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Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | There was a time a few years ago when the people that made Bull Dawgs made a bullhead/catfish looking soft plastic bait. Same twisty tail with a fish shaped body and it looked like something that would work on my water where bullheads are a number one target for the muskies.
I am not very good with soft plastics, never did well on them sums it up better. I was wondering if anyone that does good with the Bull Dawgs and clones has had any luck with the bullhead/catfish version of the lure?
I was hand picking lures for a trip next weekend and I was torn between putting it in the box to use or the box to get rid of. It looks good, but I have a lot of other lures that look good also that never caught squat diddly.
Yeah, I know, anything with hooks on it will catch fish, but I also know there are lures with hooks on them that will catch 20 times as many over the course of years with equal use. The last thing I need to do is try to prove I can catch fish on a so-so lure, but at the same time I hate to give up on a lure too soon.
Any info would be appreciated! |
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| I have never used the catfish lure, but one of my favorite lures is the sucker one. They are made by Musky Innovations and are the "real fish" series. I know the sucker is great in the water and I am sure that the catfish will be great too. It should definately make your box! |
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Location: Wausau/Phillips WI | I've had good luck with both the sucker and the bullhead but with an added spinner blade in front of them. On almost all the hits the muskie has followed about 3 feet parallel to the lure and then t-boned it.
I'm down to Cedarburg for my niece's graduation this Saturday. My mind will be on the water.
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Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | Thanks for the info.
I can't get up north fast enough this weekend! I have taken into consideration the advice and will once again place the bullhead in the box. Maybe this time it'll do something if I throw it. I usually try it on deep rock structure off the river channel, crawling it up the slope out of 30' to the rock tops in 12-17'. Maybe I need to try it shallower? But why when I've got a lot of other lures to cover the shallower stuff and have much more confidence using them? |
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