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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | I still like the old 7-inch Slammer twitch bait.
Bill from Slammer made up about 75 of these old twitch baits this past winter.
I still have not found a twitch bait that can do what this oldie but goodie can do.
What is you go-to twitch bait?
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Posts: 440
| Shallow Invader. |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | The MuskieTreats in the BUBba color. This thing will not only walk-the-dog, it carries it's own pooper scooper. I'd have to say the Wabull runs a close second, I just have not had the opportunity to throw it as much. m |
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Posts: 1996
Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | I really like the 6" grandmas. They have accounted for a bunch of fish in my boat. That being said I am real anxious to try out the DD. With a near neutral bouyancy, if it shimmies anything like its deep running brother that thing will be nuts. |
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| 9" Big Game Twitch Bait and 7" Slammer Drop Belly Glider
Steve |
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Location: IL | Hi-Fin Trophyminnow around rocks, and Grandma's in the weedbeds. Looking forward to trying the BigGame minnowbaits asap. The Grandma's lips dont hold up well around rocks. I've yet to break a Trophyminnow. |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | 9 inch Grandma and Shallow Invaders |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Hands down a Talonz Little Claw ..... sweetest twitcher I have thrown in a while |
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Posts: 459
Location: New Baden IL | Silver Tiger Shallow Invader with about 1/4 oz of solder wrapped on the front hook
Rod LaCaze |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | I too have a 7" Slammer I go to. Walleye pattern. That's one of my "if they dont bite this, they are'nt biting" baits. I have a bunch of 6-7" original Grandmas that I use as well....those suckers rattled really well.
Edited by Gander Mt Guide 4/7/2004 2:45 PM
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Posts: 1294
Location: Stevens Point, Wi. | When times are tough- a modified #14 suspending Rapala, black@silver. |
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Posts: 654
Location: MPLS, MN | 7 1/2" Grandma. From opener through fall it is my favorite bait, crank - twitch and troll |
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Posts: 724
Location: Southern W.Va. | Early spring or real clear water conditions: 5" Slammer/ Perch
later in the year or in off colored water: 7" Red Fin great in the creeks around here
works for me
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Location: NeverNever Lake | 9" Grandma- Tenn Shad or Prism |
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Location: Illinois-Indiana | I have to agree Mike, the 7" Slammers are hands down the best twitch bait I have ever used. |
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| 7" TR Twitcher - Walleye color...what's left of the color  |
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Posts: 1936
Location: Eau Claire, WI | 7" Slammers and 5" Big Game surface-twitchers.... |
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Posts: 37
| 207 crane, by far the best twitch bait made. No twitch bait can match the flutter of THE CRANE
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Location: oswego, il | Zalts
zams
tr twitchers
polish perch deep diver
little ernie
this wooden jake looking lure I bought off ebay
Some deep divers have an awesome twitch with the rod tip up and will stay up shallow and get crazy all over the place. The two I mentioned above will do that. |
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Posts: 827
Location: Minneapolis,Minnesota | 7" Slammers and Shallowraiders normally but after throwing the Molly Bait in the tank at the Chicago show I would trade anyone two of those other baits for one Molly!
Great bait Mike keep it up. |
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Posts: 172
| 7.5" grandma is number 1.
storm shallow thunder
husky jerks
STRIKER!
by the looks of it my new DD is going to take it by storm!
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| Weighted-to-suspend 7.5" Grannie. Suckers just sit there, dead in the water, and I can control the depth by how I hold the rod tip while twictching, high or low. Keep 'em up by the surface or get them down 8-10'. |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Hands down a Zalt or a Zam- floating-suspending-sinking. Can't wait to try the new 10" Zam.
" The Zalt dances like a stripper in need of cash" ToddM.
Al
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Location: Racine WI |
Another question on which consensus will never be reached.
Just to get philosophical for a minute:
1)"It's all in the wrist." The skill and technique of the user seems to be the major factor in twitching. Some guys could raise fish with a 6" length of tree branch with hooks lashed to it, and others -- like me -- couldn't twitch up a starving 'ski with a battery-driven oscillator in the lure body. That said, some baits are a better match for individual twitch styles, angler height, weight, wrist strength, rod stiffness and length [not Your rod, your Rod] etc.
2) Preference is based somewhat on random accident. Early success anoints a bait. We use more often and more confidently what we've had success with before. and therefore continue to have success, increasing time and confidence yet again. |
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Location: Wishin I Was Fishin' | TR twitcher what else!
I also like to twitch the DDD |
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Location: Wauwatosa, WI | my manta after a little walk the dog,
bob |
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Location: Holly, MI | The old baby shallow raider that came in the metallic finishes was a very different lure than the new baby shallow raiders. They changed somthing including the finish because it peeled off. I have one in chrome/blue back and one in copper that looks like chrome.
If you have one of these oldies lying around in the back of the garage dust it off and give it a few twithches. You will see a very different lure than the new ones, they jump around and with the flat sides have more side roll and flash than most. Great Twitcher!
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| I'll go with a Crane 206. Great twitching action with little effort allows me to keep it "in the zone". |
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Location: St. Cloud, MN | TR Twitcher
8" Believer
Hey Ranger how did you weight the Granny by lead or liquid filling? If by
lead how much this sounds awesome I need to try it.
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Location: Oconomowoc, WI | 206 Crane
207 Crane
Super ShadRap |
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| By far the 8" Jake, its a whole different animal! |
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Location: Tomahawk, Wisconsin | Baby shallow raider or baby depth raider, although AC Shiners, Bagley Top Guns, TR Twitchers, etc....... just like potato chips can't have just one!!!!!!!!! |
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| USED to be the Grandma's or ShallowRaiders, but now that I got my hands on some Molly's, I don't think the others will ever see the water again. The little Molly has accounted for the only 2 fish in the boat so far this year already. It is beautiful and deadly!!! |
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| 206 or 207 cranes |
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Posts: 378
Location: Michigan | Lip Rippers - 6 & 10"
TR Twitchers 6 & 8"
Grandmas - 7.5 & 9"
I love twitching... I have trouble doing anything else. |
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Location: Appleton, WI | I managed to get my dirty mitts on some Molly Baits also. Can't wait to get some them roughed up from some canines. The design, paint jobs, and hardware look pretty sweet. Need to just add water and some hungry muskies and I think it will finish-up the recipe. Definitely looks like a twitchbait that will find its time on the end of the fishing pole throughout the year. What I really like about it is that it's solid plastic and I won't have to worry about taking in water.
I also like throwing TR Twitchers and the good ole Crane. I've been lucky enough to get a hold of the Talonz Little Craw also. It has an action quite unlike any other twithbait that I've thrown. It's roll is very pronounced and its rise isn't as fast as other traditional twitchbaits.
catch ya later,
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Location: Florence, Wisconsin | Either a baby shallow raider or a super shad rap, both are great!
Bo Queen |
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Location: Michigan | I should add Talonz Little Claws too. I picked up 3 or 4 of the floaters and the slow sinkers over the winter. Just used them this last weekend for the first time where I twitched up an 18" bass. This is a great little bait. I especially like the slow sinker and you can work it real slow and still get it to roll. Great paint jobs as well.
You can order them direct from Mike at http://www.fishall-lures.com/index.html
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Location: Greenfield, WI | The 10 year old "retro" style 7" Slammers are hard to beat, but the new 6" Slammers especially in the show custom colors are great as well! As with any baits, the custom colors aren't anymore effective than the standard colors. When you like a bait color you tend to throw it more. You tend to pay more attention to it when you are using it. Both of these situations tend to translate into more action and more hook ups. |
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Whats your go-to twitch bait?