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| I know I am not the only one out there that has not gained confidence in the Dawg. What is the best retrieve, situation to use them? Do you jig in 40 feet, do you work as jerkbiat in depths of 10-20 feet? Have you used them real shallow?
I am looking for advice for next season as I got the gooseegg this year on the lure.
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| As I mentioned in a different post Bulldawgs seem to work best in lakes that contain Burbot/Elpout. I Just cast them out and retreive back with a few twitches thrown in now and then
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| Tahoe,
The Dawg is a great lure in certain situations, I would not use it to cast weed flats or shallow water, although I'm sure that many have caught fish while doing this.
It seems to work great in deep water applications say 12'-whatever depth you feel confident in throwing. I like to work it in a straight retrieve running it around 6' deep or so. It tends to bring fish out of nowhere so keep your eyes open and make sure you do a figure eight while working deep water. I make it a rule of thumb to go around at least twice when I'm working deep water (anything over 15') these fish can just appear out of nowhere.
I have to clearify that I'm talking about the Mag Dawg and not the smaller ones. I originally bought this lure to jig deep water in the fall, now it is one of my favorite lures to throw.
I guess it's like anything else, the more confidence that you have in a lure, the more that lure will produce for you. |
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| Gotta love those Dawgs!!!!!
Spring Dawg- I used it early in the season, very shallow. Twitching it with a fast retreive. In the summer, I worked it parallel to the weed lines slow with long pulls in vary in directions to give a swim motion.
Medium Dawg - Didn't use it much this year.
Magnum Dawg - Threw it very little. But did troll it. Nothing happened this on it this fall. But I love this bait.
The one thing about the Dawg is that there is no bad way to retreive it.
To quote a famous Guide on Eagle Lake.. Always have a dawg in the water, you can't go wrong..[:bigsmile:]
Peter |
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| Has anyone been dragging dawgs around like having a sucker rod over the side of the boat? Any takers? Handy |
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| Hi Tahoe, I have done well on the Bulldawgs fishing deep weed edges and steep breaking shorelines and have also had a little success with them on suspended fish.
My retrieve for the Bulldawg is very simple. All I do is 3-4 fast cranks with the reel and then pause, 3-4 fast cranks then pause. This gives the bait a rise and fall action.
I have not done well jigging them because they don't sink fast enough and are difficult to keep in contact with the bottom.
If you want to fish them over the weeds, try the weightless model that came out this season. I didn't have one in my boat until after turnover but can't wait to give them a try next season over the weeds. God bless. |
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| I think time on the bait is just as important as time on the water. |
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| Sorry, tried to put the gif on the page. |
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| Great hook set Raze, can I borrow it for our club's website? |
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| Sure Webguy, but you gotta tell me how to post the gif. |
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| Sure Raze, edit your topic and put this in:
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but take out the X in both brackets.
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Get it on your post and I'll take it off this one. |
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| Here's what I do with DAWGS. Lots of different things. First I usually only throw the Magnums. I usually only throw them is spots that I think they will be appreciated (big fish spots, or big fish spotted) as they are a load!
Generally I'll just do sort of what OE does, and thats reel fast for 4-5 turns (I use a 7000) then stop. If I've seem a fish that I want to catch I just reel fast (real fast) and stop the lure about 10 feet from the boat and then sort of jig it to the boat (this works the best when I've seen a fish). I also use the unweighted ones and then it's more of a jerk/glide deal. The unweighted DAWGS sink pretty slow and sort of glide. Again I'll use these when fishing a known big fish spot, but generally before I've seen a fish. After I've had a fish follow I try to get that fish to bite with speed. Unfortunately it only works once in a while. I've also tried the opposite, and speed seems to work more times than slow and easy if you know where the fish is.
Doug Johnson |
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