Water Dog Bass Bait
Although no scientific evidence indicates that bass hate dogs or strike them out of anger or as a nest protecting instinct they re incredible baits attracting strikes throughout the year.
Water dog bass bait. In this video austin and i tackle fayette county lake with a form of live bait known as waterdogs. All bomber products original bombers all model a. Still holding more bass records than any other lure out there. Anglers debate whether wet or dry is the way to go but many agree that dog food sometimes wrapped in cheesecloth or mixed with corn starch water and flour to create a doughy consistency is.
Each time you twitch that jerkbait and pause it the lure suspends in the water column and stays eye level with the bass. Called waterdogs in the south and mudpuppies in the north it is the aquatic stage of a salamander just like the tadpole is to the bullfrog. Not that this had anything to do with anything but i thought it was apalling that people would do that. Waterdogs are a deadly livebait for bass particularly trophy size bass.
An american classic originating in texas reservoirs. This website offers waterdogs not actual waterdogs hellbenders mudpuppies but simply larval stage salamanders newts for purchase as fishing bait not to mention that they are all wild caught most likely. Don t buy new get the vintage ones here. When the dam s turbines began to churn each day yelas used a black brown and pumpkinseed 5 8 ounce jig to fool a number of big bass into taking the bait.
Because bass tend to suspend and at times get a little lethargic with sudden water level changes a suspending jerkbait is an outstanding choice.