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| Lake of the Woods - late June - only one crankbait allowed in the tackle box -
What is it ? Size & color - maybe a little why you picked it......
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| It would be a custom double 10 Handlebarz in the pattern that helped John Cowan win the musky hunter school of esox back to back. Taking big fish each year and almost all of his fish for the most fish each year. |
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Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | As long as I could have my Suicks I wouldn't worry |
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Location: NE PA | I had really good success with suicks at lotw also |
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| But he said CRANKBAIT !!! DBL10 Spinner-Bucktail/Suick Jerkbait- Pullbait. That said I will go with a Org/Blk Shallow Invader  |
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Location: NE PA | WINDKNOT - 12/29/2013 11:18 PM
But he said CRANKBAIT !!! DBL10 Spinner-Bucktail/Suick Jerkbait- Pullbait. That said I will go with a Org/Blk Shallow Invader :)
Fair enough.... 10" jake walleye pattern |
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| 7 inch georgie bait.
reason-fishing top 10ft. ..color 9 dollar bass pattern |
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Location: S.W. WI | -8" Big Game surface twitch.
-Walleye or perch.
-Twitch over and thru weeds.
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Location: Not where I want to be! | 10" Slammer, in any hot color pattern.
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| any 10 inch shallow crank that you can use as a twitch or jerk bait. jakes grammas slammers the newer bucher shallow 9 inch. i like the walleye patterns but the ones that put alot of flash have been great also. |
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| Crank bait shallow raider nine inch sucker colour, but this would be a locating fish bait and then would go with a handlebarz custom lotw colour. Change back hook of shallow raider for two sizes bigger - different deadstick option. |
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Location: ON | ERC DD |
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| 8" Big Game, perch color |
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Location: Canada | Straight 9" Lawrence Muskie Lure in Carp |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | 9" Alien - hot pink
Why? Because its a cresent wrench muskie magnet, e.g. unlimited ways to present it, including cranking!
Have fun!
Al
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| Sorry missed the crank bait part it would be 9" Georgie larger profile and very nice wobble |
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Location: Valpo IN | Depth raider - natural perch
bang it off the rocks & hold on |
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Location: Warroad, Mn | 10" Believer, fire Tiger. Why? Because I've caught a lot of fish with one. Doug Johnson |
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Location: 31 | M-9 Granny blue or black with silver prison... get right on top of em' and underhand pitch & twitch in the thickest cabbage or a clumpy coontail. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | dougj - 12/30/2013 10:42 AM
10" Believer, fire Tiger. Why? Because I've caught a lot of fish with one. Doug Johnson
Straight or jointed guessing straight? |
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| What DougJ said! Cause DougJ said it!
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Location: Sycamore, IL | muskie24/7 - 12/30/2013 11:27 AM
What DougJ said! Cause DougJ said it!
Yep...next topic:) |
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| 5" Tuff Shad in Goldie, They work ! |
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| never fished there but if I were going it'd be a 9" shallow grandma in holo redhorse |
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Location: Nordeast Minneapolis | If I could only have one crankbait to bring to any given lake, it would be a Rapala Supershad. Remarkably productive, versatile (and in my opinion, underrated) lure for musky. Color would depend on the lake, and I've never fished LotW... but probably something in a natural or chrome-y finish. |
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Location: On the Niagara River in Buffalo, NY | 10" Jake in Silver Pikie color! |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | So what you guys are saying is that any crankbait known to man will work on LOW?  |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | If it moves it's food ....right time and location a socket wrench would work... just not necessarily the best option
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| socket wrench
to change props lol. |
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Location: Aurora | ESOX Maniac - 12/30/2013 8:42 AM
9" Alien - hot pink
x2 on hot pink for the woods.
Can't believe more peeps haven't mentioned it.
I'll even go out on a limb and say that it's a B. Sandy approved colour. |
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | 10" believer in walleye |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | LOL- Dick Pearson's "Muskies on the Shield" clued me into hot pink -> Betty's hot pink bucktail..... The hot pink 9" Alien is always on a rod and usually my first cast on any spot. Yes, its a "cresent wrench", meaning I can do things with it that you just can't do with a traditional crank bait....
Have fun!
Al
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| If The hot pink 9" Alien is so hot, how come I have a difficult time in finding one? Is it made by American Hardwood Lures? If so, I didn't see it listed on their site. Just curious what one looks like and who sells them. Maybe I just have fat fingers this morning. Thanks for the help. |
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Location: deephaven mn | late june, is that opening weekend you are referring to? last year the water was pretty cold at that time. |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Muskie Bob - 12/31/2013 11:54 AM
If The hot pink 9" Alien is so hot, how come I have a difficult time in finding one? Is it made by American Hardwood Lures? If so, I didn't see it listed on their site. Just curious what one looks like and who sells them. Maybe I just have fat fingers this morning. Thanks for the help.
You can't find one because its a basement bait I created using a salt water squid body (Moldcraft). The trick to the Alien is the internal rigging. One of my best friends Mike Hofmann used to sell them thru his business (ZaltNAD). Unfortunately its closed due to a serious decline in his health and his sons are getting rid of inventory. 4 sizes 6", 9", 12", 16" . Inventory of hot pink Alien's is zero. However, I still make them for myself and friends.
Have fun!
Al
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Very interesting what are the dodads between the springs and ahead of the back crimp and what is their purpose? Do you assemble the complete harness before installing?
Thanks Frank |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | 7" Slammer Crank Bait in the classic Golden Shiner color pattern .
Sharpen your hooks, cast it out and hang on! |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Frank- Those are beads from a hobby store, they keep the springs in position. The springs allow the rear hook to to move on the hookset even though the beast has the squid body clamped in her mouth - higher hooking precentages. Same is true of front stinger with rubber bands, e.g., lets you move the hooks on hookset. I use the fabric covered ponytail bands from Wally World now, they don't melt if you store the Alien with the stinger on the squid body, an early lesson..... The springs are stainless steel as is the nylon covered 18 strand stainless steel 180lb cable - double barrel crimps with each double crimped using the manufacturer's crimping tool.
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| dougj - 12/30/2013 9:42 AM
10" Believer, fire Tiger. Why? Because I've caught a lot of fish with one. Doug Johnson |
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Location: Warroad, Mn | Yes, I like straight the best! Jointed work also, but it takes a 1/4 oz. bell sinker on the front hook hanger to make them behave the way I want them to, Great LOTWs baits! Very versatile. Can be cast or trolled, and will run shallow or deep. Easy to work, all you need to do is throw it out and reel it back in. Big Fish baits. Doug Johnson |
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Location: Canada | dougj - 1/1/2014 8:43 PM
Yes, I like straight the best! Jointed work also, but it takes a 1/4 oz. bell sinker on the front hook hanger to make them behave the way I want them to, Great LOTWs baits! Very versatile. Can be cast or trolled, and will run shallow or deep. Easy to work, all you need to do is throw it out and reel it back in. Big Fish baits. Doug Johnson
Landed a few fish this fall trolling 10" Believers (jointeds and straights) that I add a couple of personal tweaks to. What size bell sinker to the front hook hanger and what exactly does it do on the jointeds that you don't add them to straights? Just curious, thanks |
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