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| What are you guys thougths in the sledge hammer? have one I havent thrown yet seem similiar to a suick seem like a slower lazy bait never had much success with these but also havent fished them a ton.. they look great |
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Location: oswego, il | Very bouyant hollow plastic bait. You might even argue you could use the big one as a sucker bobber. I would consider it a cover water quick jerkbait. I have had best success with very fast sweeps and pauses. People speed troll with them. Worth getting one. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | Mehhhhh
Had some success trolling them on LSC. Did not like the action at all casting |
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| Great cover water bait. Can be Casted or trolled. Can even put the rear hook on the nose and cast it backwards and it makes a great topwater walk the dog bait. |
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Location: Shakopee Minnesota | sweet. gotta try that once i get mine. |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Trolling a floating lipless jerkbait? What am I missing?? Weighted version? Or are you guys trolling the depth hammer? |
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Location: Shakopee Minnesota | yes they can be weighted. the slotted mouth lets them dive. like a squirko.
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Yeah I'm aware, I own one. But lipless jerks come to life with taps of the rod I would think flatline trolling a lipless jerk would have it looking pretty boring. |
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Location: Shakopee Minnesota | oh sorry! haha. im not really sure. i know of lots of people that troll them. not sure of the action. |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Interesting. New to me I guess! I live in the trolling Mecca of the lunge world and never heard of it. But like they say, there is more then one way to skin a cat. |
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Location: Shakopee Minnesota | i know i plan on trying all of these methods. |
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Location: Sw Pennsylvania | The weighted version can be trolled. They have a side to side swing to them. The faster you go the more they sway. I've got a couple fish trolling them don't really use them alot. |
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Location: Lawrenceburg,IN | Good bait to troll on St Clair, stays high in water column. With two guys and four rods I always have a sledge out Also do real good as a bobbing surface bait. |
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| just got my first one cant wait to try never even thought about trolling it but will deg give it a shot |
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Posts: 90
| Great bait, move it fast, really fast and erratic. Some years this bait is an absolute killer |
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| Troll them 60 to 100 ft back. There are years they are out standing trolled and casted. I've had years when a Sledge was a go to bait for me, The faster and more erratic you work it the better it produces. I only use weighted ones with rattles. |
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Location: pittsburgh, pa | They can be worked casting multiple different ways. I prefer the 9inch unweighted. One of my favorite baits casting around home after the spawn and through the summer. I work them extremely fast and if you get the cadence down you can get them to swing back and forth. Take your time to learn how to throw it and get it to swing good. Strikes on sledges are usually within the first 10 feet and alot of the times they hit before i even make the first jerk. The weighted 9inch is good long line trolled and casting for me later in the year cause it has more hang time. |
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