Page 9 - November 2014 Fishing Report

Black Knight Industries
Oil City, PA 16301
www.gammafishing.com
www.froghairfishing.com

Gamma Fishing Tip

November is blade bait time. In case you don’t know, blade baits are
those compact teardrop shaped thin metal fins with a molded lead
head on the bottom front portion. The Heddon Sonar is the original
blade bait. In the late fall and early winter, blades are fished along the
bottom either by casting and using with a little pull-and-drop retrieve
like a jig; or by vertical fishing straight down – working it like up and
down like a yo-yo. When fished properly, blades are absolutely deadly
in deep water for black bass, walleye, white bass, perch, crappies, big
bluegills and even musky. And don’t forget channel cats, too! Fishing
blades vertically can quickly twist your line if you don’t take a certain
step: tying a quality swivel in line about 14 inches above the lure. Even
with the swivel, after a day of blade fishing you will have twisted line.
Because changing line often is necessary, that’s why I prefer to use Gamma Polyflex monofilament as a
cost savings step. Gamma Edge fluorocarbon works, but it’s expensive to replace every outing. Because
you fishing straight down, it’s easy to get a full rod sweep on the blade so line stretch isn’t really a
problem in the hookset. (Darl Black)

You can find Gamma Lines locally at the following NW PA Tackle Shops:

Consumer Direct Sports: www.cdssports.com

Hill’s County Store: www.facebook.com/hillscs

The winner of the spool of Gamma Line for this issue of the Fishing Report is Ed Lawrence.

Prize Pack Lures are supplied by Bobby Garland; Gene Larew; Get Bit Baits; Lake Fork Tackle, Lindy; Ra-
pala; Road Runner; Scum Frog; Thill; Tru-Turn Hooks; Uncle Josh; Venom; and Yum.

If you are the winner of this issue’s Gamma Line or Prize Pack of Lures, please email your shipping ad-
dress to Darl Black to claim your prize.