Exude order

[Fever]

Deitz, what is your typical wait time for delivery of your bulk orders? Does one week sound about right? My order went in on the 8th. I also made a trip to check out some prices and I found a place that charged 2.99 per bag of Exude comidas and a variety of other exude designs. I believe that's quite a bit cheaper than the deal I recieved via my online order. Dangit...

[bgreen82]

where did you find the comidas for that price

[Fever]

Schell's, Fleet farm, Gander, or Sportsmans wherehouse, One of those in St.Cloud... Looking is half the fun when you go to buy tackle. Oh, I received my order, and I'm happy with the timelyness and product, but in order to receive my FM discount they want me to fax proof that I'm an FM member. ? Can anyone tell me how to go about that?

[Fishin4Life]

Weird, I ordered from them, got the discount and all, they never asked for any proof. If they did I missed that memo, oops.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Fever- fax them and tell them to have Jeane OR Michael call Deitz if there is a problem.... That should be proof enough..

glad you got your order.

[Fever]

Taken care of. I got an email this am and they are sending me a letter of credit for X amount. Not sure where this will be redeemable but with that credit it works out very close to that good price I found in st.cld. Tested the exude on a small local lake and cought 4 bass in 2.5 hours last night. One 18 inch on a 9.5 inch wide ribb tail blk/char. and three bass around 14 in off xmas comida. Fishing shallow wood cover (fallen trees) very stained water... Will be on a lake this afternoon A much clearer lake Looking into Deep water fishing later. Deitz any suggestions for presentation given the front that came in and all... What Exude product? Thinking C rigg with a longer than normal snell?

[Fishin4Life]

Fever and or Deitz

Sorry to stray from the original post but fever's last post triggered a question

I have never had much success with a C rig. Not sure exactly what I am doing wrong if anything. Maybe my snell is too short / too long. What do you consider a "normal" length snell for a C rig? What weight do you use to get it down there also...

[Fever]

I'm curious also as to what Deitz does with a c rigg, I know he likes the stupid rigg which is essentiall the same thing. I personally use a large brass & glass sinker set up right around 1 0z or so. My snell is made with 10lb p line flourocarbon line and is roughly 18-24 inches in length. Maybe I should have a longer snell. What are the best plastics to use? I've had luck on a variety of creature baits as well as a couple lizards but never really tried anything else...

[Fishin4Life]

My issue with the C rig is finding a way to get the bait to rise up. Most plastics sink with a standard 2/0 or 4/0 hook. Then you are bassically just draggin the whole thing on the bottom. I have experimented with tubes a bit with a float shoved up their arse, but no success...

[Deitz Dittrich]

Fev- post frontal fish can be very difficult. The deeper you can find fish the less afffected they are to the front. A carolina may be a good way to find active fish, but maybe not the best way to catch them. Its really going to depend on the kind of structure you are fishing.

I fish both a carolina rig and a stupid rig. and yes they are very similar, one is a lighter presentation. I do not mess much with leader lenght. On a carolina rig I will usually go with a 2' to 2.5' leader(much longer than that and its difficult to cast.)... on a stupid rig only a 10"-16" leader. For plastics in clear water a tube is killer, so is a comida, or for pressured waters a 4" straight tail worm.

Fish4life- your looking at this wrong. There is no need for the plastic to "float up". And, yes, you are bassically pulling your bait on the bottom.

Please keep in mind, when throwing a biat like a carolina rig and stupid rig, pretend you are fishing a dock or tree in the water. Accuarate casts to an area you feel the fish are just as important if not more so in deep water as they are in shallow water. I have been fishing a lot of stained water lately and the fish are on the isolated deeper weed clumps. Find the healthy weeds, you found the fish.

[Deitz Dittrich]

and fever- glad you got the order taken care of!!!

[delmuts]

i'll add one of the other tips had given out was to go to a lighter weight.( say a 3/8 instead of a 3/4) to give you a little more feel. also a tip from shaw grizsby was to not hold the reel so tigh with your hand. this will also give you more feel. my tip is to close your eyes once in a while as you work the lure, and try to picture what/how your lure feels when you come in contact with something, and the difference when a fish picks it up.