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| What conditions are best to use a glide bait with a tail?
Are there conditions where it would be best to fish a glide without a tail?
Basically, I haven't fished glide baits a lot and mine do not have a tail. However, I keep seeing more glide baits with tails and I figure I will be getting some. But, I'd like to know what conditions the tails will be the most effective. When should I fish a glide bait with a tail and when without a tail?
thanks in advance for your help.
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Location: Hugo, MN | I rarely throw gliders without tails anymore. The squirrelly's seem to trigger more fish than the ones without. You can usually add a small tail to the back hook without affecting the action of a glider. Just feed the shank of the treble up thru the body of the grubtail and then re-attach the splitring. It's trial and error to find how big is too big for each bait, but like I said, most baits will still glide with a small tail attached. |
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| I think you are seeing more on the market because that is simply the latest trend. Both can be used at the same places in any situation, it is mostly just personal preference. Some prefer the ones with tails for figure 8s. I have used both and prefer the ones without a tail. Just a personal preference. |
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| There was a musky hunter show a couple weeks ago where Saric addressed this. If I remember right, he said he uses no-tail when fishing fast for aggressive fish and tail if its a cold front or something where fish are lazy.
Personally, I agree its just the trend now which is why they are everywhere although I do prefer tail to no-tail because I feel more confident on the triggering going into a figure 8
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| I second what Jim Saric Said, but not only that, also the rubber tails aid in dirty water and on Pressured waters where the Muskies have seen allot of baits.
Ben |
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| You can also put a 3"- 4" piece of pork rhind or muskie strip on the back hook if the glider has no tail. Not to mention it adds a little scent. |
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Location: APPLETON, WI | 2 out of 3 my glidebaits have soft tails.  |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Scent is a non-issue, as muskies have a very poor olfactory sense. |
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Location: Mn | twisted tails work the best when you are trying to fish the bait slow which is usually colder water. A solid tail doesn't have as much action on the back allowing you to fish it faster. That being said I use twisted gliders most of the time because of the constant action. |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | Twisted tails is all I have, I like them because of the tail action on the F/8 |
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Location: APPLETON, WI | PIKEMASTER - 4/5/2011 6:58 AM Twisted tails is all I have, I like them because of the tail action on the F/8 Yes, to this! |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | Who said that about using pork on the gliders??? My man you just gave away "priceless" infro!! Ha Ha Much success doing this to the point where I have even bought big daddy frogs and cut the meat mostly off to use on glide baits. Always remember and never forget " If you don't have an Uncle Josh, you can borrow your neighbors PIG" |
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when to use a glide bait with a tail vs w/o a tail