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have been seen on the ends of the multi-arm rigs in other locations. “i have seen some guys puttin’ a blade on here or there; but that is about it,” said o’Shinn. “i’ve seen a lot of different variations of wires and such, i get sent a lot of ‘em to try out, like a seven- arm rig and even a nine-arm rig.” His multi-rig advice included having a shallow and deep water rig ready on deck. The trash Fish Jumbo Minnows rigged weedless on the river2Sea BumberShoot made up his shallow water rig. He suggested this version for earlier in the transition time. His deeper water umbrella rig had the river2Sea rig Walker 100 tied on. another o’Shinn choice was the river2Sea S-Waver. He likes this bait for the inactive fish and recommended ,”maybe in the afternoon, when they just need something rollin’ by real slow.” He wrapped up his seasonal suggestions with “general plastic swimbaits”, saying “smaller for earlier in transition time, when the bait fish are smaller.” He explained he will upsize to the trash Fish as he gets deeper into the winter.
MARK CRUTCHER
a Clear lake local for more than a decade, Mark Crutcher has fished his way to countless victories that have included four boats. When he was asked what he would be fishing for the season, Crutcher said, “My favorite five baits are topwater frog and buzzbait, alabama rig, a big swimbait and then i’m going to yo-yo a rattle trap.” He noted the frog and buzzbait will be fished through the warmer fall days and put away as the temps drop into the colder winter months. Fifty-two degrees was the magic number that ends his frog fishing days. The cooling patterns that occur on Clear lake at this time of year have Crutcher thinking that the little Creeper trash Fish will be a productive bait through the month of october. Fishing the trash Fish on Seaguar 20-lb fluorocarbon, his target areas are on the north side of the lake in the vegetation. “You are going to throw this in the weeds - the same places you would throw a chatterbait or a swimbait,” said Crutcher. as for
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