Finesse Fishing

So I think for my next few post Im going talk about some fishing styles that I use a lot. For this one Im going to talk about finesse fishing, one of my favorite things to do! This is also a very misunderstood style of fishing. Finesse fishing in a nut shell is taking your regular lure and making it smaller. Right now when the weather is starting to cool off the bass are going to change with the temperature. A bass metabolism will slow down when it gets colder, making the fish more sluggish. So finesse fishing is perfect when the temperature drops. One thing I really like to do is take a four inch worm or some sort of soft plastic bait and  texas rig it to a thin wire hook and put the smallest weight I can on it so It just barely sinks to the bottom. After it hits the bottom you just twitch it a little and very slowly reel it in. This is perfect for cold weather if you know where the fish are. And for hard baits you can just use a small crank bait and retrieve it slower then you normally would. One thing that has just hit American bass fishers in the bast couple years is wacky style fishing. and what we have done with it is combined the wacky style of fishing with finesse. It can be very effective in waters that are fished very often because it is something the fish don't regularly see. It works best in not so deep waters but can effective in deeper water. The normal fishing setup for finesse fishing is a medium 6-7 ft rod with a spinning reel and usually around 8 lb line. This is a great style for the fall and winter and if you haven't tried it then your missing out on a lot of fish!