inventing out of the box

[zooker]

now we all know that i am normally not sane, which helps. and yes i have been called the king of thinking outside the box.

how did i get to this point ? dam if i know all of it but part of it is #1 is 20 years of yankee trout fishing,#2 time spent fishing, #3 gut feeling,#4 pure dumb luck.

for example several years ago 2 large area lakes were drawn down to a no access point. no one could get out on either lake. every body was crowded into a small 1500 acre impoundment. they figured 800+ anglers a weekend were on this lil lake. i fished this lake regularly the weekend be fore i hit a bridge with a jointed shad rap snapping the lip.i tossed the bait down on the floor and kept going. as i pulled up in the upper creek area with lilly pads.every one was chunking worms,jigs,spinner baits. as i sat back lookin at the 30+ boats sitting in 10 acres of lilly pads. the busted lipped bait caught my eye. the gears started turning as i tied it on.the lilly pad area is a broad flat with a creek running the lenth the creek is 3-4 feet deep the flat is 2-3 feet deep-with 3 feet of muck under it-i started elbowing my way thru the other boats moving up the creek channel i caught several bass in the 300-400 yards of the creek that is passable. i moved into a vancant spot on the flat and caught several more bass. in about 20 mintues i had 3 boats sitting with in arm reach. and the others were either throwing a crankbait or looking at me with feild glasses to figure out what i was using. what i was using was simple a jointed shad rap in shad color. the thing no body saw was the busted lip.
this very bait here


after i fished this day i went home and took a hack saw to a couple more of these baits. why is this bait so special? simple it only dives 12" and has twice the movement of a pointer at a steady retrive.
guys throwing a jointed shad rap were digging to deep and getting into the muck. and to be honest no other bait made moves like a jointed shad rap..

the followin week 3 poeple were shot in this area of the creek. i advoided this creek till the water levels in the other lakes permitted their use. i still fish this style of modfication on a jointed shad rap to fish in this specific area.

if some one has the picture of one of my modified cranks i posted on THIS web site a year or so ago please post it..

zooker