Tight Lines

Every lure carries the developer's DNA, and to crack its code you gotta spend some quality time with it. Yesterday after work, I decided to dedicate a session to a crankbait that just recently landed in my hands - the TRIDENT VA Danger SR 130SP VA112. It was brand new, never seen water before. First thing I did was check out its action right at my feet - all kinds of twitching animations, steady retrieve, stop & go, diving, side-to-side action, rolling... you name it - and picked the most enticing retrieve for it. Spent about 30 minutes on that. After that, wading out as far as my waders allowed, I started working this crankbait along the first drop-off with some grass cover. The lure was diving to about 1.5-1.8 meters on an aggressive twitch, which was pretty much the max depth for that area. But it wasn't touching bottom. And despite a strong chop and a nasty cross wind on the lake, the lure was casting like a dream and I could get some solid distance. First pike hit after two hours of fishing. This one was around 1kg. But as I was reeling her in and about to grab her, she went full backflip and spit the lure. Frustrating, but it told me the presentation was spot-on and tempting, and the pike loved the crankbait. Heading back to where I started, I spotted this really interesting spot I'd never fished before - it was tucked in the weeds. The waders came in handy, and wading into this beautiful, promising spot, I made two casts and got a solid strike on the third one... My Favorite Shard TZ SRDTZ-702MH 2.13m 7-28g rod started doing gymnastics, and the drag was singing some real dramaturgy.😂 What a fight that was... with this pike, she put up a true battle, and the crankbait was pretty much lodged in the spotted jaws. The adrenaline was pumping, couldn't let go - a pike around 2kg was in my hands posing for the camera. After a quick photo session, the pike went back to her realm, and I was left with the emotions and some footage that'll be hitting my YouTube channel DShFishing real soon. Started fishing at 4:30 PM, wrapped up at 8:30 PM. Thirty minutes on testing, so three solid hours to figure out this crankbait and put it to work. Got the rush, caught and released some fish, dialed in the lure, knocked out this report! That's all for today, but there's definitely more coming! Catch you next time! With respect, Dmitro Sharaburin (DShFishing)

Ukraine, Kyiv

15.06.2025

Spinning fishing

Pike

Free