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Location: Madison wi | Ive been looking to get more into trolling this fall.. Ive always run jakes and believers. Curious what is everyones favorite trolling baits are for both summer and late fall. Seems like a lot of guys are jumping on the headlock/ matlocks this year. What is the story with those? Really worth the $100 a peice? Do they really produce that many more fish than say a 10" jake? |
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| My most productive trolling baits has been a 12” headlock, second best for me has been a 9” shallow raider....huge cost difference! More expensive doesn’t always mean more productive. I will say the headlock is far higher quality in my opinion. |
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Location: NE Ohio | 5", 7", and 9" bakers in my boat for fall. |
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| bakers always |
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Posts: 386
| 13" Grandma and 12" Mattlock. |
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Location: MN | 12” Mattlocks & 12” Headlocks have accounted for a disportionate number of my trolling fish even running other baits. 10” Mattlock had a hot run last year too. 10” and 14” Jakes still produce. 10” Slammer minnows & shads also on my short list. Running baits from these three manufacturers has me covered. I only fish MN & Canada, guys fishing Other parts of the country will give you a completely different opinion. |
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Posts: 112
| 10" walleye mattlock, year round |
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Posts: 555
Location: Tennessee | Chad Shad followed by 10” Jake. Beyond that usually propwash shallow invader |
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Posts: 983
| gotta love the bakers and I really like the lynch minnows and pins as well |
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Location: Minnesota | 10inch slammers |
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| I only troll in the fall, but my best bait has been chewies made by George unis. |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | DK Fifty Finder "knocker." Jointed version.. |
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| the good old believer. almost all the big fish have been caught with these.and the pelagic the only one that wandering at slow speed and it's ridiculously wide almost 4 feet at each side.i don't care who produce the first one of that style,he just made something unmatched |
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| SUPER T. Great answer. Which is your favorite Believer...solid or jointed and what length? I'm also interested in when you use solid vs jointed. It would be great to know. |
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| i use both straight and jointed. but i prefer the straight 8 inch. i never use the jointed one in late fall because it's time to move slower and deeper so the straight one is better for that reason. if you use the straight one during summer at the shallow setting it move almost like a jake but a lot more shallower, deadly |
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| my fav is what we build. 10in chewies or 11 s/shads..built on the south shore of l.st cl. |
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