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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | What glide/walk the dog style baits have you had the most success with? There seems to be a decent amount of different brands that make them. What colors seeem to be effective and the durability of certain ones? Thanks |
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Location: Apparently where the Muskie aren't | I consider myself a "beginner" in the world of musky. I'm still looking for my first. But I can say that I really like the phantoms. They are so easy to work and they have great action. You can get them to do really wide glides or short side to side walk. I've caught tons of pike on the 4" ones. The phantoms seem to be very durable ( at least for me). I do best for their with the walleye color or the bright orange one (don't remember the name). TRO also makes some really great customs too. |
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| I like squirkos and dancers, dancers arnt made anymore and hard to come by |
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| are smulty dogs any good ? |
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| Hellhounds and Phantoms |
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| Warlocks and hellhounds for me. Most luck on the warlocks. |
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| hot tail gliders. |
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| I don't throw a lot of gliders but when I do it's a phantom or HH with the occasional Warlock thrown in. |
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Location: Chippewa Falls, WI | im not an expert but I've caught several fish on Hellhounds. With a glider I prefer a bait with more action. A phantom to me is just side to side. I can get a hellhound to go side to side, up and down, and even get them to face backwards. Had a musky that was slowly following a HH last season, hit it three times to make it pop up and the fish got more aggressive, worked it again to make it actually turn and face the fish (going towards the fish) and she ate it. Hellhounds are very easy to work and you can get them to do a lot of different things on the retrieve. TRO has some awesome custom colors... |
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Location: NorthCentral WI | Manta. |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | Hang 10s
Phantom 6" softies and 7.5" regulars (prefer the wood ones, if I can find them - resin don't swing like they used to)
Playmakers
Rove by waterbeast tackle is a sneaky good one that is "stupid proof." Literally turn the reel handle and that thing glides - no Rod tip bouncing needed. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | The 6" softtail phantom has been a monster in my boat for however long it's been around. I actually don't love the 7.5 as it just doesn't dance as wel |
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Location: Scandia MN | Phantoms - I have them all and they all have their quirks good and bad - My PB was caught on one so I have a bias but after throwing them all A LOT I can tell you for me they attract more fish - They've had a few bad runs over the years where they don't work as they should so don't buy a batch from the same outlet as I did and end up with a box full of clunkers - - - - |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | Not sure why I've never thought of this until just now...try a 6" tail on the 7.5" softy? That 7.5" tail is just too big and doesn't allow for the swing the 6" has. Too bad I got rid of all my 7.5" softies before I thought of this.... |
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Location: Shawano, Wi | Musky Buster Super Ap |
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Location: MN | I really like the mini ap by Muskie buster. |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Great responses. It makes me think a little bit what i am trying to accomplish.
What about walk the dog lures, like Vipers, Weagles, Poe's, Doc's, Big Mama's? Any quality issues with any of these? |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | What you have listed are all really good. You're going to get several responses by individuals...mostly about the weight and how fish blow the jackpot out of the water. You're also going to get a few additions, such as Lee's and others. There was a good thread not too long ago on this topic...search that one up and read away! |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | I tried to do a search before i posted that and nothing came up. Maybe I just finger flubbed a letter or two. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | muskyroller - 3/21/2017 11:49 AM
Not sure why I've never thought of this until just now...try a 6" tail on the 7.5" softy? That 7.5" tail is just too big and doesn't allow for the swing the 6" has. Too bad I got rid of all my 7.5" softies before I thought of this....
I don't think the issue is the tail, it's just the design of the body. I actually used to put the 7.5 tails on the 6" baits and that worked great for me. Did it really matter? IDK. But I was doing great and didn't ask questions. I like to work these things pretty violently and there just isn't enough side to side in the bigger one . |
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Location: Contrarian Island | squirrely phantoms...from the year they came out til now have been good with some 10 fish days on the 6"er... I use the 6, 7.5 and 10 and have caught lots of big ones... I use a 6" mogombo on all 3, just alter how much of the 'head' of the mogombo i bite off before attaching
also use squirrely hellhounds with good success |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | Good suggestion on the 6" mogombo. I'll give it a try. |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | Here's one of the WTD threads
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=11... |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | i don't use gliders much. But I like the ones that work easily..
Phantom soft tails, and my favorite the Hellhound/ Hell pup.
WTD : Baby weagle, 8" weagle. Every time. |
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| Warlocks period |
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Location: Maryland | For a squirrelly tail glider I use HotTails,Phantoms and Hellpup
For the ones without a tail I use Dunwright Dancers,Musky Menace and Hellhound. All have a time n place. Gotta let the fish tell u most of the time. But if the fish have lockjaw there is nothing like a hottail in there face. They hit em on the fall alot. |
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Location: oswego, il | There are alot of good gliders out there. I have well over 100 glide baits. The one i really like to throw now is the modivator by muskyfix. In particular the 7.5" model with a tail. Great glide, darts quicker than any drop belly i have seen and a belly roll and wobble. It also runs deeper than other glide baits. It also catches fish the best part. |
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| spring = mini AP and 6" squirrely phantom
Summer = 6" squirrely phantom, warlock, modivator, Perkette
Fall = hellpup and mag warlock |
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