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Has anyone ever tried cutting the tail fin off of a sucker?
I used to do this with crappie minnows when the crappies would become less active and it would really get them going.
I suppose the minnow puts off some sort of distress signal because it is working twice as hard to swim.
I have also cut peck fins off and then the minnow struggles to right itself all the time.
We make our crankbaits look wounded ... why not our live bait too?
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| Cutting the tails off is something that I have never tried, but it might make some sense. Muskies, being oppurtunistic feeders will normally look for prey that is suffering some from some sort of distress, or the weakest of the herd, so to speak.
The only little trick that I know of is putting a small spinner blade on the lead edge of the leader to which the sucker is attached.
If you try this fin clipping, please keep us all posted on how you do.
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| This would be the last thing I would want to do. I like my suckers to be as active as possible. With out a tail they would just lay there. My best suckers are the one's that are swimming around all the time and making themselfs seen by the muskies! |
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That's the sweet deal with fin cutting. The bait fish works twice as hard to swim. It would be putting more vibration in the water which would in turn draw the predator's attention.
I am going to put this to the test Saturday.
I will report back with what I learn.
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| Thad,
I hope it works for you, but I would be afraid that as the boat drift's, the sucker would just go along for the ride and not put up much of a struggle. |
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| Thad,
The biggest fish I've caught on a sucker, was when the clicker was screaming out line, while the sucker ran from the big musky. The clicker went zzzzzzzz...hesitation, thenPOW....zzzzzz it went again.
I wouldn't want the sucker to be unable to swim away at a FAST clip. This is the cat and mouse game that triggers these big girls!!
I'm with Bill!!
Donnie |
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