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| When is it best to fish a glide bait with a tail or without a tail?
Does the time of the year make any difference?
Does size make a difference? Are smaller baits best with tails? or larger baits?
Just curious if I should be fishing more with or without a tail and when.
Thanks,
Bob |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | TAIL! You can't go wrong with a bait that has a good piece of tail behind it. m
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Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota | The only gliders I really throw have tails. I don’t see how having a little bit more action on an otherwise really subtle bait would hurt. |
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| I like tail. |
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Location: SE, WI. | I guess I lean towards NO Tail. I want the extra treble for nippers.....+ the twister tail pulls back And restricts Glide. These fish are notorious for missing jerk/ glides baits anyways. I add a few strands of Tinsel to each side of rear treble to create a nice Flash, that really attracts! JD |
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Posts: 427
| Ya, most guys love a good piece of tail!! |
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| I get more action on my glides without softtails on them. They belly roll more and have a wider walk the dog pattern. |
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| I prefer the 3rd hook over a tail. I seem to get more follows on the tail versions but catch more fish on the non tail versions. I have caught several fish with just the back hook that wouldn’t be there with a tail bait.
Dan |
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| I agree with the no tail. Better action on baits with no tail imo. I have caught fish on baits with tail but prefer no tail. Also, don't have to worry about replacing them if a fish tears one off. |
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| none of mine have a tail, i like the position of the hook hangers much better on the non tailed versions. i use mostly hell pups and the trebles tend to tangle on the squirrelly version. |
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Posts: 663
| I'm on the no-tail team when it comes to gliders. All the reasons already stated.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I'm at the age where it doesn't matter. |
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| I have both, use tails on cold fronts and no tail when moving fast in warmer water. But other times I don't follow that at all...I do want I want
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Location: Almond, WI | I've never noticed a strong, consistent difference one way or another. Of the two biggest I've ever had eat a glider, one had a tail, one was without a tail. |
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| Maybe not the best reason, but I like the tail and in a bright color because my home water is so dark stained, that when doing a figure 8, I see the lure better. Have caught a couple on figure 8s with Phantom with orange tail and I think in part it was because I could see my 8 better, or maybe the fish like that little extra wiggle. |
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Location: West Central WI | It's all about confidence. Looks like this forum is split both ways. I have both types and don't really think about it. Fish see movement and I don't see where they'd pull up short and think, "Oops better back off because there's no tail." Muskies attack when they want so pretty much whatever you throw could trigger them on any given day. |
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Location: Walker, MN | Tails have become a confidence thing for me. One more thing to control maybe? I can add white, orange, chartreuse...white mostly. A lot of times color doesn't matter, other times You'd swear it's the only thing that matters. |
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