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| Do some guys know how to throw and catch fish on other baits besides double 10s?
Fish must only eat those as it seems every boat I see and hear lately is throwing them, and it's not even June yet.
Sorry had to vent.
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| Never thrown them, don't own one, never will. |
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| Tools. They're tools. Just like a hammer or screwdriver, there's a time and a place for them. As the season wears on, you will see a lot of people who bought 10 of them at the shows this winter slowly realizing that double 10's are not some magic lure that works any time any place, and catches fish that otherwise wouldn't have moved. |
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Location: Ogden, Ut | I don't own a hammer, never have, never will. I do however, enjoy the occasional screwdriver. |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | Let's not get on a roll with this thread, there's no reason. Redundancy. . .
Edited by Sam Ubl 5/28/2009 3:56 PM
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| shamwow! - 5/28/2009 2:55 PM
Do some guys know how to throw and catch fish on other baits besides double 10s?
Yes - thats why this year I won't be throwing many DBL 10's......but ALOT of double 13's  |
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Location: Oswego, IL | As Seen On Tv
Edited by muskiewhored 5/28/2009 5:49 PM
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Location: Bemidji, MN | If guys are catching most of their fish on double 10s why change. If it aint broke, don't fix it. |
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Location: Eagle River, WI | If it ain't broke. fix it, until it is. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | "Already sick of hearing the clank of double 10s"
Do what I do, just turn off your hearing aids. |
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Location: Minnesota | Crap, I have not even gotten to Musky fish yet! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Sure beats the sound of snow plows. |
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Location: Iowa | If you don't have any double 10's, your missing out. |
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| I love the sound of double 10 clanking in the thin air, gets my blood flowing thinking about canada so I get all hyper and happy, then realization sets in when i have 3 more months till canada.....then the acceptance stage... |
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Location: Brookfield, WI | If you're not throwing double 10s, you might as well fish in the parking lot.
Kevin
I'm looking for a pair of shoes that will make me faster, but not leave any tracks. |
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| I really hope some of the guys who just won't bring themselves to toss the big girls will bring themselves to some of the same tournaments I intend to fish. They are likely to be still using a dial-up connection and dragging an anchor to map out the depth of their lakes. There are times when a gentleman simply just must give credit where credit is due. In the case of musky fishing, the Musky Innovations introduction of the Bulldawg and the Musky Mayhem gift of the Double-Cowgirls can truly be said to have caused a "revolution" to the staus quo. Both baits came along and simply blew away the field. Certainly, it will happen again when the next truly great idea enters the water where musky live, and that new product will be trashed on the internet as well. In the meantime, I will be clanking away (when appropriate) or when I simply just must catch a fish. Marty Forman |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | zak olson - 5/28/2009 10:49 PM
I love the sound of double 10 clanking in the thin air, gets my blood flowing thinking about canada so I get all hyper and happy, then realization sets in when i have 3 more months till canada.....then the acceptance stage...
I for one love the sound too!
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Location: Oswego, IL | Thats like saying you hate the sound of gun shots when your hunting, or trap shooting, IMO. |
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Location: Ontario | I like hearing them clank when a fish comes out of the water shaking its head with one in its mouth and me tied to the other end. |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | Now you're talking, especially in those slow motion clips of that exact occasion when caught on film! |
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Location: Wisconsin | That reminds me to pack the ShamWow in the tackle box.....thanks |
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| I can understand it to a point . it could take something away if it just becomes a double 10 world,
here in Minnesota we have "NO" walleye show anymore!!! its the state fish and we have the most walleye anglers of anywhere,,,,how many rigs and jigs can you look at before it gets boring but thats what works.
if it comes down to % wise per casts Double tens are it then the only variable between you and the other 7 boats working arrowhead reef on vermilion at the same time are,, right place right time and figure eight tricks.
Based on what you see on all the muskie boards is "my plan" book a vacation to Vermilion and Mile Lacs and throw a double 10 for a week because I gotta!!!! bottom line get that 'picture' holding a 50' and if I have to miss all the scenery by fishing at night then thats what I "HAVE" to do
I live in the land of 50' inchers and my two fav places to fish are ones Ive never even seen a 50' on,,,but I dont have to throw a ten or get in line. |
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| I'm of the belief that your odds go down dramatically when you're the 4th or 5th boat through a spot throwing the same lure at the same fish...
I'm not saying I don't or won't throw double 10's, but it's not always the first lure out of the box, especially in places where everybody is throwing them. A revolution? Double bladed bucktails have been around for a long long time, so have #10 blades. I think the next "revolution" is going to be when everyone realizes that spinnerbaits, single bladed bucktails, suicks, bobbie baits, cranes, etc. still catch fish when you throw them instead of letting them gather dust in your basement because you think muskies only eat double 10's now...
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Location: Roscoe IL | I love it!
Sounds even better when they clank together when the fish is head shaking in the net. No other sound like it. |
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| I throw the heck out of them, well over 50% of my casts this year will be with cowgirls. Why would it bother you that lots of people throw them so frequently? They are a great fish catching tool but not always the best choice of course, they have their place and time. I just kind of focus on myself and and not so much what everyone else is doing. Better for my nerves. Whatever you are throwing good luck.
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | esoxaddict only throws Flame Orange Manta's 
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| JohnMD - 5/29/2009 2:10 PM
esoxaddict only throws Flame Orange Manta's
I happen to throw them quite a distance, too! Unfortunately that's a trick you can only do one time in a row! |
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| locally I don't personally know of a fish caught on double 10s yet in May, sure some have, but not any that I know of...yet every boat I see is throwing them?
huh. funny that fish are eating quite a few other baits in my boat but everyone is throwing (and not catching anything) double 10s...tools. that is a word that could be used to describe a couple things! ; ) |
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| Muskiemetal - 5/29/2009 10:11 AM
That reminds me to pack the ShamWow in the tackle box.....thanks DON'T YOU MEAM SCAMWOW!
BRIAN |
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| but but but...
I threw out all my other lures. Then I spent $700 on the most expensive rod and reel I could buy just to throw cowgirls. Then I spent another $700 buying cowgirls in every color and blade combination. I even have a musky mayhem hat...
Now you're telling me that other lures work, too, sometimes even better??
That's it, I QUIT! |
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| jwelch - 5/28/2009 10:48 PM
If you don't have any double 10's, your missing out.
Ya jwelch i agree, just because you have them doesnt mean you have to throw them 24/7, but they are a vaulable tool in your arsenal. |
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| I like throwing 'em just because some people don't like hearing them. Keeps them away from the 'good' water that I want to fish. |
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Location: beloit | I got my second fish this year last night on double 10s last night. that is a bait we will have in the water the rest of the year. oh and the sound the blades make is like music to my ears! |
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| Fishing mainly in Illinois, knowing that lures are only tools is very imporant, but in Minnesota, someone in each boat should spend a lot of time throwing one. If not, you are missing out on fish. The results speak for themselves. There is a reason so many people including most guides are throwing them daily. Not because they are following a fad or because they dont know how to catch fish on other lures, but because they work, and work good. |
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Location: Forest Lake, Mn. | I think I've gone one better than the double 10's. Bought some bucktails over the winter that have double 15's willow blades on it, and had Matt over at Huntertail Bucktails custom tie a couple of lureswith single # 15 colorado blades on them. These things dwarf a cowgirl. Cant wait to try them. |
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| Anyone throwing the Double Showgirls ?
Scaled down to 7 3/4" - 1 2/3 oz.
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Location: syracuse indiana | alot on the double showgirls.. we use them when you can burn them over the flats and they cast like a rocket. and also i have started using the baby girls and they are just as good as the showgirls but a tad smaller....bill |
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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | Guest - 5/29/2009 4:35 PM
There is a reason so many people including most guides are throwing them daily. Not because they are following a fad or because they dont know how to catch fish on other lures, but because they work, and work good.
That's why they basically put them away for about a month last season and started burning Baby Girls...
Fish the conditions people, NOT what everyone on the internet tells you. |
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| I never get sick of hearing the clank of DCGs. I love happy hooker's take on this one. My favorite DCG related story happened last July on a deep, clear, cisco based lake in Vilas Conty WI. I was fishing out of a 14' aluminum bench seat boat and around the corner comes the 35K Ranger. I am sure you can guess where this is headed. They are both pounding away at a shoreline in mid-day sun in the middle of July working at mach 2 throwing DGCs. I am fairly sure they didn't see me land a plumb 42" in the middle of the lake working a Curly Sue 20' down over 35' of water. Still brings a smile to my face every time I think about it.
Question: Who misses out on more fish thew guy never using a DCG or the guy only using a DCG? I'll vote for the guy ONLY using a DCG. |
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| guaranteed the guy who only throws a dcg misses out on more fish. |
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| I've had up to 7 fish nights fishing with cowgirls behind 2-5 other boats... that were fishing with cowgirls. You still have the variables of boat control, placing accurate casts, and retrieve speed, their an exceptional tool when the fish are on them and I throw them all the time.
That said I got my but kicked last week by the two people behind me in the boat, I was throwing a Jr. cowgirl and they both had rad dog spinnerbaits on. I switched to an M/G and managed to do pretty decent... it just depends on the situation. |
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Location: Oswego, IL | magic bait - 5/29/2009 2:35 PM
but but but...
I threw out all my other lures. Then I spent $700 on the most expensive rod and reel I could buy just to throw cowgirls. Then I spent another $700 buying cowgirls in every color and blade combination. I even have a musky mayhem hat...
Now you're telling me that other lures work, too, sometimes even better??
That's it, I QUIT!
Who told you what I did? Well not $700 on cowgirls, butthe first part was right on! Haaa! |
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| I don't like to get hung up on a hype bait either,but I'm for sure seeing more fish per time used with the DCG.It sucks because I hate throwing a heavy retrieving lure like that. |
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Location: In a shack in the woods | I had 3 nice fish follow on them in the past 2 days.
Does it count if I switch it up every now and then with a big bladed spinnerbait? LOL |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | I'll be throwing DCG's a lot more in July and Aug. than last year....... Why?
Because, the big Girls LOVE that sound !!!
Jerome
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Location: Ogden, Ut | Haven't heard one yet...
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Already sick of hearing the clank of double 10s