Bass Blog

[Wayne Ek]

For anyone who is interested I will be writing a Tournament Bass Blog for HSO this season. The plan is to blog about each tournament I fish this season. The blog will cover each day of pre-fishing, which should be one or two days depending on which tournament it is; then cover how the tournament day went. Joe set the blog up for me and it should be listed at the bottom of the home page. It will start off slow, but once the Minnesota bass season opens it should be updated almost weekly. Right now it looks like I will be fishing 14-local tournaments and 11-regional tournaments. The first day of pre-fishing for the Okiboji Open is now up.

[Deitz Dittrich]

here is a link to the blog.

http://fishingminnesota.com/tournament-blog/wayne-eks-2012-bass-tournament-blog/

[Craigums]

Great idea!

[Ctrl_Alt_Dlt]

How do you rig a Lake Fork Ring Fry? Wacky? Texas?

[bassfshin24]

Thanks for doing this Wayne! This a great look into the thought process of a tournament angler. I dont fish a lot of tournaments so it's nice to see how a seasoned tournamnet angler thinks.

[mojoputter]

How do you rig a Lake Fork Ring Fry? Wacky? Texas?

Go to YouTube and search for each of those subjects, and you'll find hundreds of good videos on how to rig and fish with those setups.

[Wayne Ek]

Day two of pre-fishing is up.

[LegattoAD]

How do you rig a Lake Fork Ring Fry? Wacky? Texas?

I've fished it both ways. It seems to have a tighter wobble than a senko style bait when fished wacky.

[Stick in Mud]

Sounds like a good idea, Wayne. I'm looking forward to reading it.

[Wayne Ek]

Tournament day is now posted. I will try to get some pic's up of the Ring Fry rig.

[Craigums]

Good read so far, thank you for sharing

[Juan Grande]

Very cool Wayne, thanks for sharing.

[Wayne Ek]

How do you rig a Lake Fork Ring Fry? Wacky? Texas?

Here is the outfit I use on docks. The rod is a 6'6" Okuma C-3 Carbon Cone, Med-Hvy (10 to 20-pound line)with a Okuma VSystem reel. With 50-pound Power Pro line.

This is the rigging: An Eagle Claw Shaw Grigsby High-Performance Hook, size 3/0 to 5/0 depending on the plastic. And a Water-Gremlin Bull-Shot bullet weight. The Bull-Shot is like a split shot sinker, prior to clamping is down on the line I like to add a little fishing glue, this keeps it on the line better.

With the Ring Fry on it: On the Eagle Claw hook you need to tie to the opposite side of the clip wire as the hook doesn't have a closed eyelet. And if you tie to the wrong side the line will slip thru the eyelet space... can you say so long fish.

[Juan Grande]

So do you use the Bull-Shot, versus just a weighted hook, so nose dives?

[crappiegetter]

How do you rig a Lake Fork Ring Fry? Wacky? Texas?

Usually I will throw it weightless for under docks and if I put a weight on it I use a split shot 8 to 10 inches up from the worm

[Wayne Ek]

So do you use the Bull-Shot, versus just a weighted hook, so nose dives?

Yup, it nose dives. But experience has shown me I that I get far more bites when it's on the bottom. The second reason for the bull shot is the shape, when you have an errant skip and end up over bars,ropes, cords and such the bullet head slides over them much better. The third reason, with the extra weight on the head, the skips go a little further and stay closer to the water... most of the time.

[RumRiverRat]

Interesting.

I love ring fry around docks.

Normally use a Weighted EWG.

May have to give this other technique a try.

[Wayne Ek]

Reel Team tournament is now up.

[chuckwagon]

I am a new B for sure! It seems i would never be able to cast that rig with a 6'6 med/hev with 50 lbs braid. Fill me in please?

[chuckwagon]

I just relized its on a spinning reel. But what is the weight on the complete fry rig

[Wayne Ek]

I would guess 3/16th to 1/4-ounce. It all depends on which size bull-shot and the size of the hook.

[Wayne Ek]

Blog is updated with some new tournaments.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Congrats on the win my friend.

[Superduty]

Winning is good! Very interesting reading your blog Wayne. I have fished against your partner quite a bit back in the day. It is cool to see how other fisherman attack a body of water. I am fascinated by the fact that on a given tournament day, a bunch of fisherman find different fish in different areas on the same body of water. All the while, each individual might only have one or two good spots they have confidence in. Maybe the lesson for all of us is to cover more water and keep our mind open.

[Wayne Ek]

Superduty, It also amazes me how many patterns anglers can find on the same lake at the same time.