LIP GRIPPER SOUND BITE RAPALA DT6
TARGET: Largemouth bass PRO: Craig Dye, Hook1 HOMEWATER: La Vergne, Tennessee
MULTI -SPECIES | RIGGING | LOCALS ONLY | TACTICS
CRANKBAIT; THE FISH ARE LISTENING. PHOTO: MIKE ERNST
MAKE NOISE WITH LURES LIKE THIS
LOUD LURES RING THE DINNER BELL FOR BASS, MUSKY AND PIKE [M U LTI-S P ECI E S]
The sizzle of a grilled steak, phsst of a pop-top and crunch of fresh corn gnawed off the cob gets my stomach growling. Aquatic predators are no different. Bass, musky and pike are attracted to clicks, pops, swishes and swirls. To call in trophies, these pros pick lures with the right vibe. SPENCER JONES
TECHNIQUE
Bounce square bill crankbaits off riprap and fallen timber. Drag a swimjig with rattles into grass and over fallen timber.
LIVINGSTON LURES PRO RIPPER
TARGET: Chain pickerel PRO: Chris Carlisle, Johnson Outdoors Pro Staff HOMEWATER: McVille Dam, North Dakota
MUSKY MANIA SNEAKY PETE OR MAGIC MAKER
TARGET: Musky PRO: Chris LaShomb, Host Xpedition Outdoors on New York Public Television HOMEWATER: Northern New York
Search weed-choked flats and scraggly banks making a long cast and using a slow retrieve.
TIP • “The key is to hit as
much structure as pos- sible. The lure bouncing off structure and chang- ing direction drives the fish crazy.”
“Pike often strike when I pause my retrieve.
The Pro Ripper uses a tiny speaker to emit sounds that imitate an injured baitfish so the lure continues to make noise even when it isn’t moving.”
Roll a bucktail along the bottom or thrash a topwater across the surface.
“End each retrieve by swirling the lure in a noisy figure-eight by the side of the boat. Many times musky will follow the lure all the way to the boat without striking.”
DIGITAL EXTRA: Click here to get more tips for using sound to attract your favorite gamefish.
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Sound travels farther and about five times faster under- water.
A fish’s body is the same density as water, so sound waves travel through fish.
Fish hear with bony struc- tures called otoliths. The bones are denser than the fish’s body, slowing the sound wave and allowing the fish to hear.
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The fish's lateral line contains tiny hairs that can detect sound vibrations.
Sound travels faster in salt- water than in freshwater.
Though it's not a fish, at 188 decibels, a blue whale is the loudest animal in the ocean. Its call can be heard 500 miles away.
FAST FACTS ABOUT FISH AND SOUND
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