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| Anyone ever have much luck jigging tubes and bondy baits in shad based lakes in the midwest? or is that mostly for rivers or up north? |
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Location: 15 miles east of Lake Kinkaid | While it is less common on most shad lakes, using fuzzy duzzits is very popular on the Webster area lakes in Indiana. |
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | MuskyMATT7 - 11/8/2011 11:50 PM
While it is less common on most shad lakes, using fuzzy duzzits is very popular on the Webster area lakes in Indiana.
I will second this although it hasn't been as effective the last two years as it had been. We also use bondy baits, bulldawgs and rattletraps. I have not used tubes jibbing, but I am sure it would work just fine. |
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Location: Indiana | I have never jigged tubes before but with the cooling water temps to come the shad are going to be schooling up more. This would a good time to experiement with the idea imo. Good luck on the water |
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| There are a lot of guys doing it now in shad and ciscoe based lakes. Simple as looking for the bait balls and dropping it down into or above them. Tremendous strikes... |
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| "Anyone ever have much luck jigging tubes and bondy baits in shad based lakes in the midwest? or is that mostly for rivers or up north?" - yes, and it catches most of my fish each year |
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| The bondy bait has been productive for a few of my buddies this fall in Indiana jigging near schools of shad . My buddy fishing in the boat next to me on Sunday dropped it down on a school of shad in 18 feet of water and poped a decent fish on th first rip.( lucky s.o.b) .Plus a few others out there have caught a few on this bait also. The duzzit is money for sure but has been used a ton out there . Any newer jig on the market these fish havent seen much of is always worth a try . Just make sure you give these baits a fair chance , jigging for muskies takes a whole different level of patience. Stick with this time of year and you will have success |
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| Has anyone tried the junior version? Slighter smaller body and not quite as heavy (6", 6 oz). Shallower water and smaller fish in my area. Curious if these models work as well as the original. |
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| The smaller version actually sinks a tad faster than the larger version b/c it's more dense (6oz x 6" vs 7.2oz x 9"). However, shallower water or not, how fast it sinks shouldn't matter. If you want to slow it down, switch out the blade for a #8 or #10 colorado - this also works great if you want to use the bait for casting instead of jigging.
I haven't gotten a fish on the smaller one yet, but action is the same. I'm more excited about trying the smaller one for lakers through the ice.
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| I don't know about the Bondy Bait or Fuzzy Duzzit, but I've had success with the Echotail. I've got a magnum size that has produced a few nice fish. Their smaller sizes have been good for walleyes too.
Neat thing about the Echotail is that I can watch it on the sonar and see those toothy critters come up and check the bait out, then I can walk it around the boat trying to entice a bite.
I think their website is www.vibrationstackle.com |
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