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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | I use both the eights and tens, but lean toward the tens as the season progresses. I have a bunch of colors but my two favorite are black and jailbird. |
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Location: Racine, Wi | I primarily use the 8's, but the 10's do get thrown more and more lately. However, last year, we had an 8"er, a WA8"er and a 10"er going all at the same time. The fish seemed to like them all at that particular time. 
As far as colors, I LOVE the perch, but frog was becoming a quick favorite last year and black is alwasy in the line up. But the perch ones I have all catch a ton of fish on them. |
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Location: Minnetonka | 8" Nuclear Bee
Edited by Hammskie 4/10/2009 9:00 AM
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Both sizes. I like to work the 8"; that thing really dances and does exactly what I like a zig zag topwater lure to do. I caught fish on the 10 last year and like it, but need to throw it more. Any color is fine. |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | I have an old Heavy one 4.8 ounce that used to be a orange belly perch. I caught so many fish on it I repainted it in my Fire perch pattern. Still whackin Muskies. I have about a dozen Weagles some newer ones from Luke and some older ones from Cady. The Orange belly perch seem to be the best for us in either weight.
I am always looking for another one of those hard to keep on top Weagles. The 4.8 to 4.9 ounce ones.  Kingfisher |
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Location: The Yahara Chain | Mike do you work that 10" pretty fast? In the video of your big fish you appear to be working it pretty fast.
I tend to work the 10" slower than I do the 8". I believe I do that just to watch how far to the side the 10" travels when I slow it down. When I work it faster it doesn't swing out near as far. |
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| black and perch but always open for more options killer bait! |
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| Mike do you work that 10" pretty fast? In the video of your big fish you appear to be working it pretty fast.
I tend to work the 10" slower than I do the 8". I believe I do that just to watch how far to the side the 10" travels when I slow it down. When I work it faster it doesn't swing out near as far.
i work it with what i would say is fast "action" but not necessarily fast "movement". what i mean by that is that i'm not looking for it to "swing out" and be a glider on top of the water, but instead i like it to snap and push a bunch of water around without worrying about the forward or sideways movement.
i look at it as a big lure for targeting active fish, so commotion is better than smooth movement. i like it to push water and make noise.
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| I use the 8". I've got several of the older "sinkers" and several of the newer more buoyant ones, and I use both a little differently. First off, I don't work them at the same speed all of the time. I'll use the more buoyant ones and work them a little faster through the water if I'm looking for an active fish. I'll use the heavier one and work it more agressively, but not move it as fast if I am targeting a fish I already know is there. I also vary how HARD I work the lure. If its flat calm, and quiet, I'll be more subtle, moving the bait along a little faster but not working it nearly as hard. Sometimes I am downright nuts with it, trying to make as much noise and throw as much water around as I possibly can. I want water flying up in the air, and a sound that's very similar to the sound it makes when a fish crushes a topwater bait. I firmly believe that if you can make the same sound with a lure that a fish makes trying to eat something on the surface that instinctively any fish in the area will come up and take a shot at anything floating on the surface. That theory hasn't proven itself to be true with muskies for me yet, but it's happened too many times with other species of fish for it to be luck or just a coincidence.
As for color? I think any old color will do, so I'll usually use one that I can see well. If I had to pick a color? Black.
Edited by esoxaddict 4/10/2009 12:14 PM
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | I agree 100% with Mike's technique with the 10"er. Once the fish are hard on top waters it is the only weagle I throw and I really like to snap it to create a big pop and move a ton of water. It really makes quite the commotion when worked like that and fish seem to like it. |
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| What size hooks are on the 10's? |
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| were can you buy the 10"? |
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Location: Musky Tackle Online, MN | Guest - 4/10/2009 4:23 PM
were can you buy the 10"?
I'm partial to this place for some reason.
http://www.muskytackleonline.com/acatalog/Top_Water_-_Muskie_Mojo_t...
Aaron |
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