 GREG
HACKNEY ON BASSING
Wanted – Big Bass Only
EDITOR’S NOTE: Winning $65,000 and the title
that went with it, Angler-of-the-Year on the Forest
L. Woods (FLW) tour, prove that Greg Hackney knows how
to catch bass. One of the newest members of the Strike
King Pro Staff, Hackney from Gonzalez, Louisiana, has
been fishing professional tournament circuits for 5
years. However, he’s been competing in bass-fishing
tournaments since he was only 11-years old. Hackney
is the number-two pro in the nation according to  www.bassfan.com.
This week he’ll tell us how to catch bass during
March.
QUESTION: What do you think about Strike King’s
new swim bait called the King Kong?
HACKNEY: I’ve experimented with swim baits this
past year, and I’m really excited about the King
Kong. This bait catches giant bass. This year on the
Elite BASS Tour in the first five tournaments, the winning
angler may have to produce 100 pounds of bass to win,
because all these first five lakes are big-bass lakes.
 The
series starts off at Lake Amistad on the Texas-Mexico
border. That lake has a lot of big bass in it, and I
think Strike King’s new King Kong swim bait is
going to be deadly-effective there. But, I think that
the King Kong is going to be a key bait on lakes where
you have plenty of big bass. This is not to say that
the lure won’t catch smaller bass because it will.
I think that the King Kong bait is primarily made for
big-bass fishing. You may not get a lot of strikes on
it, but I feel like most  of
the fish that strike this lure will be monster bass.
This lure is more of a largemouth bass bait than it
is a spotted bass bait due to the fact that largemouth
bass grow bigger than smallmouth bass or spotted bass.
I think the King Kong is also a situation bait. When
you’re in a situation on a lake or fishing a spot
that you think should hold large bass, I think you should
try Strike King’s King Kong swim bait. I know
that swim baits have been most-effective on big lakes
on the West Coast and the extreme Southwest. For some
reason, swim baits haven’t seemed to migrate to
the East as fast as other West Coast baits have. You
can bet that when I’m fishing in the South, especially
in lakes that have a reputation for producing big bass,
I’m going to be fishing the King Kong swim bait.
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