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Location: East of muskie country | First off, thank you everyone for the participation on this board. I've learned more about musky fishing on this and the muskyhunter board than any resource. Such a valuable resource for new musky anglers.
My question is how do you work Weagles. I have a couple and can't seem to make them swoosh on the surface. Are they supposed to be sub-surface? Do I need to keep the rod tip up at all times? Reel continuosly / slowly...while moving the rod back and forth? Any tips will be greatly appreciated!!! |
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Location: Indiana | Jerk steraight down with a lot of slack in the line. Slow seems to be the key. If you go too fast they will dive on you. Some people like that as a trigger. Slow and slack!!! |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | this might be a good time to search the archives of the site. last year of course it was the hot bait (of course still a great triggerind topwater) .. you will likely find lots of historic posting information that can answer lots of questions you might have. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I'm an absolute Weagle Maniac. Teach it to dance, make her EARN that fish. Teach the Weagle the importance of the pause, and the importance of inconsistency. Make it pop, make it walk, make it swoosssssh, make it dive....and any Wabull will do the same with just a little more work. Death March this..... |
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Location: Fishing the weeds | I second what Sworrall said. You have to give it a pause. Work it properly and, they will hit it like they hate it. Had a day this spring. Fished 3 hours. Raised 8 fish and boated 4. The other 4 just missed the bait. Pat |
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Location: East of muskie country | Thanks! I will continue to work it. |
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| Slow(er) relatively, slack line, SHORT taps. Steve used the word "inconsistency".Bingo.Vary your cadence.You can get 87 different sounds from a Weagle.The beauty of WOOD.Old Perchy made the old Plunker/Hula Popper/swoosh.Unreal triggering, combined with pauses.Funny, all my "new" Weagles do it too.Shhhh.Experiment and have fun.You can't work it wrong, but you CAN work it better. Steve |
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| I had problems at first, but like someone said......slack line is the key. I think about 2 feet swipes where you only tap the bait at the end of your swing work best for me. Point your rod almost to the water, and then move your rod about 2 feet towards the bait then give it a snap. that seems to get me the best noise for me
The Badfish (Muskie Madness 2) has a clip of Cady and Jonesi working them that helped me get an idea if that helps.
Good luck.
Jason |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | All of the above. I have a Cady perch that is a great lure. I also found out by accident that stopping it ,pausing it, and changing from a soft pull to a quick snap all produced results. Hats off to Cady for making a great lure. Kingfisher |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Here's what I found.........
As long as it's walking the dog, it'll catch fish. fast, slow, death march, bobbing, tail high, head low.......keep working it.
If you spend all your time knit-picking on how to, you're going to frustrate yourself. Just have fun with it. The fish will come. |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | There were some weagles that did not have a good clear coat on them, allowing the bait to become waterlogged.
The problems you describe COULD be a result. Check to make sure. If the bait works well for the first 8-10 retrieves, then does subsurface stuff despite your best efforts, it could need re-coated. m |
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Location: north central wisconsin | Love em too. I actually like to work them faster than many for alot of the retrieve, with the march coming at prime targets, and with a follower, or just tossed in somewhere amongsth the other twitches and splashes. I guess I am just saying the same things as the others, with intraretreive variation being key.
Edited by Reef Hawg 12/13/2006 2:34 PM
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| Just fish it.
The best way to work them is slow with a pause.
This video gives some small hints:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTLV5gTspqI
FFG2 |
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