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SPENCER'S TAXIDERMY 304-824-3745 OVER 39 YEARS EXPERIENCE BIRDS, FISH, ANTLERS LIFE-SIZE MOUNTS, GAMEHEADS WEST HAMLIN,WV ACCROSS FROM THE POST OFFICE FULL TIME TAXIDERMY SERVICE he’ll stick a green pumpkin Zoom finesse worm on a 1/4-ounce shaky head and fish it on 8-pound fluoro. “I’ll just drop it right down in them and just use my boat to move it,” Swindle says. “I just barely shake the rod tip, and I’ll turn my trolling motor on low and move around looking for fish and dragging that shaky head under the boat. “Remember, at this time of year, less is more. The smaller the bait and the less you work that bait, the more fish you’re going to catch.” In lakes with no defined river channel, Swindle expects to find the baitfish in the bottoms of deep rocky pockets. Typically, the forage will establish a comfortable depth range that will remain consistent through most of the lake. During sunny periods, the bait will adjust their depth by moving toward or away from the shore, rather than higher or lower in the water column. “You can take your depthfinder and pattern those fish,” Swindle says. “If you find them in 30 feet in one pocket, when you go to the next pocket, you can bet they’ll be in 30 feet. If you get a warm, pretty day, just follow the shad farther into the pocket.” In this scenario, Swindle drops down to a 1/4-ounce spoon. In exceptionally clear water, he’ll fit his spoon with a white or chartreuse bucktail for a more enticing package. For the shaky head approach, he replaces the finesse worm with a Zoom Critter Craw in green pumpkin or pumpkinseed. “A lot of times, I’m around a big school Ben Bush, from Ripley, caught a nice largemouth bass. ATV’s Motorcycles Rt. 33 East Buckhannon, WV 304-472-4824 www.supersmittys.com of bait, and the bass bite that craw as good as they’ll bite anything,” Swindle says. Speaking of crawfish, the real mudbugs create an alternative to hunting winter bait schools. As continue to the next page Seth Barnhart, from St. Marys, brought in a prime grey fox. IT’S BOAT SEASON AT MID-STATE MARINA G3 Aluminum MID - STATE MARINA Route 19 North Sutton,wv Phone: (304) 765-7325 (800) 640-7329 Suzuki Honda Yamaha Can-Am Feb.<strong>2012</strong> ~ Page 24
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