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Posted by: Ancient_Angler
Posted on: Oct 14th, 2011 at 9:50pm
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Great lure for lots of species. But since it's a secret, I won't name it or show a picture.
Posted by: solotripper
Posted on: Sep 14th, 2011 at 6:04pm
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I have had great success using Blakemore Road Runners in 1/4----3/8 oz.
For Waldos the Red Head with White Twister tail has been the ticket. In a river/current cast the 3/8 oz across a hole and let it drop in. Your doing it right when you can feel it clickty/clacking along the bottom.
  For Smallies its the Yellow/White jig head, Yellow/White tail.
When all else fails a nice slow retrieve so you can feel it clattering on the bottom seems to get them when other lures won't.
I rig mine completely weedless but either way the slow presentation with that spinner blade throb seems to attract them.
I see they offer them in salt water sizes.
I bet they would do well on Lakers in warmer weather with a heavier jig head?
For the money, you can't beat them.
Posted by: mastertangler
Posted on: Sep 14th, 2011 at 5:44pm
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BTW no more pictures please........this is a "secret lure" after all.  Lips Sealed
Posted by: Preacher
Posted on: Sep 14th, 2011 at 5:16pm
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Great story & perfect example of why we try different things until we hit fish.
Posted by: mastertangler
Posted on: Sep 14th, 2011 at 2:20pm
That's the color and I bet it would work but I was using the marabou instead of the plastic. The white one didn't do so well.

It was calm and I was able to just ease along in about 8' of water with my rod in the rod holder stuck out near the weed edge which I could see. I think I had 6 lb test. I was surprised at how nice the fish were. They were decent sized ones that you expect to catch just before dark not at 2 in the afternoon on a bright, sunny, calm day.

If it would of been rougher the 1/8 ounce would of been tough to keep down and a 1/4 oz would of been a better choice. It is also highly snag resistant with the single hook which rides up. I had 2 and lost them both to pike later that day but heck at $1.39 (?) they are cheap enough.

One last thought........A good lure IMO to give to a beginner "fisherperson" (I'm tryin hard to be PC  Wink ). Easy to fish, will catch just about anything and with the single hook is very forgiving both to operator error (giving a fish slack on the fight) and to ease of release without having to deal with a bunch of treble hooks and a floppin fish.
Posted by: Mk631
Posted on: Sep 14th, 2011 at 12:58pm
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This guy?
Posted by: mastertangler
Posted on: Sep 14th, 2011 at 12:51pm
While in Isle Royale we hit a lake that had walleye. Our guys went out bright and early eager to lay in a fish fry of wally filets. I stayed in camp to tend my gear and get it dry after 5 days of rain......finally a bright sunny day.

About noon they came back skunked.......... So having dried everything out off I went and put a deep taildancer down in the calm sunny conditions. Nothing!

OK, I'll try the pockets in the cabbage weeds. After all, there is always more than one way to skin a cat right? Still nuthin......

Alrighty then, maybe I can catch some nice sized perch. After all those are good to eat. I put on a 1/8 ounce lime green roadrunner and started paddling real slow like along the weed edge. I was back at camp an hour later with 4 3lb walleyes...........1 for each of us. What a feast!

Of course I never let the cat out of the bag that I just stumbled on them while perch fishing  Wink. Anyway, it seemed to be the trick and I will always have a few with me from now on.   
 
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