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Location: michigan | Im new to glidebait fishing, and wondered if their suppose to suspend or do they slowly sink. Ive been trying to make some, and was not sure if they should sink. The few that I made slowly sink. Will this be a problem. Thanks
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| The conclusive answer is ...it depends. There are both sinking style glide baits and floaters. Both have their fans and detractors. In the past few years I would have to say that the sinking/countdown style has probably been a bit more popular. |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | MuskieFirst has - or at least used to have - video segments of pool demonstrations of glide baits and how they work. Check out the main page. m |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | Wouldn't a floating type glidebait be a topwater? I know there's floating jerkbaits like the Suick but as far as glidebaits go I thought all of them sink slowly? |
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Location: The desert | I'm a fan of the neutrally bouyant ones, just sit nice in the strike zone.
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| I'm a fan of the the slow sinking to neutrally buoyant style of glider.
The reasons......First of all, muskie have eyes that are positioned to look upward. They come at their prey most successfully from underneath, or from a sideways and under angle. Get their attention with a glider that slashes and hovers and you give them a prime opportunity to strike.
Secondly, I catch the majority of the fish that I catch on the "pause and hover". Some times I will move the lure in a short darting motion to simulate a struggle, give it two snaps with 3 second pauses in between to let it glide further, then continue a slow side to side glide with 5 second pauses and have the fish t-bone the lure as it sits still.
Some guys like the darting,dashing, slashing non-stop retrieve, but I'm too old to keep that going all day.....though it also catches fish. I've just done better and have had a better hooking percentage since I started utilizing longer pauses in my retieve.
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| What Beav is saying....just buy a Perka! i did, and i never looked back! |
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Location: Presque Isle Wisconsin | The Beaver's answer said it all really.Pay close attention to the quick jerk and then a pause part of His answer.Thats an absolutely deadly action on those baits.Some gliders do it better than others however.The heavy weighted Nitro By H20 baits is a great one along with the 8"SHughes River Shaker.Havnt thrown a Perka but have heard good things.Most of the Gliders that work well will sink very slowly ,very close to nuetrally bouyant. |
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