I was with a big time pro in a BASS tournament in Florida on the Harris Chain. I was a co angler. The pro drove some distance to a large field of Lily Pads. The pro put his power poles down, and cast a 6 inch Texas rigged black gambler worm in a pocket. The pro then stood there dead sticking the worm over 5 minutes. The pro then boated several over 5 pounds in a couple hours. The pro claimed he found the school of bass in practice by searching with a crank bait.
I was fishing the south end of Barkley one late spring day. The spawn was over and the fish were just hanging around eating shad. I threw a 1/2 oz jig around laydowns etc.. I made my way to a do-nothing sandy flat that was about 50 yds long. I casted up to the bank about 10 ft short. And, I happened to get a backlash. It took a couple minutes to clear the backlash, and of course, the jig wasnt moving. I tightened up the line and saw that the jig had moved about 20 ft to the right. I tightened up and set the hook on a 8 lb-plus largemouth!! It was my PB at that time. Ever since then I occasionally just let the lure set still and don't move it for at least 30 seconds. It has paid off too! Thanks for sharing Randy!
I was in my early 20s and was going to local lake in WV in winter. I fished with my older cousin. I went back through some old old bassmaster magazines looking for a article the night before trying to figure out something to do differently in 38-42 degree water and came up on a dead sticking article. So next day we tried everything and I mean everything and not 1 bite. So I remembered the article and put on a weightless fluke style bait that's not made nowadays (it was a flw bait called jerk n shad made by manns). My cousin laughed at me but I was pitching on bluff walls in 20-50 foot of water and just letting it fall about the time you could just barely see it you'd see a big flash. After a few 4-6 lb bass my cousin was fishing it. To this day I've never experienced anything like it. Every fish we caught was 4+ and we caught over 25 fish that day. That was back in 90s. R.I.P. Larry sure do miss you ole buddy.
I read once in the early days of bass fishing plastic worms, anglers would anchor the boat, then cast several texas rigged worms in various directions around the boat and use the “clickers” on the reels to alert the angler of a strike.
In the 70's We had a trick in Texas for wintertime bass fishing. Throw the worm out there and don't move it for several minutes. It worked pretty good.
When I used to roll cigarettes, would cast out and let my bait sit in the water while I rolled my smoke. There were several times where my line would just start cruising away!
Randy I caught a 6 1/2 pound large mouth on a double willow leaf spinner bait a few years ago I had a backlash it to me around five to ten minutes to get it out. As soon as I picked my bait up he was on it.
We've been dead sticking for years down here when the water is the Coldest. Especially with large suspending jerk baits or old school shallow runners. Crank it down a few times twitch it and let it suspend absolutely still for up to 5 minutes. Twitch it a couple times repeat. Some of our biggest winter bass have came on this technique in the last 30 years. Especially with a storm thunderstick
I get bites with my jig sitting on the bottom if I use Berkley Gulp in the saltwater. Their attractant is so good it catches fish just sitting. But those are typically not the fish I want to catch. If you think dead sticking might work, why not toss out a lure and put the rod in a holder while you fish with a moving bait? Randy I got a couple of bait markers today because of your tips. I'm going to try orange and chartreuse on my soft plastics in the saltwater. Hopefully the garlic scent doesn't bother saltwater fish.
Ages ago Ron Shuffield won a BassMaster here in Arkansas on the Arkansas River in Regional Park dead sticking a worm called Do Nothing. It had two small hooks in it and was a straight worm pre-rigged.
My favourite setup is using a Senko rigged Texas style but without a weight of any kind. Cast it out, let sink and twitch it now and again. It's slow, but very effective.
I’ve had really good luck with this technique with some lures made especially for this style. The Duo Realis Dead drift 100 and 95 make this a beeeze on our river.
I didn't know it was called Deadsticking but I have had it happen to me several times while fixing a back lash while bass fishing . When I am crappie fishing I catch more when I keep my lure still for extended periods of time as I work it through the water column. Thanks for another Great video Randy.
Two thoughts: -Peter T, revolutionary thinker. Petey rig. Little known legend. -for a while, way back, deadsticking tubes stuffed with Crackle was on fire. There's a video topic for you Randy. 🤙
@@af4od02 I thought I answered this already. It's a discontinued effervescent product that was designed to fish inside tubes, to make them bubble. Like alka seltzer.
@@af4od02 you're welcome. I had written out a comment answering your question a couple days ago but I guess it never got successfully posted. Tight lines.
They used to do this in central Florida in the 1950’s. Just bring a bunch of plastic worm rigged poles and cast them in all directions and wait for the bite. Just like cat fishing.
Help Randy!!!! Cheater box has ruined bass fishing in my small lake in Kentucky. There are tournaments almost every day of the week and more on the weekends. How do I go about getting this slowed down and ban ffs so that people can start or try to remember how to bass fish. They have no clue how to select lures colors depths nothing but that dang screen. I go after there way in and there are beautiful keeper bass bellied up due to being drug from 60ft + deep and if it wasn’t for ffs they would never be fishing there to start with. I have twin grandsons that are 26months old and I want to be able to take them out and teach them what I’ve learned and never will I have ffs. Just would love for you to try and help me save Laurel river lake.
@ haha fair enough it goes to a barstool outdoors short making the argument technology is making deer hunting easier and taking the challenge out of it
I was with a big time pro in a BASS tournament in Florida on the Harris Chain. I was a co angler. The pro drove some distance to a large field of Lily Pads. The pro put his power poles down, and cast a 6 inch Texas rigged black gambler worm in a pocket. The pro then stood there dead sticking the worm over 5 minutes. The pro then boated several over 5 pounds in a couple hours. The pro claimed he found the school of bass in practice by searching with a crank bait.
I was fishing the south end of Barkley one late spring day. The spawn was over and the fish were just hanging around eating shad. I threw a 1/2 oz jig around laydowns etc.. I made my way to a do-nothing sandy flat that was about 50 yds long. I casted up to the bank about 10 ft short. And, I happened to get a backlash.
It took a couple minutes to clear the backlash, and of course, the jig wasnt moving. I tightened up the line and saw that the jig had moved about 20 ft to the right. I tightened up and set the hook on a 8 lb-plus largemouth!! It was my PB at that time. Ever since then I occasionally just let the lure set still and don't move it for at least 30 seconds. It has paid off too! Thanks for sharing Randy!
I was in my early 20s and was going to local lake in WV in winter. I fished with my older cousin. I went back through some old old bassmaster magazines looking for a article the night before trying to figure out something to do differently in 38-42 degree water and came up on a dead sticking article. So next day we tried everything and I mean everything and not 1 bite. So I remembered the article and put on a weightless fluke style bait that's not made nowadays (it was a flw bait called jerk n shad made by manns). My cousin laughed at me but I was pitching on bluff walls in 20-50 foot of water and just letting it fall about the time you could just barely see it you'd see a big flash. After a few 4-6 lb bass my cousin was fishing it. To this day I've never experienced anything like it. Every fish we caught was 4+ and we caught over 25 fish that day. That was back in 90s. R.I.P. Larry sure do miss you ole buddy.
I read once in the early days of bass fishing plastic worms, anglers would anchor the boat, then cast several texas rigged worms in various directions around the boat and use the “clickers” on the reels to alert the angler of a strike.
In the 70's We had a trick in Texas for wintertime bass fishing. Throw the worm out there and don't move it for several minutes. It worked pretty good.
When I used to roll cigarettes, would cast out and let my bait sit in the water while I rolled my smoke. There were several times where my line would just start cruising away!
Deadsticking topwater is hilarious. Sitting, sitting, sitting, *SINKS* lol.
Randy I caught a 6 1/2 pound large mouth on a double willow leaf spinner bait a few years ago I had a backlash it to me around five to ten minutes to get it out. As soon as I picked my bait up he was on it.
We've been dead sticking for years down here when the water is the Coldest. Especially with large suspending jerk baits or old school shallow runners. Crank it down a few times twitch it and let it suspend absolutely still for up to 5 minutes. Twitch it a couple times repeat. Some of our biggest winter bass have came on this technique in the last 30 years. Especially with a storm thunderstick
Thanks MrRandy
I get bites with my jig sitting on the bottom if I use Berkley Gulp in the saltwater. Their attractant is so good it catches fish just sitting. But those are typically not the fish I want to catch.
If you think dead sticking might work, why not toss out a lure and put the rod in a holder while you fish with a moving bait?
Randy I got a couple of bait markers today because of your tips. I'm going to try orange and chartreuse on my soft plastics in the saltwater. Hopefully the garlic scent doesn't bother saltwater fish.
Ages ago Ron Shuffield won a BassMaster here in Arkansas on the Arkansas River in Regional Park dead sticking a worm called Do Nothing. It had two small hooks in it and was a straight worm pre-rigged.
My favourite setup is using a Senko rigged Texas style but without a weight of any kind. Cast it out, let sink and twitch it now and again. It's slow, but very effective.
I’ve had really good luck with this technique with some lures made especially for this style. The Duo Realis Dead drift 100 and 95 make this a beeeze on our river.
Also hit a PB on a backlash chatterbait lol. So I'm a believer. Even moving baits sometimes get hit on the deadstick.
I didn't know it was called Deadsticking but I have had it happen to me several times while fixing a back lash while bass fishing . When I am crappie fishing I catch more when I keep my lure still for extended periods of time as I work it through the water column. Thanks for another Great video Randy.
I think the only way I have ever caught a good size bass, is after a backlash. I had a catfish hit my worm.after a backlash
Super fine jerkbait , down here I find it works better in the winter and spring
I was a kid and it worked. It's never happened since cause I can't sit still now
Two thoughts:
-Peter T, revolutionary thinker. Petey rig. Little known legend.
-for a while, way back, deadsticking tubes stuffed with Crackle was on fire. There's a video topic for you Randy.
🤙
Whats Crackle?
@af4od02 Krackle was an effervescent additive that you could stuff in a tube bait to make it bubble. Like alka seltzer.
@@af4od02 I thought I answered this already. It's a discontinued effervescent product that was designed to fish inside tubes, to make them bubble. Like alka seltzer.
@@coachmatt6735 thank you coach. Somehow I missed the crackle description. Thanks for filling me in.
@@af4od02 you're welcome. I had written out a comment answering your question a couple days ago but I guess it never got successfully posted. Tight lines.
Wasn't there top water dead sticking they would do out in California?
Dead sticking is most effective when using multiple rods. But thats not tournament bass fishing
They used to do this in central Florida in the 1950’s. Just bring a bunch of plastic worm rigged poles and cast them in all directions and wait for the bite. Just like cat fishing.
ALL of my biggest bass have been caught deadsticking...
Ive caught more number of big bass with dead sticking. Ned rig.. toss ans do not move...
Help Randy!!!! Cheater box has ruined bass fishing in my small lake in Kentucky. There are tournaments almost every day of the week and more on the weekends. How do I go about getting this slowed down and ban ffs so that people can start or try to remember how to bass fish. They have no clue how to select lures colors depths nothing but that dang screen. I go after there way in and there are beautiful keeper bass bellied up due to being drug from 60ft + deep and if it wasn’t for ffs they would never be fishing there to start with. I have twin grandsons that are 26months old and I want to be able to take them out and teach them what I’ve learned and never will I have ffs. Just would love for you to try and help me save Laurel river lake.
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Click the link people Randy is not alone in his argument for not letting technology go to far
Where does the link go ? Ain't nobody clicking random links.
@ haha fair enough it goes to a barstool outdoors short making the argument technology is making deer hunting easier and taking the challenge out of it