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Location: Eden Prairie & Pine Island | I'm contemplating making some twitch baits for my own use and possibly for sale. What do you guys/gals look for in a good twitch bait? What sizes do you like to use? I think I prefer square lips to rounded for this application, and I like something fairly bouyant so I can work it over weeds, etc. Any thoughts? |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Cranes are made from BalsaWood....They crank and rise rally nice. |
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| Big Game Twitch baits are best, Jakes and Grandmas also twitch well. Twitching can get muskies moving when nothing else will!  |
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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Favorite twitch baits over the years have been.
Slammer Tackles 5-7 inchers.
6" Slow Tease from Hawgseekers (not twitch bait but you can twitch it)
6" Jakes
Big Game (similar to Crane)
Crane's of course.
10" Jakes
Shallow Invader's
I love good quality wood baits. Quality craftsmanship is an admirable skill. |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Mark has a great list and I use all of them at different times.
The 5 and 7-inch Slammers are some of my best twitch baits in Spring.
Cranes work great and catch fish.
The squared lip Shallow Raider is also a great twitch bait.
The Husky Jerk also can be very good for picky muskies, its the hang time that gets them pissed off. |
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Location: The Yahara Chain | If the weeds are up the Crane bait will be the best. |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | Slammer Cranks come in sizes from 5" to 8" which all work well as twitchers. The last couple of years I have been using some of the smaller (5"-7") deep divers in shallow water situations as well. |
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Location: Eden Prairie & Pine Island | Thanks guys. Looks like Cranes and Slammers are the preferred style. |
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| I make some of my cranks and trolling lures and the square lip will give a harder wobble, round for deep divers. I like the 9 inch Grandma and the Super Shad Rap, but I think my Wallyweasel is going to be killer. The Wallydad is going to be the hottest thing since the Burmek-B1! Be ready for a lot of poor results with your lures. Some that you think will work won't do a thing. Angle of the lip and tow eye placement are the thing to get down. A slight change can make a big difference. Nothing like catching fish on what you make. Good luck, later. |
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Location: Rockland County, New York | Man that sucks. Now I'll have to throw out all my "worthless" lures.
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