Part I

"Doodlin'"

This method

is used mostly for spotted bass, but is also used for

largemouth bass. The doodlin method involves fishing a

four- or five-inch straight tailed or curly tailed worm

rigged on a unique rigging scheme and presented Texas

style to the bass.

First,

thread on a three-16th ounce, five-16-ounce, or

one-fourth-ounce bullet type weight on your line above a

"glass head" (which should be either red or

chartreuse) above a real sharp 1/0 to 2/0 light wire

hook.

I always

use the rig on six- to eight-pound green fishing line for

spotted bass that are holding on deep structure such as

submerged brush piles, boat docks, standing timber and

stumps.

For

largemouth bass, however, I primarily use the doodlin'

method for inactive bass, post frontal bass, and for bass

relating to boat dock structure.

Now once I

find the type of structure that the bass (whether spotted

bass or largemouth bass) are holding on or around, I will

cast my worm presentation out and allow it to sink to the

bottom. I will then slowly crawl the worm until I feel

the structure. Then I will doodle or shake the worm in

place by shaking my rod tip back and forth which, in

part, makes the glass bead and bullet weight come in

contact with each other making a clacking noise in the

water.

This

clacking noise draws the bass to the worm and causes the

bass to impulsively strike the worm.

I hope what

I have shared with you today will help you catch a lot

more bass.

Next week's

method will be "Pitching."