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| I had tons of follows recently on both phantom softails and standard phantoms, but struggled to convert on any sort of figure 8. What kind of 8 have you found success with for this style of bait?
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| Have had the same issue in our boat to the point where the standing joke is if you don't see any fish throw a phantom and you get a follow... they don't hit but will follow. There have been 2 ways we have been able to convert these fish 1) throw a hellhound 2) dive into a early deep 8 like you would with a bucktail (stop gliding the lure). |
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Location: syracuse indiana | guy's I wrote a article for drifter tackle about this such a thing.. there is a few things that can be done to make the fish commit to eating your offering at boat side.. as the article is more about the hellhound I actually use a lot of gliders.. I love them and as for the phantom I used to be labeled the phantom hoarder....bill
http://www.driftertackle.net/gliders-of-a-new-breed/ |
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Location: Manitowish Waters WI | I have converted more weaving my figure 8 and stopping and twitching hard if they turn away. Same tactics have also been successful for me with warlocks and hellhounds. Give it a try, nothing to lose if the same old isn't working. |
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| I tried using taps of the rod to continue the gliding action, which proved very ineffective. Sounds like a deep, traditional 8 is a better move. Thanks for the replies! |
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| archerynut36 your article was very informative and I will put some of your tactics to use next time on the water |
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| there are two videos i've watched on youtube about how to use a suick and long rods with glide baits. the suick video features a guy called flat lander who is showing you how to do a figure eight with one and the other video is how to use a long rod with a glide bait. Both videos have an excellent tip on figure eights that I use with phantoms too. you might have to play around with finding them on youtube. The video is better than I can explain but it works! |
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| How are your hookup percentages with this style of baits? |
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Phantom figure 8s