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| I am new to fishing bulldawg baits and I was wondering how to fish them to be the most productive? Just swim them, jerk, or kinda jig them? Any advice would be great thanks. |
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Location: Musky Tackle Online, MN | Landonfish - 8/11/2010 9:31 PM
Just swim them, jerk, or kinda jig them?
All of the above. Best thing to do is to just change it up to see what the fish want that particular day. Really, that can be said for how to fish most baits. I think most people tend to work bulldawgs with somewhat steady retrieves with pulls/rips through the retrieve to trigger the strike. But that's not always the most effective method. It just depends on the mood of the fish that day. The depth and structure you're fishing will also dictate how you fish them.
Aaron
Edited by AWH 8/11/2010 10:03 PM
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Location: Minnesota | General rule of thumb with Bulldawgs is that there are no wrong way to fish it (I wonder if this applies to dawgball???)... Keep changing the retrieve til you find out what the fish wants... |
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Location: Northwest Wisconsin | Not much experience throwing them myself but all of the above is what I've read and been trying to do with them. Finnaly got a fish on one slowly trolling over places I would usually see bait fish suspended in deep water. Friends have caught them casting with straight retrieves and fishing them on deep drops. |
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Location: Denmark | IMO it depends on the situation, especially the depth you are fishing over, I use SuperD's from depth ranging from 10 to 40 feet, and depending on the clarity of the water I let them sink a bit, then I jerk or pull them back fast and vivid. If the water is clear the fish will rise and take violently middle or top. For troubled water I fish closer to the button.
Actually I made a little clip once showing my retrieve technique for the D's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj735lmSCO0&feature=related
Edited by Killerbug 8/12/2010 5:48 AM
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| i fish mostly in a flowage with alot of snags on the bottom no matter where you fish. I usualy do a straight retreive just like i would run a bucktail. I don't fish them to often but doing it this way has worked for me in the past. i guess it depends on the lake and the structure you are on. I don't think there is a wrong way to fish them. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Jerk, pause and repeat. When you feel resitance set the hook HARD.
James
Edited by Tackle Industries 8/12/2010 9:23 AM
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | I fish the same style as killerbug in the video, but my pulls are much longer and harder, if that makes sense.
Cast out, let sink if desired, jerk or pull, lure then will pause as you reel in slack line, and repeat. Sometimes I will keep the same cadence but other times I will change it up, be creative and find out what triggers the fish.
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