Americana Outdoors E-Magazine - April 2019

BIG BITE BAITS NEKO SCREW WEIGHTS

MICHAEL NEAL ON SELECTING THE RIGHT BAIT

Simplifying tasks on the water allows you, the angler, to spend more time focused on fishing. One area where an- glers spend a good amount of their time during the day is when they tie on and rig new baits. Some of the techniques used today can be quite complicated to prepare. When it comes to throwing the Neko Rig, Big Bite Baits has worked to develop a product that helps you get to fishing faster. Check out this video to learn about the new Neko Screw Weights.

It’s safe to say each angler has a specific bait or color pat- tern in which they have a lot of confidence. For Michael Neal, when it comes to jigs and soft plastics, that color is anything that is based off of a green pumpkin pattern. No matter the conditions, Neal has full confidence in baits of this pattern. Listen as he also describes how he chooses baits based upon the water temperature.

FLIPPING GRASS MATS WITH RUSS LANE

Big bass like to hide out in heavy cover where they can ambush baitfish and other prey. For anglers, one good way to target these fish is by flipping a heavy weight and soft plastic worm. The sudden movement of an object into the mat will typically trigger a fish to bite. Watch as Russ Lane talks about fishing mats with Big Bite Baits soft plastics. Big Bite Baits pro staff member Russ Lane likes to target grass mats when searching for quality fish. On the surface, grass mats appear very complex and difficult to attack. Lane suggests targeting the irregularities in order to simplify things a little bit. Fish will position themselves on indentions or points in the grass, using these irregularities as an ambush point. Try these ideas the next time you fish shallow vegetation.