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| i was looking at the 2 pounders and was wondering if anyone has tried them out do they hold up better then the pounders. |
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Location: Des Moines IA | Just got one, threw it for about 3 hours last Saturday. No takers. All I'll say is this, once it's in the water I really like it! All it's weight gives it great momentum in the water, and it looks really good. The hard part is continually casting it! It's not an easy thing to do. I don't really think a fish is going to pass up a mag dawg or a pounder, just to turn around and eat a 2 pounder. It's not too big to get eaten though, so if you feel the need to throw one, have at it! |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | MuskieMike - 10/22/2008 11:05 AM
The hard part is continually casting it! It's not an easy thing to do.
Hey Mike, rather than casting it, you ought to just throw it. Or make up a sling shot thrower to launch them into the lake. |
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | Am I the only one wondering if this big lure thing has gone a little to far?
All summer I have watched boat after boat after boat throw nothing but big baits and yet both I and the people fishing with me have had very good luck on small to medium sized Muskie baits. I hope everyone else keeps throwing those big baits because it seems to translate into more fish in my boat. 
Just my experience. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Herb, You are about 10 minutes away from me right now. We need to get your hooked on some big lures 
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Location: MPLS, MN | Lst year I had better luck with bigger baits, 10" Belivers DCG ect, this year it's been Ghosttails and 7 1/2" Grandma have been the best baits. Coincedence? Pressure? Not sure just mix er up. |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Where can you find these 2lb ers? |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Aaron at Musky Tackle Online has teh Pounder Dawgs:
http://www.muskytackleonline.com/acatalog/Swimbaits.html
I thought Rollie & Helens had some of the 2lb Dawgs but I just looked and don't see them now. I am sure you can email Brad with Musky Innovations. I think he sells direct.
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Location: Medford, WI | Wish I would've had mine this summer. I just got one about two weeks ago and threw it this weekend....1 follow....a low 30-incher. They sure do look sweet though, and they move a lot of water as well.
As Mike mentioned, they are tough to constantly throw. I know I don't have the right rod for it (8" XH Shimano Compre), but no matter what rod, it's going to get tiring. However, once they're in the water, it's very similar to working a pounder.
As far as the question regarding have the big baits gone too far...no. The only limiting factor is rods and being able to throw them efficiently. If anyone can make a bait the size of a 2-lber and the weight of a pounder or a "pounder and a half", please let me know!!! Just like always, small-medium baits work well also; but we have definitely had a correlation with bigger fish caught on bigger baits than on medium sized baits. (Not saying plenty of 50"ers haven't been caught on small baits, but the number and ratio of big fish, for us, has been way better on big baits.
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Medford Fisher - 10/22/2008 4:55 PM
The only limiting factor is rods and being able to throw them efficiently.
-Jake
And more brawn than brains........................
With a great health care ins company that includes chiropractic and sport medicine. |
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Location: madison wisconsin | I saw on you tube Brad introduced the 2 lbrs as trolling lures. He even was surprised when a guy at the milwaukee musky show said that he was going to get a custom rod built and cast them.
I personally would troll with it. It would get really old really fast casting them. But for all the brave people who cast 'em more power to you. |
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| I get the common sense correlation of big baits for big fish, but I have to say, I have thrown the heavy stuff, and at the end of day the lure we caught the most fish on over 45" this summer was beleive it or not a 1.3 oz twitched 6" Jake. Best of all, it can be thrown all day and you still feel good the next day. |
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Location: Lebanon,Mo | Be sure to have your Lifejacket on if you ever get a backlash in the middle of a cast.Something's going to give,and it wont be pretty. |
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Location: Medford, WI | Ha, Missouri hit it right on the head!!! You do not want to get a backlash or push your button halfway or you're almost guaranteed to get wet, either being thrown in with the bait or diving for your rod.
Jeff, if you can have that much success on a 6" Jake, that's awesome! My dad loves twitching those things. On stained and semi-stained waters, they have been very useful for us; however, on many of the clearer waters, they will produce follows but not very many hits for us.
I think another factor in this is the area you're fishing. I know fish will come up from the depths to hit a bait run shallow, but my own experience is that running a bait deeper and keeping it in the "strike zone" is critical when fishing deeper water.
wers, I kept on saying to my friend that I think the 2-lber could be a great trolling bait! Just kind of hard to find out when you fish in northeaster Wisconsin the majority of the time.
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Location: madison wisconsin | Jake, I've heard of guys having luck trolling 'em on the wisconsin river if that helps! |
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| I think the only thing these big baits catch on a regular basis is the Muskie Hunters pocket book!
John |
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| So do guys think it would better just to get a mag dawg or a pound instead of spending the money on the 2lbs |
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Location: madison wisconsin | First, the mag dawg and pounders have proven that they catch fish, and trophy ones at that. I'm sure that the 2 lbrs will too. Second, every musky fisherman has heard the saying " big fish go after big baits". But, imo you don't need to spend all that money when you can buy the mag's or pounders that get the big ones. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Even a Mag profile is about 18 inches. I am sure that is a big baitfish to a musky. Then a pouder size is about 21 inches with the tial out. |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | I REFUSE TO THROW THE 1 OR 2 POUNDER, you guys wonder why your reels don't last !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The 8oz SUPER D IS 18 INCHES LONG, I can throw them all day long. You can always add some to the tail to make it bigger/longer without alot of weight.
Edited by PIKEMASTER 10/25/2008 3:06 PM
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