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Location: The desert | So I've had a fuzzy duzzit laying in my tackle box for years now....I think I'm going to give it a whirl up in PI this year. Are there any specific things guys like to do with them? Cast out and retrieve or mainly just vertical jig? This may be a dumb question, but I'm looking to learn how to use one of these things, so any help is appreciated. |
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| Find your deep hole, and verticle jig them. Be aggressive! See how long you can keep it going. Keep a tight hold on the rod, cuz if you get a good fish to hit, they'd like to take the rod out of your hand. Some of the hardest hits I've ever had! |
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| Use on a bucktail rod. Drop it to the bottom.I lift mine in 3' pulls.Feel the vibration.The last couple years I fished 'Sconnie on a regular basis, we caught more on the Fuzzies than meat. Just like a sonar for walleyes. Steve |
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| Been using them up here for two seasons now with great results.I use them for suspendos over deep water on baitfish concentrations as an in your face approach,inside turns and iregularitys on deep breaks always get a good working over with them.Ive had some great results on deep river bends just working them while slowly moving around on the t-motor.
Like others have said keep a tight hold on that rod,when they decide to hit it THEY WANNA KILL IT.I fish mine on a7-6 mh bucktail rod.One cool thing is its kinda like ice fishing with a graph you can watch your fuzzy on the graph then all of a sudden theres a fish in your cone and your heart skips a beat for a second in anticipation of the hit,sometimes it comes sometimes it dosent,but its exciting to see!All kinds of other fish come for a look too,a cool bait to work and sometimes a nice break from the usuall chuck and grind.At times they watch it from distance out side of your cone then rush in and smash it unexpectedly or they just swim by it showing them selves for a second then leaving only to rush back in and smash it or rush back in and slam on the brakes just in front of it,these are fun baits that i always look forward to spending some time on.Good luck. |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | If you can get an older issue of Musky Hunter, I wrote an entire article on jigging Fuzzy's. It's titled, "Gettin' Jiggy" |
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| Good article, I still remember well.
bret |
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Location: Tomahawk, Wisconsin | The first thing you do PP is put some real split rings on the bait, then you can listen to all the jiggy stuff you want. |
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Location: Eau Claire,WI | I prefur a small LIGHT 6'6" musky pole. Let them hit bottom and lift kinda agressivly upward. Repeat. I make sure the lure makes constant contact with the bottom on the drop. |
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Location: WESTERN WI | Mike, what issue was the article?
Pointer are you back in Stevens Point?
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| I'm going to be picking up some duzzits....never in my life have I used one....
I'm thinking two 7"ers and two 9s.
I fish clearish water in vilas and also the wisconsin river...
Any advice on colors?
I'm thinking ciscoish color for the clearer water and black/orange for the river....
Thanks for the input! |
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| wow...never really thought about these things before....you can use them till ice up right?? what size do you guys useally use?? |
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Location: The desert | Thanks for all the tips guys. Hopefully I can try this thing successfully in few weeks!
Esox-yeah I'm back in Point. We have to get out sometime. |
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