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Secret lure (Read 2749 times)

mastertangler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3111 Location: florida Joined: Feb 1^st, 2010	Secret lure Sep 14^th, 2011 at 12:51pm	Quote Print Post
	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 . Anyway, it seemed to be the trick and I will always have a few with me from now on.
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Mk631 Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1128 Location: Ohio Joined: Sep 30^th, 2004	Re: Secret lure Reply #1 - Sep 14^th, 2011 at 12:58pm	Quote Print Post
	This guy?


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mastertangler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3111 Location: florida Joined: Feb 1^st, 2010	Re: Secret lure Reply #2 - Sep 14^th, 2011 at 2:20pm	Quote Print Post
	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 ). 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.


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Preacher Contributer Subscriber Offline Posts: 1327 Location: COTU Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Secret lure Reply #3 - Sep 14^th, 2011 at 5:16pm	Quote Print Post
	Great story & perfect example of why we try different things until we hit fish.


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mastertangler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3111 Location: florida Joined: Feb 1^st, 2010	Re: Secret lure Reply #4 - Sep 14^th, 2011 at 5:44pm	Quote Print Post
	BTW no more pictures please........this is a "secret lure" after all.


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8126 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Secret lure Reply #5 - Sep 14^th, 2011 at 6:04pm	Quote Print Post
	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.


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Ancient_Angler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 353 Joined: Apr 21^st, 2006	Re: Secret lure Reply #6 - Oct 14^th, 2011 at 9:50pm	Quote Print Post
	Great lure for lots of species. But since it's a secret, I won't name it or show a picture.


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