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Location: Belgium | how do you fish the unweighted and the weighted burt? I noticed that most of the burts that I've used so far all tend to pull to one side, despite tuning the eye and shaping of the diving lip. I was wondering whether I am fishing them the wrong way. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! |
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Location: Lafayette, IN | My experience with Burts is long sweeping action produces my best bait action. This came from watching the bait on a troll at about 3mph. It was sweeping side to side on a steady retrieve (trolling) at about 3ft widths. I've since tried to duplicate that over weed tops on the cast but I still like twitching the bait (unweighted) to make it dive down into thick weeds then back out. I don't worry so much about the "right" then "left" action when I'm working in thick weeds. Simply getting it down then out then down again. Any other opinions? |
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Location: Belgium | what's the difference between the old style burts and the new style burts? I got one today that works great (non-weighted and it dives down without too much effort). It has flat side near the head and stick-on eyes (jailbird pattern). This one seems to be easier to work than the new ones I had.
Do you use slow, steady pulls or pulls that make the lure gain speed gradually (gradually speed up the lure during the pull) or what do you use?
Edited by divani 7/31/2003 10:27 AM
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Location: Lafayette, IN | I must have the older one (about 3 years old). Just long sweeps with my longest rod (7 1/2' Lightning Rod) gives me the wider side to side action. But, it does float upwards pretty quickly so I have to use a pretty fast cadence. |
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Location: Appleton, WI | Some Burts can be tricky to tune. I've had turned the eyes on some of mine at fairly steep angles to get them to track straight. Also make sure that you're twitching your rod tip straight down rather than the side when working them. Some of my best producing burts don't appear to be running nice, they want to track to one side. What appears to be a bad running bait to us may be good to the fish. It's giving the bait adequate water time before I decide that it's a dud.
catch ya later,
Krappie |
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Location: So. Illinois | I agree with the long sweeps straight down. I thought my burts were tuned wrong until I went out with a guide. He showed me how to make deliberate sweeps straight down and the burt came to life like advertised. Still fine tuning my technique but I have found practice makes perfect
Chief |
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Location: oswego, il | What I have heard is you never stop reeling while you sweep the bait. This is supposed to make the lure go side to side. I have not tried it yet but plan to. |
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Location: Wausau, Wisconsin | I fish burt (primarily squirrely) with sharp, short snaps. I pause and between. Fishing these slow with fast snaps is great for cold fronts. I've used the burt for a long time but have developed a techuiquie I liked for quite some time. Yeah, I know I spelled techasdfasdf like a numb skull. Does that make me so bad??? 
Justin Gaiche
www.hooksetters.biz |
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Location: Gurnee, Illinois | Check out this article, it's pretty good.
http://www.timkelly.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/lasburts.html
Dave |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I read the article, and it is a good one. Slob Pike, too. |
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Location: Belgium | thanks for the link. I had read that one a while ago. He seems to tune them as well. Maybe I should put more time in tuning them? |
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