Part I

"Doodlin"

This method

is used mostly for spotted bass but is also used for large mouth bass.

The doodlin method involves fishing a four or five inch straight tail

or curly tailed worm rigged on a unique rigging scheme and presented Texas

style to the bass.

First, thread

on a three-sixteenth ounce, five-sixteenth ounce, or one-fourth ounce

bullet type weight on your line above a "glass head" (which

should be either red opr 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 sych as submerged brushpiles, 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 or largemouth)

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.

The clacking

noise draws bass to the worm and causes the bass to impulsively strike

the worm.

I hope that

what I have shared with you today will help you catch a lot more bass.

Next week's

method will be "Pitching."

Good fishing

Chris Foster

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