The Big Dirty bucktail
JakeStCroixSkis
Posted 3/8/2015 9:05 PM (#758279)
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Location: St. Lawrence River
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrrWAbgiSeI

Perhaps not new, but new to me. Ive never seen these until now. Anyone use them? I really like the idea. Gonna have to get one.
jvlast15
Posted 3/9/2015 4:24 PM (#758451 - in reply to #758279)
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Apparently this guy stumbled onto everyone's kept secret!
ToddM
Posted 3/9/2015 4:43 PM (#758458 - in reply to #758279)
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Location: oswego, il
This is a pretty cool outside the box bucktail. The one interesting thing is your hook limitation compared to a standard double ten. Having said that no doubt they have chomp written all over them.
buckner
Posted 3/9/2015 5:01 PM (#758463 - in reply to #758279)
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Is there a a hook in the center like a cowgirl or just one on the end?
burningdubs
Posted 3/9/2015 5:20 PM (#758468 - in reply to #758463)
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there is one in the center as well.
Simple Man
Posted 3/10/2015 9:21 AM (#758582 - in reply to #758451)
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jvlast15 - 3/9/2015 4:24 PM Apparently this guy stumbled onto everyone's kept secret!

 Who is "everyone"?  Just curious because I had never seen this before and thought it was pretty cool.  Maybe the idea has been around a long time and I just never heard of it...? 

muskyroller
Posted 3/10/2015 10:13 AM (#758601 - in reply to #758279)
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Location: North St. Paul, MN
I kind of thought the same thing, Simple Man. First time seeing this. Went to their site, started to put together a double 8, went to check out, and WHOAAA....$38 for a double 8 bucktail. That included shipping costs. I'll wait a couple years for when they start showing up on the BST board.

That's a lot of cheese for a bucktail!

Edit: fair enough regarding Canadian prices...
dami0101
Posted 3/10/2015 10:14 AM (#758602 - in reply to #758279)
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Location: Minneapolis, MN
to be fair, the prices are in Canadian...
Imobley
Posted 3/10/2015 10:20 AM (#758605 - in reply to #758279)
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cool idea! I almost feel bad that I'm going to put mine own together for free and try it before buying any.
bigbite
Posted 3/10/2015 10:57 AM (#758616 - in reply to #758279)
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Location: Pewaukee, WI
Yup, not a new thing at all, but with all the interest in them I thought I'd put together a few myself. I had done this before a long time ago.


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FAT-SKI
Posted 3/10/2015 11:37 AM (#758626 - in reply to #758616)
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished
Do the guys that use them see any difference between reg tails and these?

So if you are in a "bucktail situation" would you grab one of these first, or a regular one first?

last question, for the guys who have used em. do you see a difference on pressured waters. Fish eating these more willingly?
bigbite
Posted 3/10/2015 12:27 PM (#758638 - in reply to #758626)
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Location: Pewaukee, WI
From my experience I didn't honestly see that much difference. There were a few times when the "Spoontails" worked when the regular bucktails didn't. I don't know if it was by chance or by design, but I did catch a few Pike on them when the fish weren't hitting anything else.
esox69
Posted 3/10/2015 4:45 PM (#758709 - in reply to #758638)
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Anyone have information on just the spoon- Where can I get them? And is the spoon split-ringed or swiveled to the front?
Thanks...
ARmuskyaddict
Posted 3/10/2015 5:15 PM (#758718 - in reply to #758279)
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The spoon is split ringed to a swivel, which is shrink wrapped to the main body with enough room to allow the spoon to freely spin. After seeing them online this fall, I got one at Cave Run from Tony grant. I would not try to use them over anything but deep weeds and rocks. The spoon gets erratic and picks up a lot of weeds.

Edit: The front hook is also shrink wrapped on. I assume to act like a keel weight to allow more action out of the spoon.
CU301DSV
Posted 3/11/2015 6:34 PM (#758985 - in reply to #758279)
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Location: Canada
The Northmen boys will be on cave run? Next week.
DH.Pare
Posted 3/11/2015 8:16 PM (#759002 - in reply to #758985)
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Location: Montreal, Que. Canada
What worries me is that fish don't always hit the mark with the hook fixed in place and this one has the tail hook dancing around ...