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| I have never really thrown Suicks much would like to start to. I'm wondering what the action differences are? When do you use each one? Which one do you guys or girls like best? thanks |
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| I like the 9" weighted, I rip it really hard as soon as it hits the water and come to a dead stop and rip it one more time, I have caught a few fish doing this, other wise mostly following fish. in the spring I like the 7", these really shine in tough conditions, put heavy hooks on the small ones, they have a better action.
Ben
Edited by MuskyFix 12/10/2008 6:59 PM
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| 10" weighted for me. I "T" the hooks and add a little clear fingernail polish on the nose to add durability, then I tend to work with the tail a little bit bending-wise to get her to walk the dog while also doing the chop then rise action. I make pretty sharp pulls about 2-3 feet long and she'll hang at about 4-6 feet, then pull again with the length of pause depending upon how aggressively I want to fish. If she's going too deep, shorter pulls, too shallow= longer pulls. Long pulls of 4-5 feet are also good, coupled with long pause, for when the action is slower. Sometimes it's good to let her rise until she's just about to break the surface, then jerk her again and let her kick the surface a little, very sexy. If you bend the little round tips of the tail down 45degrees then she'll often shake her cake a little on the long pull.
You can probably tell that I dig the Suick quite a bit, caught my first ever on a 7" gold perch from shore at age 12 and I still put a lot of fish in the net with them, always have one on. Another tip, it's fun to buy the blanks and paint your own, cheaper too.
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Location: Land of the Musky | 9" or 10" weighted. Jerk and let it sit for 5 seconds to 2-3 minutes then rip it again. I get almost all my hits on the jerk right after the pause or the fish is already on it during the pause soemtimes. Fun fun fun lure to have and you can bend that tail so many ways to get different actions out of it. IMO the Suick is one of the best lures out there. Qualit, good price and durability (plus they catch fish!). It is one of the few lures out right now that have almost everything going for it IMO. I have over 20 myself and just started buying the big 12" models. I do not know the Suick family but have called a few times and they are some of the nicest people you will talk with.
JMO
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Location: Not where I wanna be! | 10 inch weighted for me!!
just about any color,
might be one of the best baits ever!!!! |
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Location: Sun Prairie, WI | Hands down my favorite lure. I like the 9" or 10" weighted. I'll be picking up a 12" weighted this winter too. |
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Posts: 1996
Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | Wow, lots of weighted answers on here. For the sake of diversity my favorite suick is the 10" UNweighted. One of the best weed baits out there. The big head and body on these things protect the hooks on the dive and their buoyancy allows for a quick rise when weeds are contacted. One of my go to baits when fishing slop. |
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| I'm with Norm. It's taken me three years and my PB to finally get that bait into a starting rotation on our Canadian adventures. It's versatility and snag-free abilities are exceptional for a bait with three treble hooks. |
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | How deep can an unweighted version run?
How deep can a weighted version run?
What is the best angle for the rear lip to dive the deepest? |
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Posts: 1971
| my favorite Suick......Is a 9" Bobbie Bait  |
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Location: SW MI | I'm using both weighted and non weighted in 9". I figure why limit myself to only the top 4' of the water column when I can throw on a weighted model and get down 4 more feet. I think I might try a 10" Suick this year though, I don't know if I'm ready for the 12 yet. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | IAJustin - 12/11/2008 11:07 AM
my favorite Suick......Is a 9" Bobbie Bait :)
yup |
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| The only suick I throw is a homemade unweighted 10"...... great action for anytime I need to work the top couple feet in the water column. For deeper dive-rise I like the Hawg Teaser by Hawg Seekers Tackle |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | jonnysled - 12/11/2008 1:33 PM
IAJustin - 12/11/2008 11:07 AM
my favorite Suick......Is a 9" Bobbie Bait :)
yup
LOL. Bobbies are for guys who can't or don't know how to throw Suicks. LOL |
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| While I've yet to get a musky on a suick, they are sweet lures. Hard to argue with that kind of history! When we fished Pelican a few years back with Roger Sabota, I was amazed to see him fish right through the slop with one. Amazing! One tip he offered up was to give the back blade a little angle bend. If you're not getting the action you want, try giving just one corner of the blade a bend. It will help the lure to kick to one side on the pull. I first bought an unweighted 9", but found it difficult to fish due to it riding high (in my opinion). I didn't feel like buying another, so I decided to take matters in to my own hands. Turns out a 45 cal, 235 grain, FMJ slug works out to just over 0.5 ounces. Drill a hole just south of the first hook, squeeze some epoxy in to it and press the slug in. Probably not as good as the factory models, but good enough for me (so far). |
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Location: Sun Prairie, WI | Last Cast - 12/11/2008 5:47 PM
I decided to take matters in to my own hands. Turns out a 45 cal, 235 grain, FMJ slug works out to just over 0.5 ounces. Drill a hole just south of the first hook, squeeze some epoxy in to it and press the slug in. Probably not as good as the factory models, but good enough for me (so far).
I think that's part of the beauty of the Suick...with it being wood, you can really tune them to your liking. I did sort of the same thing with a 10" unweighted. I bored out some wood, melted in some solder, filled the gap with wood putty, then sealed with epoxy. I purposely weighted it slightly to one side to give it a very erratic action. Let your imagination run wild with these good ol' wooden baits! |
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Location: West Bend, WI | If I had one lure to throw the rest of my life this would be it. Great all year, but really excels in late summer/fall. I use all kinds of colors and sizes. You can catch almost anything on them. In five minutes, my brother and I had a musky and a nice walleye in the boat, both on suicks. Next year I am going to throw the 12 incher. Can't wait! |
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| Suicks are my go to bait, I always have one rigged I have had a ton of luck on them I recently stepped up to a 9" and love it! I think santa is bringing me a orange with black spots 9" weighted so I can't wait. when you get them tuned just right so they have that beautiful little "death wobble" and throw it near some wood, I can almost gurantee you that you will atleast get a swirl behind your lure. People I fish with in pa joke about me thowing a 2X4 with hooks but they walk away converted after using it just once. Can't say enough good things about this lure ever!
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