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Location: The desert | What are going to be the first 3 baits you throw? WHY?
1. Manta- The bait was super hot for me last fall....could mean nothing for this spring, but I have great confidence in that bait and I think it will work.
2. Baby Shallow Raider- My go to bait last spring. Also a high confidence bait. Good for figure octagons and fish running into your leg.
3. Rumbler- Very interested in throwing this bait. I got a spot that I think it could produce a 50" fish with.....it has before, so why not on Saturday?? |
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | 1. Baby ShallowRaider - I've caught tons of early season muskies twitching these things. Twitch Twitch Pause!!
2. Baby Wabull - I have never seen such erratic action in a small glide bait. Side to side, up and down, it goes everywhere. Again, twitch twitch twitch pause.
3. Mepps Marabou #5 - Awesome hooker, and the same great Mepps Marabou action in a smaller package. Perfect search lure for active spring musky. |
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Location: Madison, WI | Lac seul mini turbo,
Baby DR
6 inch squirrely jake
Edited by Magruter 5/2/2007 1:31 PM
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| 1) Musky Candy spinnerbait
2) Baby Wabull
3) 6" weighted Suick
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| 6" minnow , just can't seem to go wrong here.
small buck or spinner- good for a few quick pike, and maybe an ornry muskie.
9" weighted suick, I have seen some stuff happen with this bait time and time again. Plus, the fish like them.  |
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| First three? Wow, since I've already been out (one good thing about living here) I can tell you what they were:
1. Rapala jointed X Rap -- WHY? it's just the peffect bite sized suspending crank/twitch bait.
2. Baby Wabull -- WHY? Mostly because it's one of the easiest gliders to work, action is great, and you can cast it about a mile. Partially because I WILL catch a fish on a glider some day so I can tease BN about it
3. Small white/gold spinnerbait -- WHY? Well, because you can hardly go wrong throwing a white and gold spinnerbait!
More and more though? I'm getting away from always having to throw just the right lure and favoring throwing the lures that I like.
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| 1.) Size 5 DinnerBell
2.) Da Gooch
3.) Jig |
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Location: Brookfield, WI | I probably shouldn't speak for Joel, but I'm betting the first three baits that hit the water for us on Saturday are...
1) Sucker off the stern.
2) Sucker off the starboard side.
3) Sucker off the port side.
Notice my use of nautical terms. We'll cast some artificial baits after the suckers hit the water I'm sure.
Kevin
2 'til meat, 3 'til fish. |
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Location: The desert | Nice use of nautical terms there Hopeful....sad thing is a lot of people have no clue what they mean. |
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Location: Munster, IN | 1) EZ-E Riser- midnight tiger
2) EZ-E Glider- purple haze cisco
3) DC-10 Llungen Tail white/silver
Why- because # 1 & 2 are my baits and #3 just looks to good to resist.
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Location: Brookfield, WI | Pointerpride102 - 5/2/2007 2:31 PM
Nice use of nautical terms there Hopeful....sad thing is a lot of people have no clue what they mean.
No kidding? When I read your post it really made me come about. If that's true, it's hard to fathom. 
Kevin
All hands on deck. |
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| Sadder still is the lack reading comprehension that runs rampant these days...
"What are going to be the first 3 baits you throw? WHY?"
Not only did Mr Hopeful fail to catch the fact that you were obviously talking about casting lures (since you dont usually cast suckers), he also failed to answer the second part of the question.
So Kevin... I think you deserve partial credit for at least understanding that the question was related to fishing and first baits being used. Technically, a sucker IS a bait, so I'll only knock off 10 points for the first part of the essay.
Failure to explain WHY you made those choices, however, results in a mandatory 50 point deduction. The resulting deduction leaves you with a dismal 40 out of a possible 100 points. On a standard grading scale, that is an F. I do believe some extra credit is due for not only knowing the nautical terms, but also using them effectively in a sentence. (Even though you were not asked about this, it does demonstrate your knowledge and eagerness to learn the craft). + 10 points
Bonus: Spreading good cheer and smoked meat -- 10 points
That brings you to 60%, barely passing with a D.
Edited by esoxaddict 5/2/2007 2:52 PM
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Location: The desert | LOL! Addict...want to grade the ecology test I just took? Could sure use some 'bonus' points.
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Location: New Brighton, MN | 1 - green bucher slopmaster spinnerbait for weedbeds
2 - white/black Bionic Bucktail
3 - Creek Chub Pikie Minnow |
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| Pounder
13" Grandma
16" hawgteaser
you guys are sissys. |
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Location: The desert | Sissy?
4th bait in the water....2 lber...now whose the sissy!! |
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| did you skip english 101?
Whose...??
Who's |
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Posts: 1937
Location: Black Creek, WI | 1. Long Tale Hot Shot spinnerbait
2. Baby Depthraider
3. Not sure yet..... |
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Location: Belleville, WI | 1. Baby D-Raider
2. 6" Squirrely Jake
3. Standard Gerber Tail |
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Posts: 203
| I will also be throwing meat, or should I say gently placing them over the starboard side and port side..
Suzie sucker - need I say why?
And possibly some smoked pork/millerlite mix?? But I'll try not too!
Cant wait..
bret
Edited by johnson 5/2/2007 4:46 PM
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Posts: 101
Location: Northern Illinois | 1). bucktail, color undetermined.
2). Striker
3). The Renaldo |
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| Gerrys girl
swimmin joe
shallow reg dawg |
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| 8"kick'n minnow
jointed x-rap
double cowgirl
why they were all bought this winter and I gotta see if I like em |
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| 1st - undertaker (perch colored)
2nd - 6" slammer ( twitch twitch twitch)
3rd - Bucher Slopmaster
Why...???
Ummm i would have to say the reason why is the a great guide told and showed just how good these baits work in early spring. |
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Posts: 4266
| Perkette- Pearl with Sapphire Kameleon scales
Prototype Shad Glider- 6"- Pearl and Black/ Platinum scales/ Gold Kameleon Highlights
Small Crappie CJ Spinnerbait, or one of my ho-made spinnerbaits.
OOps, forgot why.
Perkette- Small, neutrally buoyant, long glide with a lot of pauses. Depends on depth of weed tops.
Shad Glider- Easy to use and easy to see in any color water. Made to run shallow with a great shimmy and very slow sink rate. Expect it to get eaten on the pause.
CJ Crappie- Easy to retrieve, great pattern, lots of flash, cover a lot of water in a hurry if they want something moving fast to trigger them.
Will also throw SS Shads and Crane Shad body twitch baits. Love the vibration that they give off.
Gonna throw some of my new 10"ers too. Probably in Walleye, Smallmouth and Sucker. Because they are like me....big and slow and use lots of pauses.
Edited by Beaver 5/2/2007 7:06 PM
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | suick
roz tail
not sure |
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Location: Kenosha, Wi. | Going with my favorite spring baits: They have'nt failed me yet.......
1. Smity "Rusler" Bucktail (Black/Gold)
2. Baby Depth Raider
3. Small Smity Jerkbait |
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Location: The desert | Actually skipped a lot of english 101 and 102...still got A's |
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Location: Brookfield | 1st-Salmo whitefish in white and blue
2nd-lungen twin blade in white
3rd-Hellhound in black |
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Location: Hartford Wi | 1.MEAT...Who dosent like meat???..well sounds bad
2.Salmo-skimmer 15..best bait on earth
3.Kickin shad..just thinks its hot |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | 1. Magic Maker---can be worked slowly over emerging weeds, small in size, #1 fish mover for me in spring.
2. Musky Maverick---Flat out catch fish.
3. Old wooden topraider with great sound...landed 47"er on opening two years ago.
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Location: Waukesha, WI | I'm just going to use one bait. It is a red stick bait with a single fuse. Twitch, twitch, pause. It has explosive action.
OR maybe depending on the water conditions, loud baits in stirred up water, headbanger for s&%ts and giggles if it's calmer, small hair and/or spinners. That doesn't work, test out all the new baits acquired during the off season since there will be suckers overboard too.
Smoked salmon, pork, chicken, and gonna git you suckers.
Edited by ESfishOX 5/2/2007 11:31 PM
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| Bought a couple of baits at the Milwaukee Show and from the swap meet.
Baby Waball (perch)
Dropbelly SLAMAR (perch)
Black Bucktail
Netman |
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Location: Racine, Wi | Bruce, don't bother with the baby wabull or slammer drop belly. They don't work out there. You should take Mike's advice and go with the red twitch baits with the green fuse. You'll need some explosive action. I've seen how you fish. LOL |
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Location: Racine, Wi | Oh yeah, 1st three baits to hit the water,
1. Weagle
2. XX
3. top secret creation that a homeless man in LA gave me. Oh wait, the medicine cleared that up |
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Location: North-Central WI | Only 3?!
Edited by J DeBoer 5/3/2007 8:44 PM
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Location: North-Central WI | #1 Bucher Baby ShallowRaider - they catch EVERYTHING including BIG muskies!
#2 DeLONG Killer Eel - the big girls aren't afraid just because it's over 6" on opening day!
#3 Mepps Marabou - day in and day out, you just can't beat marabou!
Tight lines,
Joel DeBoer |
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Location: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin | 1) H/R 8"Speed Waker - because I just got it this winter and I'm dying to see this bad boy in action!
2) Maas Marauder - ditto
3) Beast Teaser spinnerbait - ditto
It's gonna be a miracle if I catch a fish - I'll be spending too much time changing baits just so I can check out the dozens of new acquisitions. |
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Location: Monee, Illinois | SS Shad
Jack Pot
Hoosier Hand Made Glide Bait (Rattle up them fish) |
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Posts: 317
| Sinse I have already been fishing for 2 months, I'll tell you what I had in the water today:
Suzy Sucker 6" Why? Because fish eat it.
My custom baby flashabou spinners Why? because they look cool and they work
Hawg Seekers Bass Snatcher Why? because I just got it last night. Score: 1 32" pike and 2 Muskies to the boat on it in 20 minutes.
Edited by MuskyStalker 5/3/2007 11:40 PM
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Topraider
Pacemaker
Violent Strike Spinnerbait |
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| 1-bass snatcher -hawgseeker
2-ducktail weed warrior spinner bait
3-baby boo tail
good luck to all...................
dannyboy
[email protected]
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Location: Northern Illinois | What we normally do is buy two dozen or so suckers, put them in a meat ginder and make chum. Freeze the chum for a day or two until ur ready to go fishing. Then just like in the ocean, make a chum slick and just cast into it.
1. Bulldawg
2. Manta
3. true glide spinner bait
just kidding about the chum! |
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Location: Tomahawk, Wisconsin | All tried and true:
1. Homemade Rizzo wiz
2. baby depthraider
3. small WHITE spinnerbait
get the net willya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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First 3 baits in the water?