Jeeem:

Hi Spyther83,

Great! I’m glad to hear you’re getting back in the game.

Okay, using about ten pound test, run your line out a bit and tie a swivel on the end, just to avoid tangles. Then, take a short piece (approx. 9 inches) of mono, and tie a #4 treble hook onto the end of that. On the other end, make a loop by doubling your line around and into a surgeons knot. There you have a nice, strong leader.

Then…catch a mouse. Or, if you’re lazy like I am, just go to the pet store and purchase a few.

Next, get yourself a couple small pieces of cedar shingle. Just large enough to hold the mouse. Doesn’t have to be cedar though. Heck, you can even use cardboard, but it’ll have to be thick, since this is going in the water.

Finally, get yourself a couple strong rubber bands. The thicker the better.

Hop in your boat, cast off, and get out a good piece…away from where people won’t see you do this.

Take your little mouse and wrap the two rubber bands around him (or her…). One near its head and the other towards its rump. Now, thread the leader underneath the rubber bands where the treble hook is resting just above the mouses tail.

Then, hook the leader to the swivel.

Carefully float the cardboard or cedar shingle on the water.

Place the mouse on the shingle. Don’t anchor it in any way. The little bugger will stay on there unless, of course, it is suicidal.

Now run out a lot of slack and slowly, carefully paddle away. Once you’re about twenty or thirty feet away, engage your reel and slowly reel in your slack.

Then wait.

Crack a beer. Have a sandwich.

Watch the shingle carefully. When the bass hits, it’ll swallow the mouse whole, so all you gotta do is wait a couple seconds and then set the hook.

Dinner time!

-Jeeem-

Tom:

Buzz baits and rubber worms jigged along weed beds. Both are deadly!