Pro Tips Weekly: Chad Grigsby

Take plenty of rods, reels along

In spring, it’s always a good idea to plan on covering water and throwing a lot of different lures until you find the two or three baits that work better than others. I keep about 10 rigs on my front deck – with as many different baits that make sense for the weather and water conditions that I’ve got in front of me. In most lakes, fish aren’t really settled into one pattern yet so you’ve got to figure on giving them a big menu and making a lot of casts. If you try your favorite one or two baits and don’t catch anything, it might not be because the fish aren’t there, but because they want something else. I might start out at the mouth of a cove or feeder creek with one lure, change up six or seven times and wind up in the backend throwing something completely different. That’s spring fishing.

—- Goodwill Pro Chad Grigsby, Maple Grove, Minnesota