Photos - Larry the Lizard
Top right: Larry at Monticello with a nice one caught on a 10" Black & Blue Rattlin Larry the Lizard. (January)
Second: Larry at Lake Fork, with a nice 8 lb caught on a 6" Green Pumpkin Chart tail, Texas rigged. (August)
Third: The second day of testing the 6" Rattlin Larry the Lizard. Caught this 9 lb plus on a green pumpkin chart. (July)
Fourth: 9 lb on 10" Rattlin Larry the Lizard in Watermelon Chart tail, Texas rigged. (January) worst cold front to hit Texas in 20 years, 23 degrees and snowing.
Fifth: Drop shotting the 10" Rattlin Larry the Lizard, Black & Blue, in 20 feet of water just off the Lake Fork Marina. (January)
Sixth: 3rd day of testing the 6" Rattlin Larry the Lizard. This bass has a bigger head than Larry does!!!! That's hard to beat.
Seven: 10" Watermelon Larry the Lizard on Carolina rig at Amistad. (March)
Eight: Second day of Testing the 4" Frog-n-Craw rigged as a top-water frog. I knew it would be good when I had seven fish in the first hour, but I then this Giant came in, and I knew it was going to be great. I like to use the Frog-N-Craw on a jig early in the year, as it mimics a crawfish to a tee. This one I was using heavy braid line with an Owner #5 riggin hook, just ticking it across the top with slow pauses.
Larry the Lizard:
My favorite way to fish these is a Texas rig. Why? Its fast, easy, and you can really work these baits in all kinds of cover effectively.
I go to Texas rig all year long, especially in coves, around heavy cover and trees. It works very well on docks and hard to get to spots, where you just know a big one is sitting.
I like Carolina rigging in a little deeper water, such as 10 feet or more, off shelves, lake humps, ridges, main and secondary lake points. When you Carolina this thing, it doesn't get all the way to the bottom, but rather suspends above the bottom. This presentation and the life-like action and distress sound that comes from the rattles just kills em, big time.
Many lakes I fish have heavy moss on the bottom, or just weeds that make fishing a little harder than average. That's when putting this things on a drop shot rig can really produce large number of fish quick. The drop shot rig keeps the bait off the bottom and out of the weeds and or moss, just above it, the fish feel the vibration, come out of the heavy stuff and bag the bait. I use this a lot during post spawn, and I have never missed with it yet.
Don't over look these lizards as a swim bait. The natural swimming motion and weedless rigging makes these great for just swimming and a whole lot of catching.
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Shaky Head:
Use shaky head jigs in lite grass, rocky bottoms, sand bottoms situations. The ability to add extra motion to the bait with shaky heads is incredible. The fish hammer em hard and it just makes a great day even better.
Drop-Shot:
Drop-Shot is a great way to really create reaction strikes. I love this on spawning bass and post spawn blues especially. Rig this almost like you would a cat-fish baited line. Place the weight at the bottom, where your bait usually is. About 10" to 16" up your line is where you place your hook. I like a circle hook rigged right in the nose, and don't let it be exposed. Rig it in the plastic, the hook will come right through and set in the fishes mouth, so don't worry about missing the fish. Also note, that I do this with the Big 10" Larry the Lizard, but instead of a circle hook, which I use on smaller baits, I use an Owner Offset Worm Hook, about a #7.
Carolina Rig:
Rig this by placing a bullet weight about 18" to 36" above the bait. Don't use a peg stopper as you would on a Texas rig, but let the bullet weight slide freely up and down the line. At the 18" mark, place a swivel or bobber stopper to keep the weight at least 18" away from the bait. This allows the bait to swing and glide freely, in total life-like action, inches above the bottom. I use this off main lake points and deeper water, say 10' to 30' feet, especially in clear water situations and during the summer heat waves.
TEXAS RIG:
Texas Riggin is my go to for tournaments. Simply rig a bullet weight on your line, the lightest weight possible is always best, but in windy conditions I will go up on the weight, as it is a little harder to feel the bit.
Use this style for shallow water situations, such as coves, heavy cover, bedding fish and the like.
