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Location: Ames, Iowa | I looked in the archives and found some things on bulldawg modifications. But nothing on getting shallow dogs to stop rolling over on the retrieve. This summer I took the rubber core thing out of a lead weight and crimped the lead onto the bottom treble and it seemed to stabilize the dawg well. After fishing this late fall I got to thinking about this and wondered if a faster retrieve might prevent the dog from spinning. Any other ideas to try.
Thanks,
Don
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Location: Ft. Wayne, Indiana | if it is a singe strand wire then the wire might be bent to one way, if so bend it back to where it is straight. look to see if that is the problem, if not then try to slow down the retrieve.
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| The Shallow Dawg does not have enough lead to make it run straight without spinning; by adding extra weight you are defeating the object of this bait. the only way to fish them is with jerks and treat it like a jerk bait. |
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Location: Maribel WI | Since it is lighter weight, it's not very bottom heavy and likes to roll. It needs to be retrieved slower than the reg dawgs. |
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Location: north central wisconsin | I have noticed the same thing, even when jerking it, though I only own an uptown mag dawg in the shallow version. While I've had good success with the little I've used it, I've messed around with it a bit to try and keep it from rolling, as I fish heavier currents alot. It seems that bending the nose down slightly helped. Bending it up, kept the lure higher in the column, and required a slower speed(maybe good at night?). Would like to hear more insigh on this from some of the 'experts' and would also like to know if you prefer the regular ones or the uptown dawgs in the shallow version. It seems the rubber is a bit easier to tear on the uptowns.
Edited by Reef Hawg 1/2/2007 10:44 AM
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| read rob peterson's (muskynightmare on this sight) article in musky hunter it will help |
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Shallow Bulldawg mods