Lindner’s Angling Edge
Funny thing I wrote an article about old bass fishing shows the other day, I turned on the TV today to find Al Lindner talking about swimbaits. He was on his new show “Lindner’s Angling Edge,” a TV fishing show that was on the channel Versus at 5:30am. I’m sure it appears later in the day too, I’m gonna have to look it up on the TV guide or something.
Anyways, the fishing show was just great. Al Lindner and his nephew Dan were talking about how deadly swimbaits can be used on smallmouth bass and largemouth bass. Al explained how they have just become popular because they were kind of a secret in the western fishing states. Some pro bass fisherman started using them and other fisherman began to learn of their existence.
Al and Dan were on a lake in southern California, they didn’t say the lake they were fishing on, kind of pisses me off. They were catching a decent amount of bass at the lake, almost one after another with the swimbait. Al suggest if you are to use a swimbait, he recommends using the sizes 3″, 4″, and 5″ swimbaits. At the time they were using the Berkley Powerbait hollow belly swimbait, Berkley Powerbait is great because they scent their lures. Another great thing about swimbaits is they are durable, whether they are soft plastic or hard plastic, the lure lifespan is a lot longer than any other soft plastic bait. The lure is awesome to use on bass all season long, in all different types of environments.
There are a few ways to rig a swimbait. First the Texas rig way, it’s a great rig to throw into a lot of cover such as weeds or rocks because it’s weedless. Second you can have a regular showing of a hook or even use a treble hook. All these different rigs are great and easy to use, but you must figure out how you are going to fish the lure. Whether to twitch it, retrieve it fast, or retrieve it slow. Each lake or river is going to be different. Get the most out of swimbaits with a medium action rod with a baitcasting reel.
It truly was great to see Al Lindner preaching about bass and later Walleye, I haven’t seen him in awhile. Supposedly my Dad said he’s a born again Christian, Al confessed he used to be a drinker. Now at the end of the show he shares some of his religious beliefs, which is great for the kids and even adults, teaches good morals with fishing. Two elements that should be together in everyone’s life. Though the program was pretty short, I can’t wait to see the next one. Going to have to check out the times.
