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| Will be fishing a lot of typical northern WI flowage type stained water in the future. What color bucktail blades have been hot on this type of water? Copper, brass, specific hot colors........? If you really outfished others on a specific bucktail on the stained water, what were you tossing? What do you feel are the "must have" bucktails for the flowages???? Thanks in advance for your thoughts and advice. Happy hunting....TC |
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| Black & orange is always a must have, and goes most of the time for me. Marabou type! |
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Posts: 1996
Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | One color blade that is an absolute must have on stained water is hot pink! Tail behind it is not as important in my mind, most of the time black but a hot pink glows in stained water. |
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Posts: 66
Location: Wales Wi. | Todd I fish the Chip alot and I have found over the years that besides color its more important to slow down..when you think your going slow enough,slow down more! . the strike zone is much smaller and the bucktails that work the best at slow speeds are the one with big colorado blades or the big fluted ones..most floresents seem to work along with copper. Howie |
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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Two thoughts here....
#1 Color....Orange, and Hot-Pink (blades or hair doesn't really matter) Personally I think pink is better than orange and green is better than chartreause but that's just me...throw what works for you.
#2 Big Girls like to "slow" dance....(memorize the previous reply) |
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Location: oswego, il | It's odd, I do not do well with orange on flowage water. I really do well with chartruse and copper blades. They have been way better than orange for me. Gold trailers work really well also. |
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Location: Monroe WI | If you ever get to hear Mr. Worrall's underwater sounds you will understand that color is only four the fisherman. First look at the shape and size of the blade. The fish will hear it long before he will ever see it. You will also want to slow down to give fish time to find it. And last thing always do a figure 8 in dark water at least 1 turn. Good luck Wood |
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Location: Eau Claire,WI | I like the flame blade,(orange and chartruse) the best. If you are fishing the Chip,better have on a
green colored blade on one pole at all times. One other thing,if you have confidence in a color,USE it!
I have caught muskies in dirty water on darn near every color blade that I have tried.Don't be
scared to try something different ,mix it up.I think the style of blade is important too.I like fluted
the best,(personal preferance),and Colorado's are also good. |
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Posts: 2091
Location: Stevens Point, WI | I fish a lot of dark water and have had good success the past few seasons with chartreuse blades with a purple rubber skirt and a large chartreuse twin rubber tail. |
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| Copper Colorados seem to me my first blade I'm throwing to start the day alternating with "hot" colorado colors. Remember to really fish methodical. Stained water is not run and gun territory. Really overwork each spot to death. If your lake is pounded all day then you must find the deeper weeds that most people are bypassing. Most guys are working the shoreline weeds and not working off them a little deeper. I can fish right behind them only off a little farther from shore and find action when they just went thru and had none.
Hint - nothing beats Rizzo whiz or imitations of them from opening thru middle of June.
Buddy |
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Location: Seymour, WI | Last year I noticed a big difference using firetiger bucktails in dark water and working them very slow.
Grass, |
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| If you're doing the Chip, we asked this question of Joe Jasek, one of the guides on the Chip that knows. He produced 2 of his Joe's Bucktails for us. One a firetiger blade (colorado) with black/red hair. The other a hammered copper blade (colorado) with squirrel (color) hair. His bucks work very well there (and other stained waters) and are skinnier than most bucks (less hair).
I've had several experts on the Chip say skinny bucks are best there. Green blades are almost always mentioned as well. I know others that love maribou and the Mepp's boo in white with nickle blade is also a good choice. |
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Posts: 149
| I wholeheartedly agree with Todd M and Buddy Solberg. Copper is my #1 stained water blade color year in and year out and the first color I toss when on a stained lake. I actually prefer the blaze orange and chartreuse blades in clear waters believe it or not. |
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Location: Blaine, MN 55449 | From a MN perspective try using willow leaf blades and try using kelly green blades if you can find them. Everyone uses CO, IN, and french blades. Try a white trailer! Bucktail Ben! |
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| Here it comes....
Copper!
My top dark water inlines (in no particular order, I throw them all w/ confidence):
Tinseltail - Copper/Copper
Tinseltail - Tricolor (red/yellow/black)/bronze
Bootail - Green/Black
Mepps or Blackburn french blades in nickel/black
White twister is mandatory on all of these baits.
I don't know if it matters or not but I've thrown hair less in the last two years and throw tinsel or boo more - my inline catch rate has gone up. It could be a self fulfilling prophecy. I'll never stop throwing hair but right now the confidence is with other materials and I'll go to hair when the others aren't working.
Jono
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Posts: 2061
Location: Belgium | black hair/chartreuse blade. Even in brown water that looked more like hot chocolat milk than actual water. |
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Posts: 1769
Location: Algonquin, ILL | Another vote for a copper blade especially if the water has the color of a strong tea (Tannic),
Hammered Silver blade works good also seems to have some extra flash, I have used hot pink with a white tail and had some success
Edited by JohnMD 3/24/2004 3:39 PM
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Posts: 1938
Location: Black Creek, WI | Coffee stained water sees me reaching for a Copper blade if the sun is shining and an orange or chartruese blade if it is cloudy. In sunny and windy situations I like to use a hammered copper colorado or indiana with the smooth underside painted blaze orange..... or a GLOW blade if it is REALLY windy.
You can't beat FredJ's copper/copper Tinsel Tail for any Tannic Water situation. My personal favorite. Now, if I could only get my hands on a Copper Mepps Marabou.... Freddies baits might have some serious competition.
jlong
Edited by jlong 3/24/2004 4:40 PM
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| Jason, Dorazio makes a copper colorado boo tail...
Jono
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