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| Picked up a couple of these baits over the winter and was wondering what is the proper technique to use them? Short taps? Hard Jerks?
can anyone help me out here?
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Great lure, versatile, too. Slow taps let her slide and glide, hard taps make her dance. There really insn't a 'wrong' way, the lure does what's needed no matter the retrieve style. |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Quick taps with a little slack in your line will really get these lures to dance. Spend some time with these lures, and they will become one of your go to baits.
You don't want to pull it, but snap it. The erratic motion along with the squirlly tail really get the fish going.
I use them a lot, and catch a ton of fish on them. Learn how to really work it, and it will be one of the hottest baits in your box. Slack line, and quick snaps. |
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| The Squirko seems to run quite a bit higher in the water column than the Jerko. You can really get them to dance with hard snaps of your rod but with slack in the line. If you hit them hard with out slack in the line, the bait blows out. Keep that in mind though when you have a fish following close behind because the blow out will trigger most of them to explode on it!! Remeber, constant side to side can hypnotize them, but getting erratic in between triggers more strikes! It can be a little more difficult to learn than other gliders, but once you do get the cadence down for that bait, I promise you will love it. It catches fish, period!!
Chad |
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| First cabbage patch i used it had a miss on a muskie, caught an eight pound northern, and also caught a 47" muskie. Found out pretty hard jerk then reel in slack slow and repeat. I need another though tail was destroyed and can't get replacement tail to work right. |
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| My favorite fall lure! Add a split ring to the front. then two sharp taps... a medium pull three shap taps, pause KABOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT'S UGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One more tip don't be afraid to do a extra LONG pause next to the boat and let it slowly sink.....
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Location: Wishin I Was Fishin' | The biggest thing I have noticed that you have to practice is to start working the bait as soon as it hits the water. If you wait at all it will sink even a little and you won't get it to walk back to the boat.
As mentioned above, make sure you give it a pause at the end of the glide, then just before it starts sinking hit again and make it go the other way.
I have 6 fish in the boat on one particular Squirko this year already and after next week it should be many more. |
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| some hard downward jerks immediately as it hits the water (the first pull right before it smacks the water) and you can get it to dive down pretty deep- then work it with more finesse once it gets into the right part of the water column... windy days on fast drifts, I prefer hard and fast retrievals all the way back to the boat - have had some great success with the squirko - it definitely triggers strikes- one of my go-to lures
Edited by 55starfire 8/4/2005 8:30 AM
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Location: north central wisconsin | I definately feel pulls should be used at least a couple times throughout the retreive(though not long ones like used with suick types). Too many big fish eat that thing just after the pull in my sequence of tap tap tap long pull(sometimes making it roll over at the end, sometimes making it dive down and to the side)pause tap pause. The pulls when working a Jerko or Squirko are something that are neccessary for me to keep the lure down when I want to. The jerko and Squirko also invite pulls moreso than many other gliders, such as undertakers,, and Phantoms(both excellent lures in their own right), and that is why i like them so much. They are erratic(not just side to side lures), and can be worked in a number of ways and in a variety of depth situations. That said, all squirkos(and jerkos for that matter), are not created equal in that each does have slightly different action than the next. I have noticed that certain squirkos really respond to pulls and harder taps, where some will sh!t out unless lighter taps are employed. Fun to experiment with each new one, learn its nuance, and remember it for use at the proper time/location.
Edited by Reef Hawg 8/4/2005 4:28 PM
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| Wow Cool to see all the different ways people work Squirkos
The way I generally work them is with medium to hard slack line hits. Having lack line before and after the tap/hit is crucial to the glide. I will hit it as hard as I can without blowing the bait out the water the lure will run about 1’-3’ this way. .I will also spaz the lure 1-2 times during the retrieve. Using hard fast hits with a kick out and pause before starting the glide again. This is when they seem to Eat it!!
Now while up on LOW I started thinking about when we fished with Doug Johnson and how he was fishing his baits. Basically a straight retrieve and some pumps on the rod (if it moves its food)
I put this into play with the Squirko. I Start he retrieve with several straight pulls and then a couple of glides. Well it took a whole 3 casts for this to (trigger) a nice Muskie who didn’t want to meet us and won!!
So I guess the lesson is to experiment with retrieves so you have several ways to fish it depending on the structure and the Fishies mood..
Here are a couple tips/ mods
when glueing new tails on make sure the seams on the grub line up with the seams on the Lure. and we always glue the tail curl up. It is also importiant to make sure the tail is cut straight before glueing on.
Some people put a 5/0 hook on the rear hanger.
If your squirko has trouble gliding check the tail alighment, and if the tail was cut straight. this is uasaly the problem.
You can add weight if you want to run deeper or quicker. Just drill a hole and add about 1/8 to 1/4 oz just behind the front hook. The lure is a solid plastic and it wont leak.
leader I uasally use a leader without a swivell and snap. i attach the leader to a split ring on the line tie. I dont like the way the swivell quickly sinks when working the lure. the tap has to pick up the swivell before the lure moves. this decreases action and controll.
Hope this helps
Tanks for all the comments
Keith
Llungen Lures
847-302-7558
[email protected]
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Lungen Squirko