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Location: Davenport, IA | Ok, there are many minnowbaits, but what is your favorite? Feel free to add your own choice. |
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Location: Bagley,MN 56621 | BLUEGILL Shallow raider.....UFF DA!!!!!!!! |
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| Modified JAKES are my confeidence crank along with cranes 308's, slammers, and my home made cranks. |
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Location: Appleton,WI | some homemade cranks i did out of all rubber! |
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Location: West Bend, WI | Hey E do you have any pics off those cranks? |
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Location: Appleton,WI | See the pic in my signature!!!!!! |
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Location: in front of my comp | My fav's are Jakes, Manns +30's and depth Raiders.... |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | I would have to say the old 7 inch Slammer. Just keeps catching fish year after year. |
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Location: Wausau/Phillips WI | I voted for the Shallowraider just because it really works good in certain situations where I can swim it thru pckets in heavy weed beds. The others all have their places too but I could only vote for one, and the Shallowraider really has been working.
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Location: Eastern Ontario | I can't believe the believer was not on the list. By far the most versatile and best crankbait out there. From casting top water to trolling in 18 ft deep it catches fish everytime. By the way a skunk colored one caught my avatar. 
Edited by Trophymuskie 2/3/2003 10:16 PM
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| Rich, I know what you mean...I'm a Believer, I couldn't leave her if I tried...what is so neat about the Believer is the fact that it was supposedly named after the #1 hit, "I'm A Believer", composed by the Monkeys, way back yonder in the 60s. These were no ordinary monkeys; so often the word "monkey" is associated w/ a class of primates, but these were actual peeps that for some reason or another called themselves "monkeys". Mike Nesmith(bith?), Mickey Dolenz, Davey Jones and Peter ? were their names. Things get foggier over the years, but the names are close. Chicks really dug them, so we often tried to hum their tunes in school in hopes of attracting one of them; never did work for me though...anyhows, think of all the times you hear peeps saying things like "quit monkeying around", or perhaps "too much monkey business" and other such stuff. One thing that I have considered is the fact that any bait w/ an attachment/tail could be called a "monkey bait", since they somewhat resemble the backside of a primate, they live in trees, and that is where most of me baits stay! Speaking of monkeys, I gotta go get this one off me back..... |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | This year the Shallow Invader really made me a believer. After never seeing a fish on one, I blasted a few on them when nothing else would work.
Hulbert
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| Grandmas seem to take the beating in our boat. |
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Location: Illinois-Indiana | Would have to be the 7" Slammer, you can twitch it, troll it or cast |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | Muskie Fever, I believe that the lady in your user profile will be at the Slammer Booth at the Milwaukee Muskie Show this weekend!.....At least I hope so!
Edited by Steve Van Lieshout 2/4/2003 4:45 PM
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| Baby ShallowRaider ,with out a doubt |
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Location: Williamstown, WV | i've got to stick with the crane bait.
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| Slammer |
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Location: Belgium | 6" swim whizz and 7" slammer + 7" straight model shallowraider |
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| Lip Ripper of course but throw all the others as well.
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Location: Thibodaux, LA | Hey all,
Got to say Grandma Lures! Loved the old dogs, love the new ones too. Jake makes a hell of nice bait.
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Location: Lafayette, IN | Jakes. But I must submit one personal fav that my brother-in-law handcrafted from basswood. It's called "Firepike" and yes, he came up with the name before some commercial outfit used it on their bait. (See my photo album for a peek.) It's caught my biggest musky to date!
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Location: Southern W.Va. | Don't laugh but I've had more action from a Cotton Cordel 7" minnow that I got for striper fishing then any other minnow bait that I've owned or saw used. Twitch it , steady crank or fished like a jerkbait, all seens to work for me here in W.Va. Can't wait till I get to LOTW this fall and try it in the Great North.
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Location: Madison, WI | Grandma and, my Dad's version, a Granny. Jake at Grandma Bait makes a great lure and is also a fantastic supporter of our favorite pastime . Some of the other posts make me wonder what the definition of a "Minnow Bait" is? I never considered a Believer a minnow bait but then again I live in Wisconsin and maybe it's just another one of those "only in Wisconsin" things! Craig Eversoll |
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Location: Davenport, IA | I too believe everyone has a different defintion for a minnowbait. I always thought a minnowbait was shaped sorta like a minnow with a shallow diving lip and (usually) also called a twitchbait. |
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Location: beer city | I did really well with a lip ripper on Pewaukee last year. Haven't seen them in a while does anyone know where I can get some more?
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What is your favorite minnowbait?