around the world, who are tired of being typecasted as just bed fishing baits. Now, granted they've earned that reputation
because there are excellent way to trigger those territorial female bass during the spawn. However, these baits when this water temp
starts to heat up out of the winter, these fish are looking for big meals.
And that's exactly what these lizards mimic,
with all the appendages, the big tail, they really displace a lot of water and that really
allows these fish to hone in on 'em, and really think they're gonna feed up on a big bulky
meal. So today, we're using Strike King Rage Lizard
which is part of the Rage Tail series. And we're gonna show you some different ways
to rig this and try to entice some of these bigger pre-spawn fish that are looking to
bulk up. Alright guys, first when talking about lizards,
it's best to categorize them as creature baits.
If we say lizard, you get really caught up
in certain types of the year and stuff, but really this is an original creature-style
bait. It's got five appendages, four legs and then
that tail, and that's gonna be...This one's designed with that Rage Tail series appendages. So those are gonna kick, so you're gonna get
so much action out of this bait. Next, I'm gonna talk about two different ways
to rig this thing today.
And this is basically, one on a Carolina rig,
and then one on a Texas rig, that I'm gonna show you. I call this a Poor Man's Carolina rig because
you can also, with a split shot, adjust it to a Carolina rig. So you can really switch back and forth. This is a great technique for you, a pond
fishermen that sometimes wanna do some flipping and some close quarter fishing, and sometimes
wanna make some long cast and drag this bait.
All right guys, there's two setups I really
use for that Carolina rig. First, is I go with, about three-eights to
one and a half ounce bullet weight, then sometimes I'll add a bead if I'm fishing dingy water. So, when that bead is banging up against the
weight, it'll make noise and bring those fish in. Then, I add a swivel to reduce the line twist.
Then, is the leader. I go anywhere from 18 inches to 36 inches,
all the way up to 3 feet depending on the bottom. If I've got just hard gravel bottom, I'll
just do a smaller leader, like an 18 inches. But if I've got mud or lot of grass or something
like that, I'll go to a longer leader so that bait will stay up above that different cover.
Then I've got about 2/0 to 3/0 wide gap worm
hook, and I rig that bait up weedless, and that's the first set up. All right, the second rig I call the Poor
Man's Carolina rig. This is actually great because you can adjust
it to be a Texas rig or all the way up to Carolina rig. So all you do is, start up with the bullet
weight just like your normal Carolina rig except for, you just have it loose on the
line and same hook, 2/0 to 3/0 wide gap worm hook rig weedless.
But, in this way you can throw this around
cover, structure, whatever. But then when you need that Carolina rig,
all you do is get a leader, you take a little split shot, crimp that on the line, and now
you've got Poor Man's Carolina rig. This is good for when you're fishing in the
shore, you can go back and forth from a nice little Texas rig to flip, and pick apart that
different cover or make those long cast with that Carolina rig. Let me show you something really important
to take into consideration on your hook sets.
So, let's say this bait, I've got about 3
feet leader on this thing. So if this thing's banging along the bottom,
let's say it's going that way, I'm dragging it down that way. Now, if a fish hits this bait, it's 3 feet
behind that weight right now. Now, if that fish swims forward, it can now
go 3 feet in front towards where my hook set is.
So basically, that's 6 feet of line that I've
got to make up on that hook set. So that's why it's really important if you
get bit, you wanna reel down with your rod tip down until you feel that rod load up,
until you feel a little weight on that rod. And then you make a big sweeping action because
you need a long, long hook set. You need to move that rod tip from as far
as you can towards that fish away from that fish, so you can really set that hook because
you might have to make up 6 feet of slack in that line.
That was nice, dude. The good thing about these Carolina rigs is
you can feel so much better because it doesn't have it and that fish doesn't feel that weight. All right, this is a good fish. Yes, yes, come here baby.
Come here. Look at that stud. Are you kidding me? Look at the mouth of this. Wait till he stops flapping around.
Wow. And that's why you gotta really reel down
on that fish because you gotta reel down until you feel the weight of that fish. And when it loads up, then you set the hook. So you make sure you're actually getting a
good hook set on this thing.
Dude, look at that beast. We've got grass, that's why we've got about
2 feet leader right there, so that the bait stands just above that grass. And these fish are moving up into the shallows
from the wintertime spots up until a little bit warmer shallower flats, and their belly
down that grass just waiting for easy meals. Holy cow, look at that mouth.
Baby! See, you could see the seam that comes through
here. Nice, or you can see this... Here we've got this nasty rock block and then
it flattens out into a little bit more of a shelf right there. That's a great spot, it's a transition area
that these fish, they could be up on the top or they could be up on the deep side, suspended.
So were casting straight down the seam
and bring in this bait banging around down there. Right, so retrieval. Guys, I'm making long casts. This bait I'm using half ounce weight, so
this weight is really staying on the bottom.
I can actually really move this quickly, because
it really stays on the bottom, that bait's just cruising along down there. It'll float down the bottom as I pull it,
it jumps up a little bit and then comes back down. So what I'm doing with that rod tip down,
I'm just making a little sweeps of the rod. Reel in the slack, make sweeps of the rod.
Right now, I've got a little bit of wind pulling
me, so I don't even have to really do much with the rod. I can just have that rod tip down and feel
that weight bouncing off the rocks. If I get snagged up on anything, I lift up
that rod tip up, shake it a little bit, and I'll come over the rock, you drop the rod
tip and keep moving. So as I am fishing along the sides of points
or over island tops and things, I wanna drag that Carolina rig.
I can really keep that in contact with the
bottom, and get that real natural meander that that lizard does. When I come up into some heavier cover, like
these brush piles and things, that's when I'm gonna go to more of the Texas rig. So I've got that weight right up against to
the hook and I'm just gonna lift this... I'm gonna make little casts and pitches and
stuff in between all those brush and just crawl this bait in and out of there.
And I know as I'm doing that, as I'm coming
over the brush piles and stuff, a few of my line get tight. So right now it's tight, but once that bait
comes over...Now it's in there, I'll shake it because I know it's weedless. I'm gonna shake it a little bit until it pops
free. There we go, pop free.
Now I'm gonna let it fall back to the other
side. And this is gonna make commotion down there,
this is gonna draw attention. And trust me, attention is a good thing this
time of the year. These big fish, they're looking for meals,
they're looking for something going on down there and this little lizard's putting off
so much action that it's gonna draw in some big, big babies.
Some big babies. So talking about location, I really try to
dumb it down. I wanna focus on the easiest key-key areas
in a lake, that's main lake points. It's big lake points that come out and then
any kind of island tops.
Any time the contour really comes up high
and, you know, 10, 15, 20 feet of water, I'm gonna drag this over and around spots like
that. And then creek channels, I love... Depending on, if it's early in the season,
February or March, I'll start deeper and work my way up the creek channel. But if it's a little late in the season, March,
April, May, I'll start right up in the shallow part of the creek.
Throw this way up in there and then drag my
way out and follow that creek channel out. If you focus on all those key areas, you will
eventually find some fish. If you find fishing area on a creek channel,
20 feet on an island hump, then you wanna note that and then repeat those as you move
around the lake. Look for more situations like that.
It's really about giving these fish what they
want at the right time of the year. And a nice little profile, look at all those
appendages. We're coming out of the winter, water temps
are warming up. These fish get really active, they do want
a lot of movement.
They want a lot of wiggle, wobble on these
baits and, you know, the little Rage lizard from our Strike King is perfect for that. You got so much action. It's a nice profile, it's a nice big bait,
and that's what these fish wanna eat. So guys, even though this is gonna be a great
bait as soon as those fish go up on those beds, you wanna be using this throughout the
entire spawning time because you're gonna be able to catch more fish.
Whether you're fishing in just a small pond
or you're fishing in these big lakes and reservoirs, you're gonna catch fish with a creature bait
like this little Rage lizard. Guys, if you've enjoyed the video, make sure
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