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| Ok guys ive been muskie fishing for a handful of years an never got into throwing bulldawgs.Not sure why,just never did.Im fishing in heavily pressured waters with low number of muskies.I here time an time again there's know wrong way of throwing a dawg,but ive yet to see a fish on these lures.I pretty much do the yo-yo retrieve,and i do the long rip an pause retrieve.Is there a better techinque that works better for these lures? And what time of year is better for these lures?I try an throw them when ever im out.I really want to get a fish on these bad.Whats the bite usually feel like when you get one?Im fishing river an lake water .
Thnaks guys
J
Edited by Jess 10/4/2009 10:02 AM
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Pretty much you're right that when a dawg is in the water and moving, it's being fished right. I've caught fish from 55-80 degree water using them. Dark or light. Rain or shine. The fish usually hits on the pause when the dawg is dropping, so when you go to take another rip, you'll feel the weight. Kinda feels like you hooked into a stump. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | Exactly! I've not had a Dawg hit while moving yet, they've all been on the drop/pause. But then again, if I'm fishing Dawgs, I'm probably looking for the slower, more deliberate action. I too have caught fish on them from June up through yesterday. They're not a magic wand, but they're certainly a good tool to have in the box. |
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Location: Michigan | What size dawgs are you fishing? If you are using regular dawgs I would strongly suggest switching up to the mag dawgs/Super Ds and even to pounders at some points. I use harder jerks instead of longer pulls for most of the year. I do switch to longer/slower pulls when the water gets cold but the normally I am working them extremely hard and fast to trigger strikes. The fish will almost always hit on the pause and will hit at the head of the bait. The way I fish dawgs/super Ds the fish hit extremely hard; it feels like they are trying to take the rod out of your hands. Always try to keep contact with the bait even when it is falling and you will feel the hit. If you're fishing them really hard/fast the hit will be explosive; if you are fishing them slower you will feel a little bump and some weight. |
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Location: syracuse indiana | jason is on on all that.. thats the same way i use them...bill |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Jess,
First off, you need to be where the muskies are........High pressure lake + Low number of muskies = Not very good odds. Don't waste to much of your time on a body of water with not many muskies in it.
As far as "How" to work a Dawg: Cast, count down to the desired depth,reel,rip,pause,jerk,reel some more,pause,reel,rip,rip,pause,reel some more............ Or straight retrieve if you want ............Repete until the fish hits, or doesn't hit.
The fall of the year has worked best for me, and most of the time in deeper water (10-20ft) off of the structure.
Find the bait fish and keep your Dawgs about 2 ft above them, and you just might get bit.
Oh ya, most muskies hit on the pause, and the pike will hit at any time they want.
Stupid Fish !
Jerome
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Location: Eagle River, WI | The best thing that you need when fishing a new bait is confidence. You need to have the confidence to throw that bait on your good spots at prime times, not just when you feel like you have ran out of all your usual options. |
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Location: nappanee IN | floro or wire for these guys? |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Floro. |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | I get fewer dawg balls using single strand wire...use floro for tails/topwater....personal choice... |
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| I have caught fish on the pull/pause method, usually feels like a slight bump,
but I vote for the faster method as well, only diff is I will burn them, then throw a bunch of crazy snaps n jerks in there then a pause, and go right back to burning it after the pause.
sometimes I get hit on the pause, but mostly, its after I start burning it again, and go to the first jerk or snap.
Try varying the direction you are pulling/snappin them as well, lots of times when we are getting hit, its ripping the bait straight up instead of just a sweeping motion towards the boat.
like said above too, when workin it fast, the strike is unistakingly violent.
maybe thats why I prefer the fast over a slow bump?  |
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| Are most of you guys adding split rings to the eye of your dawgs? I have problems when trying to attach an String Ease snap, without adding the s/r. Thanks.
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| great info guys
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Location: Michigan | Single strand wire all the way for me on these baits. Even though I used fluoro for a year and didn't have one break off I did have some close calls with the fluoro really torn up. I would attach a split ring to the eye if you are using a snap as it gives the bait more movement in the water and it will cut down on the chance of the snap getting caught on the eye and the fish gaining leverage from that and breaking it off. Make sure it is a high quality O'ring though. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Good ring for the noses are the super strong tempered stainless steel Worth #7 rings IMO. Easy on/off. I use them on my Suicks too for that reason.
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| Thankyou for the info!
Chas |
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