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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Why or where would you use one of the above (Small Gilders vs. Small Twitch Baits vs. Small Hair) for the opener. My quest this year is to find out the WHY for bait selection. I dont want to have 10000000 baits (like Jonesi or Tomyv) I just have a quest to learn why to use what type of bait where. |
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Location: Racine, Wi | I like to twitch slammrs in wood, and along rock or weed shorlines. They are very bouyant, and you can rip them hard to get real erratic moves from them. Usually in 1-5 feet of water. I throw gliders in say 4-9 feet when the weeds are a little lower (reef hawgs), or over rocks. I would chuck a wabull or an undertaker over the rocks and higher weeds, as well as darting them in and out of wood cover. I throw hair when I can't get fish on the other 2. I think I have ADD, and need to be twitching something around. |
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| Slammage, I usually only use small/medium twitch baits when I'm targeting specific, (usually small and isolated patches of cabbage or wood or rock) where I don't have to cover a vast area or a larger spot. Gliders and hair I'll use in larger areas with longer casts, where the fish might be utilizing many different areas of a weed edge or break. Gliders for the edges. spinners for working directly over the tops to draw fish out.
I don't understand your logic....now that's a first....about having lots of lures. YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY LURES!......or rods for that matter.
And I wonder why I fish alone alot  No room for anybody else.
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Slamr, Pewaukee has small bait: Bluegills, perch, crappies, ect. and the smaller baits as you listed just work very well for the first month of the season, heck most of the season.
I think the muskies just get used to a certain size, the baits that match that size produce better than the larger baits.
Match the hatch or bait fish works for me on most lakes I have not fished. First you find the size bait they are feedding on, match the size and find the color. If you fish a lot of different lakes you will need a lot of different lures to produce larger numbers of fish.
You can have a few good all purpose lures and catch a few fish everywhere but to score high numbers you need multiple baits.
Okauchee and Oconomoc are a larger bait lake due to the larger bait fish size. I use larger baits on these lakes with good results. Ciscos are not in Pewaukee so we have to match the stunted panfish we have. Smaller baits also tend to out produce larger baits on most lakes, they just do.
Big fish are caught on small baits but little fish are also caught on large baits.
Catch the sickness, buck up $$$$$.
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | I nearly always opt for a small twitchbait. I don't throw a whole lot of glide baits because I feel they are a low percentage bait. I compare them to a Jackpot, a lot of blow ups but not nearly as many hookups. A glide bait, I feel, lends itself to the same results only they are underwater where you can't as readily see them. I can get an erratic action twitching a 6" grandma but the bait stays more straight line so a fish can tee-off on it better.
That being said I will probably start my season off throwing a baby Jerko, only because I will have someone else twitchin'. |
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Location: Illinois-Indiana | I would have to say that the most versatile bait you can throw would be a small twitch bait. You can work them straight, crank and pause them or the most effective way, twitching.
This bait can be used all season long and produce fish for you.
When I have clients in the boat that can't work a jerk bait, they get a small crank that they can throw all day and still get results. A small jointed crank can be great for this application, a little effort and a whole lot of action.
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Small Gilders vs. Small Twitch Baits vs. Small Hair