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| Question #1: a skie is nosing around a sucker, either you hear it with the clicker, or see the sucker come up with skie giving chase....what to do? a. leave it alone, let the momma take her time and eat or not b. figure-8 the sucker (works with lures right?) c. do like Boro does and crank it up just to see if the muskie is dumb enough to come to the surface, show herself and kamikaze for all to see???????????
Question #2: sucker just got ate! do I: a. set straight up thinking I can get leverage best that way b. wait till the fish moves away and hit her c. move the boat away from her so I can hit her at an angle???????
Question #3: do we stop using suckers because they stop being affective, or because we can't keep them alive (ie. if I can find a way to keep the meat kickin for more of the year, should I do it?)
Question #4: If Running_Hot slaps me across the face with a sucker, what is the proper retaliation?
Slamr
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| Great questions, Slamr. I'm also very interested in learning more about sucker fishing. I would add this question for the experts.....
#5. What type of rig do you use with your suckers?
Slamr, regarding being slapped across the face with a sucker, are you armed at the time?
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| im no expert but heres my opinion.
#1- a
#2- a, if its all in her mouth
b, if not sure
#3- if you can fish two lines its a great way to keep your
second line wet, use ice to keep water cold
#4- force feed him the sucker
#5- quick set rigs, single hooks kill
happy hunting
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| Ranger: my number 5, I use rigs from Wisher tackle. Simple and havent had any failures yet. I prefer one single jig-headed front hook, and a single treble leadered to it. They make kill rigs, which I don't like, but other than Mania Rigs, which I am not smart or talented enough to use, I'm sorta stuck with the Wishers as the only ones I like that I can buy in the area. Why don't I buy'em on line or via catalogs? No idea...
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| Slamr, I have seen Pete Maina jig the sucker and reel it up slightly. I have seen that trigger fish for him on tv. I don't always see the fish so if I feel weight I hit it. In those cases they are not moving away and may drop the sucker so I might as well go for a hookset. I have been burned plenty by waiting for that fish to do something.
As far as suckers being alive in warm water, remember what I told you sat. about chillers. I seen two fish sat come up for a look at the suckers as I checked them and both were nice fish. |
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| Slamr here are my answers...
1) A or D,leave it alone or you might want to give it a FEW twitches
2) C
3) Yes
4) slap him back with yor sucker
5) Quick strike rigs
Good Luck and hoped I have helped,Paul |
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| SLAMR-
The sucker slap was for you to stop whining! It worked, didnt it! |
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| i guess i am just not a live bait kinda' guy when it comes to muskies- unless i absolutely have to use live bait... even then- i would rather get one fish on a big crankbait rather than get many muskies on suckers... i don't think other people should feel the same as me- but that is how i feel about it... i use live bait for panfish and walleye- maybe that is why i don't like it for skies... [:sun:] |
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| 55sfire,
Don't even START to think that using suckers for skies is in ANYWAY an automatic ticket to getting into fish. Conversley the amount of putzing with the suckers (keeping them out of weeds, unravelling them when they catch themselves in the rigs, keeping them out of the motors, your baits you are casting etc.) is a whole nother job when fishing.
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| Real men don't use SUCKERS! [;)] |
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