you can actually see the bait drop on your electronics and watch the results right before your very eyes. Technology advances make it easy!<br \/>\n<em><strong>Captain Mike<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finesse Time in Cold by Mike Gerry Finesse fishing is generally not my thing, but it has its place. In fact, many have heard me verbalize it. It\u2019s true I am not but a fan. However, I believe we have reached a time in the coldest part of the year where working finesse baits might [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fishing-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12368,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12367\/revisions\/12368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}