Panic Baits with Fred Roumbanis
Many times there are lures that are overlooked by the majority of anglers. Sleeper lures that produce when nothing else will. The use of them is often kept quiet by those in the know, anglers who would rather keep them a secret as long as possible.
“This bait is something that I would call my ‘panic’ bait, a lure that I pick up when I just need to catch some fish. It is also what I tie on for my kids when they are fishing with me because it catches everything; bass, trout, crappie, perch, and just about everything that swims,” says Fred Roumbanis.
“There really isn’t a wrong way to fish it,” says Roumbanis.
The lure in question is actually two lures, the Foxy Fry and Deep Fry. These two shad-profiled crankbaits can be fished like a crankbait or a jerkbait and still be effective. “There really isn’t a wrong way to fish it,” adds Roumbanis who shares some of his favorite ways to fish these baits.
Retrieves: Sweep It, Jerk It and Crank It
As mentioned, there isn’t a bad choice when it comes to fishing the Foxy Fry and Deep Fry, but Roumbanis prefers to fish it with a sweeping retrieve for most instances. “I like to sweep it and basically get the bait to dive and then suspend. As you are sweeping you can really feel the tight vibration from the lure,” he says. “The sweeping and reeling up the slack retrieve is really something that I feel anglers should do more for all crankbaits and jerkbaits because it allows you to control the action of the lure better. With the Foxy Fry and Deep Fry, the sweeping allows you pause it, let it suspend and then reel up the slack and it works great.”
Another simple approach to fishing these lures is a simple cast-and-retrieve.
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