smallmouth video ( short)

[jrhopkins]

took the smallmouth bait with me to my son's so we could make a video of it. pretty short as he was anxious to get some other stuff done so we went to a small stream by his house instead of the dock where we did the others.
pretty nice action and on a longer cast will dive about 12"

[Bassinkorea]

It has great lifelike action   
......but the color looks much different in the water, much lighter!
Do they swim like that just with a simple retrieve or do you use any kind of rod movement ??  Also, do you use a big snap link with your lures ??

[jrhopkins]

It has great lifelike action   
......but the color looks much different in the water, much lighter!
Do they swim like that just with a simple retrieve or do you use any kind of rod movement ??  Also, do you use a big snap link with your lures ??

i think the angle we were shooting caught more of the light reflecting off the back of the lure. normal reeling retrieve. i was using an old Diawa Millionaire reel with a ratio of 5.1 i think. it's 20 years old so it is not a fast ratio reel. i start off with a couple of fast cranks and then slow it down a little. i generally use a snap on my lures but it works as well with the line tied direct.
here is the crappie video. my daughter helped me with this one . she doesn't fish so has no idea about retrieving a lure. she just held the rod and walked down the dock pulling the lure past me 

[Dug]

The movement on both is excellent.  Nice job.

Dug

[Speedmunkee]

That video is fine. It's not crappie at all. 

*chirp* *chirp*
(crickets)

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[jstrozier]

That video is fine. It's not crappie at all. 

*chirp* *chirp*
(crickets)

Uh is this thing on...

Thank you. Good night.

I'll be here all week folks. Don't forget to tip the bartender