Elevate your winter fishing game with the art of “Dead Stick Fishing”
Discover the secret to winter fishing success with the art of “Dead Sticking.” Master the technique that will set you apart from the rest. With our expertly designed lures, you’ll effortlessly attract the elusive striped bass even in the coldest months. Experience the thrill of reeling in trophy-sized catches like never before. Don’t let this opportunity slip away. Elevate your winter fishing game and be the angler who stands out from the crowd.
Dead Sticking Fishing-Lake Texoma-Striper Lures
Dead sticking is a very easy technique, but difficult to hook Striper due to light bites. When water surface temperatures dip below 60 degrees farenheit, it’s time to Dead Stick Lake Texoma. Successful dead sticking anglers on Lake Texoma do the most important thing first, locate feeding Striped Bass. Once you locate the feeding Striper on your electronics, anglers will need to dial in the following steps.
1) Water Depth
2) Wind Speed
3) Drift or Spot-Lock with trolling motor
Dead Stick Fishing-Lake Texoma-Tips-Striper Lures
If you are drift fishing and dead sticking Striper, make sure your boat speed is very slow (1-2 mph). Your jig head weight should be heavy enough to reach the desired depth of feeding Striped Bass but still, give your soft plastic fluke natural action. Keep your presentation quiet and “dead” still. Drop your fluke straight down from the boat; never cast out to fish. Use lure scent on all of your soft plastic flukes. The Striper bite will be very light, soft, and quick.
Using scent on your plastics makes Striper hold on longer, resulting in a better hook-up rate. Buy jig heads with quality hooks that are very sharp out of the package. Use drift socks to slow your boat in high winds on Lake Texoma. It is important to fish two sizes of soft plastic flukes, three-inch and five-inch. Some days, Lake Texoma Striper will key on three-inch flukes and ignore five-inch baits. You can turn a five-inch fluke into a four-inch bait with scissors. Follow Dead Stick Fishing for more information.
How to Rig a Fluke on a Jig Head
It is very important to rig soft plastic Striper lures properly. A dead sticking fluke must be straight, slipped on the bait keeper, and the hook point through the soft plastic. Your bait needs to stay level, quiet, and still. Anglers need to let the water move your dead stick presentation.
fall fishing lures-Lake Texoma
We will close with the best fall fishing lures for Lake Texoma Striper. Some anglers get geared up to go dead stick fishing on Lake Texoma and find the water temperatures above 60 Degrees Fahrenheit, and they don’t have any fall fishing lures. Here are some of the best fall fishing lures to keep in your tackle bag.
1) Sassy Shad Swimbaits
2)Paddle Tail Swimbaits
3) Flutter Spoons
4)Tail Spinners
5)Swimbait Jig Heads (1/2oz to 1.5oz)
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