Mike Wolsky Moses Lake Bass Clinic at Auburn Sports and Marine - April 29th

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Permalink Reply by David Parnicky on April 29, 2009 at 9:57pm

That was a great seminar Mike! Lots of great information! Particularly about jig fishing. My favorite part was the motor monster. I had never heard of that before! Sounds like a fun way to prefish though!

Permalink Reply by Lloyd on April 30, 2009 at 9:47am

So how many people showed up to swing from mikes sack?

Permalink Reply by Dave Massey on April 30, 2009 at 10:27am

Is anyone willing to put a couple of highlights from the seminar on here for those of us who couldn't make it either due to prior commitments or geographic restrictions? Thank you. What is a motor monster?

Permalink Reply by David Parnicky on April 30, 2009 at 5:00pm

Apparently the motor monster involves using your motor to plow through or chop up a bunch of vegetation or some type of cover and looking for fish scattering while doing so. From what I gathered, the idea is to locate fish prior to a tournament without hooking them and using this information to help piece a pattern together.
The seminar revolved around LM fishing and covered spinnerbaits, crankbaits, jigs and plastics with jigs being the primary focus as Mike said he catches 90% of his LM on them. Here are a few of the key points that I took notes on.

1) Spinnerbaits ( I missed some of this part as I drove all the way down from Mt. Vernon and got stuck in traffic)
- Mike throws primarily white spinnerbaits with chartruse mixed in at times.
- He throws them on 15 lb. line
- He likes to throw them on braid at Banks and throw them as far back into the reeds as possible.

2) Crankbaits
- Mike primarily throws a Lucky Craft RC 2.5 as it will go through almost all wood
- No Rattles
- Not a good crankbait for rocks
- He likes to switch to a spinnerbait after catching one on a crank
- He throws cranks on 10 lb. line

3) Jigs
- Almost all his LM wins have come primarily on the jig
- Even if on a reaction bite, he switches to a jig
- Throws a black/blue jig most of the time as he believes black shillouettes against the water and fish cant see the color, only the shape
- Will switch to brown/blue in clearer water or for smallies
- More black is better than more blue on the jig
- He prefers the arkie and Revenge stand up jigheads as it works real well in wood and weeds.
- He uses trialers to change the jigs ROF, action, color (he will always change the trailer before the jig itself)
- In the early season he is looking for a trailer with little to no action like a beaver, in the summer he likes the super chunk and paca craw as they give the jig more action.
- He likes to select a weight that will make his jig fall just fast enough to work his trailer correctly
- He fishes fast and is looking for 5 AGGRESSIVE bites, he doesn't like to fish slow for inactive fish
- He pitches his jig in, shakes it 3 times, then pitches it to the next spot
- He fishes jigs on a 4 power 7'5 Loomis flipping stick and suggests everyone gets one
- Depth is the biggest key to patterning LM in WA due to lack of cover in the middle of the lakes. If you catch a fish of a dock in 6', only fish docks or portions of docks in 6', same goes for a reed edge or other form of cover.
- If your getting fish that are just chasing your jig, swim it

4) Plastics
- Mike always has a plastic bait tied on in addition to the jig.
- Likes Boom Boom tubes, Senkos, and Brushhogs
- He likes to work an area fast with the jig, then return and fish it fast in new spots with the plastic ( he would rather repeatedly work a bunch of areas quickly than one slowly)

5) Prefish
- Prefish is about finding different patterns and ways to catch fish, not about wearing the fish out or seeing how many you can catch.

6) When to break out the big baits!
- Bright blue skies accompanied with white fluffy clouds as a front approaches are the best times to catch monster bass

I am sure this isn't everything, but I think I pretty much covered the main points Mike touched on. It was a really good seminar and definately worth the drive.

Dave Massey said:

Is anyone willing to put a couple of highlights from the seminar on here for those of us who couldn't make it either due to prior commitments or geographic restrictions? Thank you. What is a motor monster?

Permalink Reply by Keith Brooks on April 30, 2009 at 6:03pm

Great notes David, you really nailed the high points. Was indeed a very informative seminar and the people at Auburn Sports were fantastic hosts. I had not been down to Auburn in many years and was very impressed with selection and quality of their bass tackle. If I were closer I would certainly make that store a regular stop. I was impressed with Mike's presentation, he kept it very straight forward and covered the basics well.

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on April 30, 2009 at 11:29pm

About 25-30 people were there. It was very well hosted. They even brought a stool so Mike could see over the podium.




Lloyd said:

So how many people showed up to swing from mikes sack?

Permalink Reply by Dave Massey on May 1, 2009 at 9:30am

Thank you very much David for the information. Hopefully next time I fish Moses, I won't be so frustrated.


David Parnicky said:

Apparently the motor monster involves using your motor to plow through or chop up a bunch of vegetation or some type of cover and looking for fish scattering while doing so. From what I gathered, the idea is to locate fish prior to a tournament without hooking them and using this information to help piece a pattern together.
The seminar revolved around LM fishing and covered spinnerbaits, crankbaits, jigs and plastics with jigs being the primary focus as Mike said he catches 90% of his LM on them. Here are a few of the key points that I took notes on.

1) Spinnerbaits ( I missed some of this part as I drove all the way down from Mt. Vernon and got stuck in traffic)
- Mike throws primarily white spinnerbaits with chartruse mixed in at times.
- He throws them on 15 lb. line
- He likes to throw them on braid at Banks and throw them as far back into the reeds as possible.

2) Crankbaits
- Mike primarily throws a Lucky Craft RC 2.5 as it will go through almost all wood
- No Rattles
- Not a good crankbait for rocks
- He likes to switch to a spinnerbait after catching one on a crank
- He throws cranks on 10 lb. line

3) Jigs
- Almost all his LM wins have come primarily on the jig
- Even if on a reaction bite, he switches to a jig
- Throws a black/blue jig most of the time as he believes black shillouettes against the water and fish cant see the color, only the shape
- Will switch to brown/blue in clearer water or for smallies
- More black is better than more blue on the jig
- He prefers the arkie and Revenge stand up jigheads as it works real well in wood and weeds.
- He uses trialers to change the jigs ROF, action, color (he will always change the trailer before the jig itself)
- In the early season he is looking for a trailer with little to no action like a beaver, in the summer he likes the super chunk and paca craw as they give the jig more action.
- He likes to select a weight that will make his jig fall just fast enough to work his trailer correctly
- He fishes fast and is looking for 5 AGGRESSIVE bites, he doesn't like to fish slow for inactive fish
- He pitches his jig in, shakes it 3 times, then pitches it to the next spot
- He fishes jigs on a 4 power 7'5 Loomis flipping stick and suggests everyone gets one
- Depth is the biggest key to patterning LM in WA due to lack of cover in the middle of the lakes. If you catch a fish of a dock in 6', only fish docks or portions of docks in 6', same goes for a reed edge or other form of cover.
- If your getting fish that are just chasing your jig, swim it

4) Plastics
- Mike always has a plastic bait tied on in addition to the jig.
- Likes Boom Boom tubes, Senkos, and Brushhogs
- He likes to work an area fast with the jig, then return and fish it fast in new spots with the plastic ( he would rather repeatedly work a bunch of areas quickly than one slowly)

5) Prefish
- Prefish is about finding different patterns and ways to catch fish, not about wearing the fish out or seeing how many you can catch.

6) When to break out the big baits!
- Bright blue skies accompanied with white fluffy clouds as a front approaches are the best times to catch monster bass

I am sure this isn't everything, but I think I pretty much covered the main points Mike touched on. It was a really good seminar and definately worth the drive.

Dave Massey said:

Is anyone willing to put a couple of highlights from the seminar on here for those of us who couldn't make it either due to prior commitments or geographic restrictions? Thank you. What is a motor monster?

Permalink Reply by NickBarrFishing.com on May 1, 2009 at 1:38pm

Unfortunately I was and still am in LA, so I didnt get to go. But I heard it was real good.

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on May 1, 2009 at 2:13pm

It was like a dream

NickBarrFishing.com said:

Unfortunately I was and still am in LA, so I didnt get to go. But I heard it was real good.

Permalink Reply by Mark Maderos on May 2, 2009 at 5:43pm

That's probably true on both accounts there Jon

Jon Sessler said:

Careful Mark,

Based on your recent performances she can kick your ass fishing OR hunting! I've seen the pictures to prove it.

Mark Maderos said:

Yeah, and his wife is cute too.

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