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| Do squirko's walk the dog easily? I'm thinking about getting one thanks |
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Location: On your favorite spot | Squirkos are a littel more erratic than the normal walk to dog action. I don't use em but my roomate loves them. If you want true walk the dog action I'd go with a Hellhound or something similar. |
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| From my experience they are a pretty rod sensitive bait. One rod I have they don't do diddly without killing yourself making them work. Another rod I have they are real easy to work. |
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| i would say a softer rod ....you can hit them a little harder and they shimmy around a bit more on a softer, more rubbery rod. i use a bass pro pete maina 2-10 heavy rod for these and other baits that dont respond well to a stiffer heavy rod.
jerkos though, i like a stiffer rod...go figure |
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| I got one causa that poolside demo video on this site. I'lll tell you mine doesn't look like that in the water. I must be doin something wrong but I don't know what...... |
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| they are worth getting. A tap of the rod will get them going side to side. Depending on the rod it will either be a very light tap or a little harder tap. It is easy to get them going side to side. Remember, erratic is good. they are good lures. But, everyone has their preferences. |
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| you have to give them a little more slack and k-bob will post here sooon about adding a split ing and aroz will post on weighting them and then he will correct some spelling mistake i made in this post  |
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| some of them are a little dead. i hear that this issue was corrected last year.
i never give up on a cock-eyed lure unless it's ridiculously hopeless even without weight, rattles, lighter/heavier hooks...blah blah.
some of them are a bit bunk though, but like i said, i think it was the older ones. keith might even be able to address this or add a few comments.
overall...i love them and the jerkos..got my PB last year on a jerko and i have a magic squirko that bass love to follow! |
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| I have 4 squirkos and each one runs a little differently- I don't use them as a walk the dog lure - they are better as a jerk bait - I find the deeper I can get them to run- the more strikes - long hard pulls with some pauses and twitches mixed occasionally
Edited by 55starfire 10/29/2006 2:17 PM
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| GREAT pike bait! Muskies eat them, but pike love em. Eratic is good, the less it looks like everyone elses the better if you ask me. |
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Location: New Baden IL | The last 2 posts are dead on in my opinion. I use them when I want a bait that is more eratic, and a bit deeper than my other gliders. I've thinned out the herd to only 3 gliders: Hellhounds, Squirko's and Hughes River Hughey's.
I use the Hellhounds when I want it fast and shallow.
Hughey's for that slow rhythmic side to side action.
And the Squirko's for a bit deeper, and slower or for shallow and very fast and eratic.
I've settled on a 7' Med Heavy St. Croix for my Squirko rod. I use a straight single strand leader with no swivel tied directly to my main line. I'll either use a Stay-loc snap or a ring, to finish off the leader.
The key for me to getting a Squirko to go side to side is lots of slack in the line. Depending on how deep I want it to go, I'll either snap the rod tip up or down. There is no wrong way to fish this bait! That tail wiggiling and pulsating puts out more vibration than you'd think, so it seems to seal the deal a lot of the time.
Where I really love the Squirko is on the figure 8. Most gliders are dead sticks close to the boat, but the Squirko has a nice side to side shimmy on a straight pull, and you can see that on the figure 8. The tail gives it a lot of action on the 8 too.
Hope this helps you out...
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Location: Marshfield, WI | One other thing to try if you are having problems getting the squirko to glide is adding a split ring(like I mentioned to guts in chat earlier). I had one that I couldn't get to glide and thought I'd try it with a split ring before I weighted it. It worked great and has put a 41.5", 39", one little one, and tons of follows and hits and misses for me this year.
Rodney, how deep can you get them? Mine don't want to go much deeper than 4 feet, unless I count them down.
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| k-bob - 10/29/2006 7:57 PM
One other thing to try if you are having problems getting the squirko to glide is adding a split ring(like I mentioned to guts in chat earlier). I had one that I couldn't get to glide and thought I'd try it with a split ring before I weighted it. It worked great and has put a 41.5", 39", one little one, and tons of follows and hits and misses for me this year.
Rodney, how deep can you get them? Mine don't want to go much deeper than 4 feet, unless I count them down.
Krishna how else do you think i learnd that k comon d oyou think i actually thought of it my self |
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Location: New Baden IL | K-Bob,
I can get them as deep as I want if I count them down, but on an average cast, working them slow I think they will go around 6-8 feet easily.
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