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Location: Madtown, WI | I have seen the little jerkos out ther but are there little squirkos out? Has anyone wacked the tail off a little jerko and made one yet? Figured that bait would be great with this cold spring. Just curious if anyone has done it and if it has good action.
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Cory,
I talked to Keith about this at the Chicago Show and he STRONGLY recommended NOT to try making a squirkko version out of the 5.5 incher. Apparently he has tried it and found that they are very sensitive to weighting and balance.... so it is a more difficult "tinkering" project than the larger model was.
Can it be done? Probably.... but I haven't tried it yet myself. Maybe someone else has and will teach us how??? Please? Pretty please? |
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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | You can alway see if you can find one of my Muskie Treats out there. Same principal, only more of a side to side action. I know Bullfrog bought 4 during the Ashton Auction. I've got a small batch of baits going right now, but with the baby coming any day now I may or may not get them done for opener. |
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| Jlong is right on, the size of the bait makes it very sensitive to weight and balance issues. Keith has been working on a little squirko for some time. I have two prototypes that I will be playing with today as a matter of fact. Hopefully Keith at Llungen Lures will get this one dialed in by years end. ( This will be another hot little bait for many multi-species as the the little Jerko / Jerko 5.5 is now. )
Patience is a virtue.
Well it just stopped raining and it's time to go and hit the water.
Tom
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Location: oswego, il | Musky treats glider is awesome. I recommend it highly.
Don't modify the baby jerko as statyed earlier. They are working on a baby squirko and as astated the weighting will be different. It was talking about during a guest chat with the maker himself. |
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| We are working on the baby squirkos now that the regular ones are up and running. We will most likley make the Baby Squirko (Squirkie)a 2 hook Modle with the front hook moved up and the addition of another hook on the bottom in front of the tail. This requires re tooling and could be a wile , we are shooting for beg of july. I will be doing Fox river vallys poolside demo wed may 14th in carpentersville Il and i will have some baby squirkos to demo.
thanks
Keith Eldrup
LLUNGEN.Com |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | That is some awesome news Keith!!! Thanks for the update.
jlong |
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Location: Chicago | Keith,
I also think this is great news as I am a big fan of the Squirko. I live in the Chicago area and was wondering if your poolside demo is open to the public and what time your demo starts? Please let me know.
I would love to attend and get my hands on a demo bait.
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Dave K |
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| Dave
I think it starts at 7:00 And there will be other demos as well should be cool.
check with Fox River Vally Muskie Inc.
Thanks
Keith Eldrup
LLUNGEN.COM |
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Location: Chicago | Thanks Keith. I will check with FRV Muskies web site. |
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Little Squirkos?