Fishing the Stealth Diver Introduction to Ambush Lures: Ambush Lures was created in May of 1996 when four friends decided to bring their collective lure technologies to the fishing industry. Ambush Lures is based out of Maryville, MO. Stealth Diver (also available in a rattling version): The first thing to note is that this IS NOT a normal lipless crank bait. The main feature of the Stealth Diver is the “Flo-Through Technology”. “Flo-Through Technology” is a patented passageway that allows water to flow through the lure! It creates a turbine effect behind the lure like natural baitfish turbulence. The convex nose lets you fish the bait in heavy cover. You can also fill the hole with scent to create an even more natural presentation. It sneaks up on fish. Color Selection: Three conditions determine which color of bait to use: 1. Light Conditions 2. Water Conditions 3.Confidence. Bright Conditions: Silvers Medium Light: Golds Low Light: Chartreuse Clear Water: Silvers Stained Water: Golds Muddy Water: Chartreuse  Confidence: If you have confidence in a particular color USE IT regardless of conditionsSeasonal Colors: The orange and brown color baits work great in the spring. Forage: “Match the hatch”, for example: Perch and Bluegill Rattles vs. No Rattles: Use a rattling bait when fishing darker and deeper water and use a bait with no rattles when fishing clear water and around shallow cover where you would normally throw a spinner bait. Tackle: Use your rod and reel as a tool. Match your tackle to the conditions and cover you are fishing. Bait cast tackle is recommended. A 6-61/2 foot medium-medium heavy rod and good quality reel spooled with monofilament. If you are fishing around heavy cover you can use braided line. You can use spinning tackle in open water with sparse cover or fishing over the top of cover. Techniques: 1. Burnin 2. Rippin 3.Yo-Yo Burnin: Cast the bait near likely cover and reel the bait extremely fast just like fishing a spinnerbait. This is a good technique when fishing clear water. Rippin: Cast the bait into weedbeds and start reeling in, when the bait gets caught on weeds jerk the bait free, strikes occur when the bait is jerked free. Yo-Yo: Great technique for fishing deep water. Cast the bait and let it sink to the bottom then jerk the bait up sharply and let it fall to the bottom and repeat the procedure. Hookset: Sweep the rod to one side when setting the hook to avoid pulling the hooks from the fish’s mouth Link to article |
Run Silent, Run Deep Times when "Stealth" Crankbaits outperform their noisy cousins!!!! Seen any new crankbaits that don't feature rattle chambers? They're fast becoming a rarity. Crankbait guru David Fritts believes noisy crankbaits have become so ubiquitous that they sometimes turn off more bass than they actually attract. Whenever Fritts is on a crank-and-destroy mission, he has rods rigged with noisy and quit crankbaits. Conditions often dictate which type will be more productive, but bass don't always respond in a predictable fashion. He generally fishes noisy crankbaits about two months a year. That's in February or March, depending on what part of the country I'm fishing," offered Fritts. "And again in October or November. Bass are chasing and feeding then, and you want to let them know the bait is there." Fritts also catches bass on rattling crankbaits in the summertime when they feed early and late in the day. Muddy water is another situation in which clamorous crankbaits come through for Fritts. The commotion helps bass locate the bait when they can't see it, he explained. But the well-known North Carolina pro runs silent and runs deep when he encounters tough fishing conditions, which typically include slick water and bright sunlit days that follow cold fronts. In both situations, a quiet crankbait that swims with a tight wiggle is more likely to coax strikes, because it closely mimics a swimming baitfish. Although Fritts usually cranks with a medium-speed retrieve, he throws in a few "change-ups" when he's working quiet crankbaits, one of the things that has always separated Fritts from mere mortal anglers. "When fishing is really tough, it takes repeated casts to trigger a strike," said Fritts. "A lot of times the casting angle comes into play. You have to catch them off-guard. It gets a little tricky." It also may be that a silent crankbait sneaks closer to bass before they become aware of its presence. Whereas a bass may sense a noisy crankbait at some distance and have plenty of time to reject it, a silent crankbait suddenly appears in the fish's face and sparks a reflex response. When casting to a group of bass, the first strike often rouses the rest of the school. "If you can get one of two bass in a school to bite, you can get the rest of them feeding," added Fritts. "You can't beat a subtle crankbait for getting things started." |
Your chunking your tackle along the bank hoping to get some action on some big bass and get a productive pattern defined. The next thing you know is …..BAM! BAM! BAM! …and now your on the pattern but you’re fish’n thick structure so you look in your tackle box to make sure you have another one in case you loose this one. It turns out that the only one you have of the "hot’ color is the one on your line. Oh No!!! If I loose it, I’m screwed! Has that ever happened to you in a tournament situation or when you are out in the middle of BFE fishing your secret fish’n hole. Well it sure happened to me on my recent trip to lake El Salto in Mexico. In case you’re not familiar with lake El Salto, it is about a 2 hour drive northeast of Mazatlan, Mexico, to the Angler’s Inn resort where we stayed. The nearest tackle shop that I could buy another one of the lures was probably around 3000 miles away. Not a good situation to be in but I’ve found myself more and more in this situation with the pressure that many of the fisheries are receiving. We were down at lake El Salto to field test some new product introductions for the 2004 fishing season. Throughout the days we were field-testing various color patterns of our new "Ambush Pro Series" cranks that Tim Hughes painted up for us. As usual, the colors that were the hottest and I mean "HOT", we only had one of each color. With the type structure that the big hogs were hanging in, it was a necessary evil to fish the structure if we wanted to get to those "Grande" bass. Then I remembered about some titanium snap rings called Luresavers that I was introduced to last summer by one of the top pros that was fishing the Bassmaster Classic. These new Luresavers allow your lure to release fro  m structure when your lure is hung up and I just happened to have a few of them that I had purchased in my tackle box . I’m proud to say that we put the Luresavers on all the hot colors and never lost one crankbait the rest of the trip. The Luresavers were truly amazing and enabled us to land over 100 bass the last day between 3 and 8.5 lbs. Pictured above is the 8.5 lb bass that topped our list and the smile says it all.
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El Salto and the "Mucho Grande Bass" Can you say "Mucho Grande"? After making my first fishing trip down to lake El Salto and the Anglers Inn resort, it was a common sound in our boat to here those exact words coming out of our guide’s mouth. After one of our team members made the trip down to lake El Salto last April with the In-Fisherman crew, he brought back so many fish stories that we planned a trip in early January of 2003 to field test our new topwater "Pop-a-Long" and new "Ambush Pro Series" crankbaits. Pictured: John Neporadny of Bassmaster Magazine with a 9.5 lb Bass and the new Pop-a-Long by Ambush Lures Read full story |
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How I’m Fish’n the "POP" Have you ever had those times when fish roll at your buzzbait and just won't take it? You finally get to the point where you can't slow it down enough or it will sink. I have great success in this situation by following it up with a Pop-A-Long with a dressed tail treble. Why? Two reasons, one, the feather treble will cause the Pop to become an inline popper, allowing you to slow the presentation down without "walking it". And two. that feather treble dancing as you pop and pause with the noise of the Pop-A-Long seems to be to much for them to take. Put a feather treble on your pop and clack it like you would any other popper. Have fun and stretch a line.
Pictured: Rob Link – Lure Designer and Tournament Fisherman |
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Fish with Your Son and You'll Never be Fish'n For Your Son. Thank you Logan Catlett for sending us your trophy!!! |