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| Does anyone throw the magnum size jitterbugs? I have an older one but dont throw it much, the action is kind of iffy, runs true one cast, lop-sided the next. Do you tinker with them at all besides just changing the hooks? I was thinking of weighting it a bit, but don't know if that would solve the problem? I'm open to any advice... |
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| Hi Eric,
Are you using a split ring up front, {try that} and when you say lop sided do you mean runs to the right , left or on its side?
You can bend the lip up or down on one side or the other. If you add weight, add it to the rear of the bait about a 1/4 way from the back. The protos we are making seam to like this placement best. This proto is for our use only have some that will swim
like a BAT, but look like JitterBugs. Kind of cool.
RonP
Madd Dogg Lures {P~ron~aH} http://my.core.com/~caveman
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| Yup, just replaced that eyeloop with a split ring last night. Yeah, lopsided as in to the right or left, it just kinda "skies" on the water. I'll try fooling with the lip next time, see what that does and will probably try the weight thing next. Thanks for the tips! |
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Location: Holly, MI | This one is a fair bit bigger than the Mag Jitterbug. I made it over the winter from a turned down hardwood dowell. I should have went with the aluminum lip instead of the stainless, or maybe one less coat of epoxy as it is a slow sinker. It will stay up on top under a slow retrieve but I can't twitch it or pause it without it sinking. Maybe that is ok tho. I have only tested it not fished it yet.
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| Other alternatives to the Jitterbug in a musky size would be the Treadway Wobbler or the Papa Chubby by Big Fork Lures. |
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Location: Kawarthas, Ontario | Historcally, there have been issues with larger muskies ripping the eyes out. To combat this, I've removed the eyes, and cut those hooks off. Epoxied the eyes back in and installed a size 7 split ring on each eye. A few more tangles than I'd like, but tougher the fish to get leverage on the bait now.
Regards,
Steve wickens
STRIKE ZONE Muskie Charters
Edited by strike_zone 6/1/2004 3:01 PM
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Location: Racine WI | strike_zone - 6/1/2004 3:00 PM Historcally, there have been issues with larger muskies ripping the eyes out. Steve wickens
STRIKE ZONE Muskie Charters
That doesn't surprize me. I've always been suspicious of that silly little rivet line tie. Both it and the aluminum lip seem weak for the force that could be applied by a fat girl. I didn't think replacing with a split ring would help all that much because the hole through the lip is so close to the edge, that I'd expect the lip rim to tear. Anyone ever have the line tie tear out? I love to throw the Jitterbug (and another oldie, the Mud Puppy) because I get a kick out of the sound / action, but never caught anything big on it. I figure, if I'm not catching fish, I may as well be amused by my bait.  |
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| Lobi, that's a nice looking bait! What size (dia.) dowel did you use?
Yeah, I've had thoughts going through my head, too, about the hooks ripping out or the split ring ripping through the lip. I don't fish the mag much for muskies, but I love the regular and mini size for bass, they just find that "plaplaplaplap" irresistable. Are these baits hollow or solid? |
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Location: Holly, MI | Eric, I used 1 1/8" hardwood dowells from the Home Depot. Same wood used to turn down a bunch of jointed trolling plugs. Terminators and Lokes are $24.95 each (ouch). My home made ones will get tested this Saturday. I sure hope to catch a fish on one of my hand made ones. Heck, I just hope to catch a fish, It's my match against Starsky and Hutch.
The aftermarket Stainless lips available thru the catalogs will never bend or break. They are tough. They also have 3 holes for stainless screws to anchor them to the body. |
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Location: Racine WI | lobi - 6/2/2004 12:44 PM
The aftermarket Stainless lips available thru the catalogs will never bend or break. They are tough. They also have 3 holes for stainless screws to anchor them to the body.
Does the added weight of stainless compared to aluminum change the action? (Possibly for the better, since digging in more would increase the amount of water moved.) |
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Location: Holly, MI | I think the lip and the home made bug preformed awesome. It sounded great and had good action. Too bad I made a sinker tho.
I was guessing at the lip angle when I hit the belt sander but it turned out pretty good I think. |
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| I lost a 36" (or so) at boatside by what had to have been that dumb little rivet opening up. The snap was still on my line and closed but there was nothing attached to it. That's really too bad, the Jitterbug would be a tough lure for the musky to shake out. I can only imagine that it eventually died. I clipped off the riviets on my other J-bugs and wired on a .51 loop. The notion that the aluminum lip may be weak makes me want to strengthen that now. I don't want to send another fish to Davey Jones'. |
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| Is it a wood or plastic JBug?? Some of the early wood Musky JBugs are worth a lot of money.
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Location: Racine WI | Randy Whiteman - 6/3/2004 7:55 AM
Is it a wood or plastic JBug?? Some of the early wood Musky JBugs are worth a lot of money.
A lot of money? MiserMike heard that! I've got one that's 35+ years old. Problem is, I repainted it a few years ago, so it's not the original color. Oh. well, I probably wouldn't fool around with selling it anyway. I'm fishing with a lot of lures from my kidhood in the 50s and 60s that are probably semicollectibles. Like my old farm Mama used to say, "to some, it's antiques, to me it's just old junk." I think if you actually used it, it lacks the appeal that it seems to exert on city slickers. |
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