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Location: Land of the Musky | In the last few years I have seen a decent amount of posts on the double #10 and bigger bucktails not running right. From the whole bait spinning to the blades spinning together, etc. I have collected some information as well as tested these minor modifications and they all seem to help on trouble bucktails. I have gone as far as un-tuning some of mine and then re-tuning to see what makes things happen. Any other good suggestion from you gurus is great. I have gotten a lot out of other websites on tuning my crankbaits, topwaters and other lures but have yet to find a good tuning page on bucktails so I made my own.
http://www.gruntmuskielures.com/tuningbucktail.html
James
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Location: Chicago | Good info. Thank's |
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Location: oswego, il | Good info, I have still had lures spin on me with a 45 bend, i have found the best way is to put a bell sinker on the front hook split ring or in front of the body of the bait. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Never tried the bell sinker fix. I have one double #13 that is ok but still has a little spin now and then. I will try that one to see if it eliminates it. What I did not mention above was that while testing these fixes I made one double #10 into a spinner and the blades did not work well at all and I got a decent follow on that one. Tuned it up, no follow after that  I think I could catch more fish on a potato peeler than half the lures in my box LOL (BTW, a potato peeler works great as a saltwater lure from what I hear!) |
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Location: LOTW every chance I get | Good info on tuning the clevises, I'll have to try that. Maybe a dumb question about the 45 deg bend deal. Does it matter if you make the bend in the plane of the eye or perpendicular to it, if you know what I mean. |
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Location: north central wisconsin | Sometimes the blades themselves bend right at the attachment hole or further down, depending on cause. Just after a couple bigger fish captures this year, I was a bit irritated to see blades not spinning correctly. It happened this past weekend and I decided to try to determine exactly the root cause. Oftentimes, big fish grab these double 10 lures completely and the blades twist in their mouths causing this bend, and the angler doesn't even see it. The slightest bend in these blades will compromise action(though sometimes adds vibration too, that is different than stock...). I was able to remedy the bend with a needle nose, though the metal has been slightly weakened, and has needed some adjustment since. This bend(right at top tip of blade) also happens more frequently through repetitive casting, with the .o24 vs. the .040 thickness blades. It also happens more with the brass blades(which most of the painted blades are made from), than nickel or copper, which stands to reason.
Edited by Reef Hawg 8/26/2008 3:56 PM
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