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Location: Hoges Store, VA | How do you guys fish Reef Hawgs?? Crank and Jerk? Short Twitches? Is there a proper way?? I got one because I don't think alot of people are throwing them around here. I think it looks good in the water, but I'm not sure I'm fishing it correctly.
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Location: Neenah, WI | SHORT ROD TAPS ALONG WITH SOME RIPS hOWEVER SOME REEFS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS. mINE HAVE TO SOAK UP WATER FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES BEFORE THEY START DANCIN'. yOU WILL PROBABLY FIND THIS OUT ON YOUR OWN
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Location: Not where I wanna be! | twitch, pause, twitch, pause.....it seems to me it is a jerkbait/glidebait cross......if there is a such thing....
i got a good buddy who loves his....it looks good to me...if i was a musky, id eat the crap out of that thing.... |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | THA4 has it, and they do. |
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Location: ontario canada - Well Anderson Indiana now | I put mine in the aerator to soak while I'm heading to the spot, once they get saturated with water they are a great bait IMO. |
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Location: Hugo, MN | I prefer huge rips with the Reef Hawg. While you're reeling it in it rises a bit then you hammer it again and it will dive and slide. Great Lure!! |
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Location: Racine, Wi | I'm kind of with Marine1 on this one. I just use long sweeps of the rod. I use it more as a subtle presentation, verses like a glide bait. It just dives, shoots off to the side a bit, and sits, or slowly rises, then do it again. |
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| "some reef hawgs are better than others"
a VERY key statement |
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| I know that some people use that weighting system (where you drill the bait and apply the insert that holds different weights) to keep the thing down longer |
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Location: Grand Rapids MN | Each size takes a little different approach. My 6" model likes lighter taps to get nice changes in direction. It doesn't just go side to side but a little up and down also. Now the 8" is much heavier and takes a little bit more of a harder jerk to get them to walk or a nice long pull makes them just sweep a little. My 8" dives much deeper than the 6" and it stays down really well. I never needed to add weight to them. I must have gotten lucky with 2 that work nice right out of the package. I have seen otherd weight their hawgs and they put it about 1/2" or so behind the front hook, just like you would on a suick. I like the reef hawgs for something different from the normal side-to-side gliders. |
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Fishing a Reef Hawg.