glide baits
guts
Posted 4/11/2007 10:13 AM (#250130)
Subject: glide baits




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i need a glide bait that will run at a steady 1-2 feet down with a reef hawg typ action i have enough reef hawgs but i need more consistancy is a eddie bait a good choice what are some of you favorites
Pathfinder44
Posted 4/11/2007 10:18 AM (#250132 - in reply to #250130)
Subject: Re: glide baits




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Location: S.E. Wisconsin
Hands down!!!!My Mantas!!!! Love the pause........cant wait till we find out about the baby!!! Eddies are great also but make sure to add a split ring to the front eye and bigger hooks to keep them from fouling on the bait.

Edited by WATERDEMON 4/11/2007 10:20 AM
rpieske
Posted 4/11/2007 11:03 AM (#250143 - in reply to #250132)
Subject: Re: glide baits





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Location: St. Louis, MO., Marco Is., FL, Nestor Falls, ON
I, too like the Mantas for ease of use. The drop belly gliders are also great.
lambeau
Posted 4/11/2007 11:19 AM (#250146 - in reply to #250130)
Subject: Re: glide baits


for erratic action you can't get much better than a Wabull.
work it slowly and it'll run deeper, a quick cadence will have it in the 2' range.
the new Baby Wabull is equally impressive, and easier to work quickly higher in the water column.

http://www.muskyshop.com/modules/cart/products.php/keys/wabull/page...

http://www.thornebros.com/muskie/baits/gliding_jerkbaits/gliding_mu...
jonnysled
Posted 4/11/2007 11:21 AM (#250148 - in reply to #250130)
Subject: Re: glide baits





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Location: minocqua, wi.
i agree with lambeau on the wabull .... however, i have an arsenal of the mr. automatic gliders made by musky safari tackle too. my primary choice is the mr. automatic but that's because i have some special ones with experience and a huge respect for the guy who builds them and how they are made ... i think it's the same story you would get though from Luke's quality and the action of the wabull ... both are great choices for what you are looking for.
guts
Posted 4/11/2007 11:25 AM (#250149 - in reply to #250130)
Subject: Re: glide baits




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thanks guys i have a manta it keeps fowling up on the hooks but ill keep useing it ill get a wabull then thanks again guys
muskynightmare
Posted 4/11/2007 12:25 PM (#250159 - in reply to #250130)
Subject: Re: glide baits





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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water
guts, when you have problems with gliders fouling on the leader, Take 2 pieces of heat shrink tubing to your leader. one on the snap, and one on the swivel, so that there is no hinge, if you will, between the leader and the snap, and between the leader and the swivel. I also do not use a split ring on the nose of my gliders. Hope that helps!

Edited by muskynightmare 4/11/2007 12:26 PM
lambeau
Posted 4/11/2007 1:42 PM (#250178 - in reply to #250159)
Subject: Re: glide baits


Take 2 pieces of heat shrink tubing to your leader. one on the snap, and one on the swivel, so that there is no hinge, if you will, between the leader and the snap, and between the leader and the swivel. I also do not use a split ring on the nose of my gliders. Hope that helps!

or just do a direct leader-lure connection with one split ring between them (no snap).
it cuts out the "hinge" effect of a snap without all that extra shrinking and tubing.
guts
Posted 4/11/2007 2:56 PM (#250196 - in reply to #250130)
Subject: Re: glide baits




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ok ill try that thanks
muskynightmare
Posted 4/12/2007 12:19 AM (#250303 - in reply to #250130)
Subject: Re: glide baits





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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water
Mike has a great idea, as long as you are willing to give up the snap.