Turns out, there is such a thing as perfect lure Cook,DuPage Edition

• Published in: Daily herald (Arlington Heights, Ill. : Arlington Heights ed.)
• Main Author: Jackson, Mike
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Arlington Heights, Ill Daily Herald 05.09.1997

It was Mort who was expounding on the summertime habits of a Florida largemouth bass. His oratory was reminiscent of a couple old movies with actors portraying members of the Roman Senate. It was also Mort who had laid me open like one of his East Coast flounders. "Look guys," I went on, "the people who taught me the ABC's of bass fishing never used that as an excuse for not finding and catching bass. They told me to find a couple of lures and stick with them - build up my confidence and believe there are fish under that log or next to a dock, or anywhere it looks fishy. Throw that lure to the target zones and keep doing it until you get a strike." It is true that in some cases largemouth will go straight to the bottom, stay there for a while where it's cooler, and not actively feed. The no-feeding aspect could be the result of a huge meal the fish may have engulfed the day before. If your old-reliable, high- confidence lure isn't working, find another one and get to know how it really works underwater. During these hot days, I like to start off with a large jig and crawfish or black eel, or Texas-rigged worm and then work my way down in size until I'm in the finesse range. In the past 10 years, I've taken bass from the freshwater canals close to this shop ranging from 2 to 12 pounds. And I never used a boat. Everything was done from shore. The bigger fish came from deeper holes under the Florida turnpike."