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Latest Article - Fishing Realistic Crawfish
Blog by: David Coulson 4/7/2012 (Return to blogs)
Fishing, or should I say catching, success is greatly enhanced by understanding your quarry and its favored prey. While prey preferences are often water and season specific, crawfish are possibly the one universal prey species. Nearly every game fish around will eat a crawfish if given the chance. But when it comes to bass, they actively pursue them as Joshua Christensen, Fish Explorer’s California State Editor, points out in his most recent article, “The Overlooked Realistic Crawfish.”
A San Diego Native, Joshua’s bass fishing experience includes chasing one of his favorite fish in California, Colorado, Arizona, and Oklahoma. However, Joshua does admit to have a soft spot in his heart for saltwater, where he has wrangled in every type of saltwater bass along with many other species.
In this latest addition to our outstanding collection of writings, Joshua discusses how one of basses’ favorite foods is often overlooked by anglers when selecting lures. He then covers the advantages of realistic crawfish lures, and how to fish them. So if you fish for bass at any time, give Joshua’s article a read. It’s sure to help you put a few larger bass in the livewell.
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Comments
takeakidfishing
04.07.12 10:15 AM
A fellow bass angler a few weeks back told me about the plastic crawfish baits and I can tell you they are a big Bass catcher for sure.Thanks for the article.A must read any Bass fisher out there.
Lloyd Tackitt
04.09.12 6:29 PM
I use a lot of crawfish patterns. Different sizes and different styles, and they are all winners. I also fish with live ones from time to time. Want to catch a really big fish? Put on a really big live crawish and let him crawl around the bottom awhile. BAM and your hoping your line doesn't get broken.
Great tip Dave!
aerofanbig
04.09.12 8:47 PM
I got my 5 personal best LMB's last year all in the span of 2-3 hours using a Gulp! craw. Have also had some luck with the old Yum Money Craws. I'm a believer!
itchyreelfinger
04.10.12 2:40 PM
My favorite bass bait by far....black with blue pincers.
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To say fly fishing is a passion for Dave is an understatement, he lives by the adage, �fly fishing isn�t a matter of life or death, it�s much more important than that.� Simply, if it�s a fish, then Dave�s willing to chase it on a fly. This includes making two or three trips a year out of state to places like Alaska, Canada, East and West Coasts to fly fish for salmon, northern pike and salt water species, such as redfish. The rest of the time Dave spends his time plying Colorado waters with a fly rod for everything the state has to offer such as bass, perch, crappie, bluegill, walleye, catfish, pike and yes even trout with a fly.