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Location: plant earth | Anyone try one of these new baits yet? Double Colorado rubber bait looks pretty good. |
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Location: Lake St Clair | Ive got one. Havent used it much but plan to in the fall. Casts like a bullet.
I say go for it. |
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Location: Detroit River | I got a 45" & a 37" on a pearl Hot Orba. |
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| Thanks guys.... it has been awesome for us on St.Clair. Here is a recent fish and a chewed up bait.
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| Here is how it looks underwater....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn9tDgq8Q40 |
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| Anybody else tried these out this fall?
I'm thinking about slow rolling one through the standing timber on a "shad-based southern reservoir". |
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| Illini..Funny you should say that. To be honest with you, when I made this bait, small Ohio type shad lakes were what I had in mind. The bait is smaller than most. In fact I was originally going to call it the 'Cold Front Shad' because I thought its smaller size would be great when it got tough. Good fishn, Jon |
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| Thank you, sir! Can't get a more authoritative answer than that about a bait. |
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| how do you recommend using the bait during the fall in timber? Erratic like a jerk bait or slow roll of some sort? |
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Location: So. Illinois | Lake of the woods this August. Second cast after putting it on (Pearl) I caught a 43. Next spot, first cast caught a 44. I would say that it works great.
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Location: plant earth | sounds like a great bait. anyone know a bait shop around grosse ile that stocks the the bait??? |
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| Thanks guys. As for Grosse Isle I assume you mean Michigan. Andy's Tackle in Melvindale might have a few but I would call first. Michigan Musky Shop has some as does Sportsman's Direct. Plus the bigger online shops. Thanks again! Jon |
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| I used a pearl Hot Orba for a couple hours last weekend. No action, but I loved the way it looked in the water. Nothing else got bit either. I'm sure it will be a good lure for me in the shad-based lake I fish.
I'm going to a clear Canadian Shield lake next summer (Kishkutena). What are your thoughts about its effectiveness in a situation such as this? Any color suggestions? |
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| i know musky lures are not used for their beauty,but this one is really too ugly to my taste,it can be a good lure but this time it go too far |
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| Jon -
It looks like in the picture of the torn up Hot Orba the front hook is T'd. Do you typically "T" the hooks on these or other Bondy baits or does it just look that way? |
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| jano - 10/23/2013 10:59 AM
i know musky lures are not used for their beauty,but this one is really too ugly to my taste,it can be a good lure but this time it go too far
Yeah nothing worse than catching fish on a ugly lure.... |
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| They are uglier chewed up than new! |
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| Funny i think mine became whole lot prettier after it got a hit on it :P didn't hook up thought. |
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| They are liking it at the cave. Few buddies of mine have caught some nice fish on it |
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| Ja Rule...no I don't T any hooks...Jon |
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Location: North Central IL USA | sharptoothwv - 10/3/2013 2:35 PM
how do you recommend using the bait during the fall in timber? Erratic like a jerk bait or slow roll of some sort?
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| I had an opportunity to throw the Royal Orba this fall a couple times out and I instantly fell in love with the action and profile of the bait in the water. Moved some nice fish with it too. Im going to pick up one of these Hot Orbas as well. The profile of the Bondy baits look real nice in the water. I wish I had the will power to commit to jigging a Bondy bait for a full day or too. I feel it could be real effective for my fishing style but its a little to stationary for my liking. But some of these casting baits I have been using from Bondy I have really come to like these baits alot. |
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Location: North Central IL USA | But, are you catching any fish with them, collin? |
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| Gregg! I got to use the bait twice this fall on slow days and it moved fish when nothing else was moving them. My closest lake is 1.5 hours away. I pry used it for a total of about 5 to 7 hours maybe. Maybe my comments came off wrong. I clearly said I think the Royal Orba looks really good in the water with a nice profile. It has a great profile with a really long tail and two nice blades in the back. A lot of water displacement and the profile especially in darker water is really what I would assume is an attention grabber for fish. So to answer your question. No I have not caught any fish on it but I have got them to chase on very slow days with very little use.
I fish tough Minnesota lakes and don’t have the pleasure of getting out when I want and knowing an instant pattern. I catch about 5 fish a year and lose about the same amount or more every year. When I get follows on baits I have never used I consider it good information for myself and a credit to a nice moving bait with a lot of movement going on with the bait. I will smack one on it next year or maybe with the Hot Orba and I will be sure you’re the first person I tell that I caught a fish on the bait. Or maybe I will get one on Vermillion this weekend and my comment earlier can be a little more valid I guess.
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