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| I recently bought a 6"perchbait. I love the bigger ones so i bought the 6"version for casting/twitching/troling purpose. The normal ones cought me some great fish and the always run like a dream. Even on high speeds.
Now the small one is something else. Thing is, it doesn't run strait by any means. Any tips for tuning these guys? Don't want to break it, i'm from Europe so it took some effort to get my hands on this bait. ...
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| Come on guys! Should i bent the eye? (chance of breakking the lip). Or are there other ways to tune these baits you think?
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Location: Sw Pennsylvania | I've bent the thru wire from underneath before on the larger perchbaits to get them to run straight. I've also done it tuff shads. Just make small adjustments til you get the right action. For the small perchbaits it seems that rod postioning has alot to do with how they run, for example if i ran them out the side of the boat at a 45 deg angle they didn't want to run right, if i ran them 90 deg out the side they would run perfect. If i ran them straight out the back they would pop up every once in a while. Just my limited experience with the smaller perchbaits. |
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| Thanx.
Cannot believe that positioning of a rod has anything to to with it. Would be the first bait of mine that would be influenced by rod position...
I will see if I can bent the wire underneeth the loop allthough it seems a bit tricky to me.... |
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| Up size the first hook a size, helps level it out if the tuneing the lip/wire does not help
Make sure the hangers are even and aligned with the eyelet |
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Location: pittsburgh, pa | Allegheny River Kid hit it on the head. The rod position plays a big part on how the little perchbaits run. First try bending the wire where you put your snap on. Thats all I have had to do with mine. If it doesnt work play with the wire where it goes into the body on the underside of the lip. |
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| These baits are a lot different then the bigger ones, but still are solid, well constructed and very true in their construction, so it should take very little to get it running right. "Rod position" hmmm? Not sure I've seen many cranks to be that sensitive...But, I would say with a little careful tweeking on the line tie you should be able to tune this bait and not risk any breakage. Any more than that and you've probably got a reject. Check your hardware to see that it is strait and lined up well. An offset snap like the a roscoe or even a berkley cross lock might effect the action some. I'd keep my leader/hardware on the lighter side. A stay-lok snap about 4.5 size would be just right. too much leader and you may kill/throw off your action.
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | You might even try a split ring attached to the bait and then your leader. I have done this on little ernies and it worked great! |
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