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| Someone better call Mepps and tell them that their days are numbered......Never!
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| Early in the season can be real good. Everyone is throwing their big brand new lure they got in the winter yet it's the black muskie killer that makes them eat.
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Location: WI | Snurgoil - 2/25/2009 10:32 AM
I'm curious to know if anyone has success with catching spring pike on double bladed bucktails?
Last may I caught a pike around 30" on a dbl 8 rabid squirrel bait. Nailed it right as the bait was nearing the boat.
I find myself throwing the dbl 8's a lot, and single blades almost never. I've had more luck on those than the dbl10's, but I also use them more.
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Location: Pittsburgh PA | I am big fan of single blade bucktails . I have double cowgirls and I do through them they do catch fish theres no mistake about that. I do feel that a larger profile comes in handy sometimes in the fall and during a rain fall or when the river is on the rise. It is just hard to maintain grove with that much resistants.Some guys are gearing up with sea reels to ease there pain. I am thinking the same thing |
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| Is the era of the single bladed bucktail over?
They'll never catch another fish sitting in the tackle box. Got a hunch they still work though. |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | I have had days where the double 10 or 9's were all they would hit. Other days they would only follow but burning a Mepps french blade or a single willow had them all over it.
Double 10's, are great bucktails but I will always mix it up. Never will you see all my clients using the same baits. Here is an example:One client will toss a DC10, the next a single blade willow or french bladed tail and the last client will use a deep running spinnerbait. Once the fish show us whats hot we will change up one more rod to the hot bait. This is an example when the blade bite is on only.
The single blade bucktail is alive and well. For those who don't pull them out they are missing out on lots of fish. Do not think they do not work. Single blade rock early in the season.
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| i was at the fishing connection today one of the premeire musky shops in Chicago area.i asked him is anyone been buying single bladed bucktails and the owner said no.So maybe right now they are resting for the time being.b |
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| Not for me, anyway. Don't even have one in the tackle box. From what I hear, they are a chore to retrieve hour after hour. As long as I'm still ctaching fish on single bladed bucktails I'll stay with them. If I need a better workout I'll head for the gym. |
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| I still ask the same question at times. I still prefer when fishing my local waters, to use single blade bucktails. I believe if the waters, such as locally(Price Co) are not capable of producing, very few, if any 45"+ fish, the big blades are just too much.
If any one feels otherwise please let me know.
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Location: Twin Cities | bucksnort - 3/10/2009 1:31 AM
I believe if the waters, such as locally(Price Co) are not capable of producing, very few, if any 45"+ fish, the big blades are just too much.
Dean
A majority of fish caught for me on double 10's are smaller than 45" between muskies and pike. Smallest i've gotten was a 22 inch muskie last year. Not to tell you how to fish, but size of the fish is pretty irrelevant for these things! |
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Location: Land of the Musky | My big pike in spring love them! |
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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | 2 words for everyone: Eagle......Tail
Nuff said. |
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | I haven't used any single bladed bucktails for a while, but we caught a lot of fish the last two years on CJs spinner baits. It seemed the more of those big double bladed bucktails we saw people throw, the more fish we caught on the CJs.
To show you why I love the CJs so much, here are the stats for my boat the last two years:
- 135 total hours on the water (pathetic, huh?).
- 39 Muskies caught with a 43 inch average (I caught 30 of them.)
- 36 Muskies on CJs spinner baits.
- One 44 inch Muskie on a Bionic Bucktail spinner bait (one of my fishing partners).
- The largest was my 52 inch fatty caught on a ten inch Kickin Minnow last year.
- One little 30 incher on a small plastic bait.
- Zero fish caught on Cow Girls and it wasn't like they didn't get wet. Maybe we need to reel faster or something?
Which CJs were the best? It all depended on the lake and the day. One day the fish were tearing up single bladed hair baits. Another day on a different lake it was small double bladed skirted baits, and another day it would be something else. The best color was usually what was on the line.
You all keep throwing those bucktails. I'll keep my net slimed with the CJs. OK? 
Edited by Herb_b 3/10/2009 7:25 PM
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| The big blades were at one time popular years ago but not as popular as
today. They did not get the press back then but worked. Double bladed is also nothing new. Been throwing them for years but not the big ones. Everything goes around and fades out and finds a revival someplace in time. Look at all the baits and you'll see thats true.
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | I never caught a fish on a double 10. Double 8 Shumway flasher? yes tons of fish. I imagine they have thier place. I still throw mostly smaller stuff that doesnt kill my arms. But Why throw spinners at all? I have much more fun using other lures like Twitch baits and Cranks. I catch most of my Muskies on baits other than spinners. But then again I like to troll AND cast. Kingfisher |
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | I think all lures have their time and place. Whether or not one catches fish with a lure mostly depends on if one actually uses it. All types of lures can catch fish, but not all people can catch fish with all types of lures.
For instance, I can't catch much with an extra large bucktail of any type or a jerk-bait, but give me a spinner bait or a good plastic bait and I'm in business. It is different for each person. Some can light them up with topwaters or gliders while others prefer crank baits and many prefer the basic bucktails and spinner baits.
I think the important thing is to find a set of lures that work for you. There are no right or wrong lures. Its just fishing.
Edited by Herb_b 3/13/2009 12:04 AM
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Location: WI | I'll throw a single or double 8 in calm to a slight chop. Windy? Bust out the big blades! |
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Location: The desert | No. |
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Location: Alexandria, Minnesota | even though I sell double bladed glittertails, I am a huge fan of magnum harrassers they are priced right and have put a lot of fish in the boat for me. I use the single bladed fluted colorado's |
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