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One of the most overused terms in fishing today is “reaction strike.” It seems like every time you turn around, someone else is talking about a scenario where a fish has been magically stimulated to bite. The truth, of course, is that fish strike baits for one primary reason—to eat. As anglers, we’re in the persuasion business— doing things with presentation that allure fish to bite when they otherwise wouldn’t. It’s actually a pretty apt description for the role of a lively baitfish. I can make an awfully convincing case for the supreme reaction strike triggering power of a live minnow, such as a meaty golden shiner or a creek chub, for any fish species, including bass and trout. But for now, I’ve mainly got walleyes on the brain—a fish that’s so fond of eating live minnows that you sometimes wonder why anglers neglect to use them throughout the openwater season. We’re talking about a critter so delectable that it actually fishes itself. Get one swimming and darting in front of a big marble eyed titan and let the minnow take over from there. Live minnows exhibit two critical characteristics that make them totally inimitable among other baits or lures: organic random movement and instinctive flight response. In the presence of predators, live baitfish use a set of natural, random escape maneuvers. These moves represent the most effective strike triggers in existence. Often, walleyes (and other species) simply will not ingest a bait until they’ve examined it for extended periods. Without all the little shakes, twitches and retreat signals performed by a living and breathing baitfish, you simply will not get bit. Which brings us back to the currently hallowed “reaction strike.” Assume for a moment that a true reaction strike is one that occurs only because a fish has been stimulated or just plain provoked to swallow something it wouldn’t otherwise bite. You can do this at times with a crankbait—adding jolts of speed while trolling or when a Rapala crankbait caroms off a rock or stump. You can use other lures to entice strikes, too—jigging spoons >TONY ROACH PRO POINTERS The Ultimate Reaction Strike Meat is murder… on tape-measure, ‘get the camera’ walleyes. The author wiped the smile off this fish’s face with a gigantic live chub. Photo courtesy of www.lundboats.com Jumbo minnows plus precision boat control equals the ultimate reaction strike. Author Tony Roach keeps his minnows well-oxygenated and accessible in the roomy and whisper quiet, 6-gallon Frabill Aqua-Life® Bait Station. Photo courtesy of www.frabill.com Summer 2011 | HOOKED | 33
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