The New Sonic BaitFish You've Gotta See It To ... - Mack's Lure

also point out that this may vary from one trip to another or from one species to another.Mike Hall, and he’s used this new lure as much as anybody, says he’s often fished it as a vertical jig. Some of thetime he attaches his snap to the middle of the lure so it a horizontal position.All of us who’ve fished much have had good fish manage to shake free of our lure. They’re going to have a devilof a time doing that if the lure is rigged horizontally as Hall usually does for lake trout.“When I rig it horizontally for lake trout,” Hall says, “I attach my hooks to both ends. The lake trout I’vecaught that way tend to just engulf the lure when they strike. When they get nailed by the hooks at either end ofmy lure they just can’t shake free of it.”Hall says some of the time when he’s been fishing the lure for rainbow trout he attaches his line to the head ofthe lure and his double hook to the tail end. “Rainbow trout,” he says, “are more inclined to hit toward the tailend of a bait or lure. I get the best hook ups when I have my hooks on the tail end of the lure when it’s rainbowI’m after.”Like other experts I’ve interviewed over the years, Mike Hall depends on his electronics to locate fish. “One ofthe things I often find,” he says, “is that fish may suspend where there’s a bottom drop off and a water depthchange.The water may drop to 120-feet in depth, but the fish may be suspended at 60-feet. If I rig my Sonic BaitFishhorizontally I get a special vibration when I hop it up and a roll and flutter as it drops. The lure just has adifferent action than anything I’ve ever used.”You can be assured that Mike, now 66, has used a whole bunch of baits in the almost half century he has been aprofessional angler. He’s done it as a guide, in bass fishing competition and that’s just two of the different roleshe has played.One of the first things you'll notice when you examine a Sonic BaitFish upclose and careful is the variety of ways in which it can be attached to yourline.I was curious as to how Mike felt about the colors of the Sonic BaitFish he employs. He had his preferences, butwas quick to point out the color that works great in one lake might not be the best in another.“In open water,” he says, “I often do well on the fire tiger shade. Chartreuse can be excellent in the spring. IfI’m trolling, both green and yellow colors have been good.”You’re reading this as we’re heading into the warmest weather of the year all over the United States, but let memake a suggestion. Don’t let the cold weather season get here without laying in a supply of these new SonicBaitFish. The lures are proving to be the next best thing to dynamite for ice fishing.