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| I think I know what I'm going to hear but I'll ask it anyways. I have two weagles. One is an old weagle and the other is the new mojo weagle. The old weagle has drawn quite a bit of attention this year. The new mojo weagle hasn't had a sniff. Many days I've used them both.
I know the new mojo weagles will draw and catch fish. Anything will really if put it in the right place at the right time. I just can't help but wonder why there is such a big difference in performance. Anybody else noticing this? Anyone else seeing a trend? I do like the new mojo weagles because the finish has held up much better and they are a lot easier to work. Then again it may be the harder to work old weagle is throwing more water etc.
Thoughts or opinions welcome.
Edited by greenduck 9/26/2006 11:15 AM
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I have the Mojo Weagle, and it's been hot as a $2 pistol for me this summer and early fall. The size, weighting, and overall performance is the same as my older Weagles, which I sold before Baldy bought the company. I can't see a single reason other than coincedence ( which gets the most time, and when?) that one would outperform another by builder, but I do believe one bait can 'outperform' another because of wood density, etc and resulting tuning regardless of who built it. |
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Location: The Yahara Chain | I have two "old ones" and one Mojo Weagle. My Mojo has gotten me a lot more action. Two fish in the boat on the Mojo and one lost piggie on it. |
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| I don't see much of a difference in the two, but after using the Weagle (original) for the first time this summer, it is was almost always on my rod before 9am and after 6pm. It gets the attention of the big girls, that is for sure! It has went from grey, to grey with white spots, to grey with white and wood, to now basically a big piece of wood with a few grey and white blotches with a bunch of teeth marks and the fish still love it  Bring back the original! |
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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | No difference in the amount of fish caught on each, but the Mojo works a heck of a lot easier then the old ones I have. The Mojo's are a little more bouyant then the old Nut ones and work WAY better in the waves. On those calm days I upsize the hooks one and they sit in the water a little lower and give a little more splash. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion |
I have 1 older weagle that sits a little lower in the water (because of missing paint?) it's been the "HOT" bait this yr. for sure.
Seven fish over 44" on Vermillion so far.... I also have five newer weagle's that get the muskies to bite, they do work better in windy conditions and move the water just as well as the older one.... but I use the older one twice as much as the Mojo weagle.
Truth be told, if you'r not throwing a weagle you'r not catching as many fish as you should be.
Maybe Mojo should put me on their Pro staff... ha,ha,ha,ha,
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| i've got a number of each.
within my "Nut" Weagles, i've got some that are heavy/low and some that are lighter/higher.
within my "Mojo" Weagles i've got consistency.
i've even got a not-so-little something special Weagle from Mojo that blows them both away...stay tuned!
whatever you've got, use it and you'll catch a bunch of fish. |
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| Top H2O - 9/26/2006 2:46 PM
Truth be told, if you'r not throwing a weagle you'r not catching as many fish as you should be.
Agree %100 |
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Location: Brookfield, WI | In Canada I had a guide that told me he wouldn't throw a Weagle if it was the last bait on Earth. I asked him why and he said because they were all hype and didn't work. I asked if he had ever used one and he said no. I had to laugh, which he did not seem to care for. He and I had some other bait selection issues before the day was over. Not my favorite day of the trip.
I will say they take a little practice to work, and I need more practice.
Kevin
P.I. Pre-fishing Photographer
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | MuskyHopful,
The weagle is a real slow moving bait. The way I work it is mostly in the wrist action, with 1-2 seconds between pop's. every once in a while I'll pause for 4-5 seconds and than rip it real hard.
If I see a fish on it than I speed up in order to keep the bait in tighter and to trigger a strike. You can work this bait any way you want, but when you'r on active fish change it up and you'll get bit for sure....
Jerome |
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Location: Brookfield, WI | Thanks for the advice, Jerome. I was moving a good amount of water with it, but had trouble keeping a good rhythm. I watched Joel Michel pop that baby back to the boat a few times and that's what I was trying to do. I had a little trouble with the slack line to swooosh ratio, if you know what I mean. Very cool to make it drive the water on the pops though. I guess I was also a little unsure when to throw it; water depth, waves, etc., so I didn't use it much.
Kevin
I need Weagle practice.
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | I wouldn't know, I'm still waiting for my new Weagle..ahem. |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | The weagle is a real slow moving bait.
This is no ONE RIGHT way to work this bait (or any other it seems). I have caught fish, and missed at least one in the 35lb range when moving it (relatively) fast.
Below is one my wife boated while moving the weagle at a medium pace, with no pauses whatsoever.
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| I have a lot of them
One is a %^$%(, you have to be moving along really slow, and working it even slower with slack line. If you work it too fast you can not get it to "swoosh" because it dives and takes forever to float back up -- it floats, but with only a tiny bit of the back out of the water. Pop it, let it sit. pop it, let it sit. Work it like a jackpot on ludes. If you work it like a jackpot you can get it to go subsurface, like a shallow running glider, but you have to be in clear water and the right light or you can't see what its doing. And slack line is a must. If the boat is moving too fast? Forget it. I only use it when I've seen a fish on a spot or have reason to believe a slow moving top presentation is what's going to get bit.
I have another one that is lighter, sits higher in the water, and you can work it more like a regular WTD bait. I say "more like" because you still have to work it slower than normal, maybe a swoosh per second seems to work the best. It makes a lot of noise, and that's why I still throw a jackpot now and then -- sometimes I think it makes too much noise.
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