Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Fishing Forum :: Swimbaits
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mastertangler |
I am secretly thinking of trolling Shadzilla swimbaits at night for huge walleye. I had little winky walleye try and eat the thing.........of course the big girls will chew it. Big, fat, soft paddle tail easing along...........wham! |
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BlackSwanAdventures |
blah! everyone never mind them, ;) stick to your cranks and spinners |
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barehook |
BlackSwanAdventures: "swim baits have been my go to for more then 20 years A few questions, if you don't mind, you sound like the voice of experience. 1) Do you ever troll them and if 'yes', how deep can you realistically troll, what kind of weight to get to those depths? That's really a multiple questions, I'm thinking of how to best cover some large reef areas mid-summer, in the 17-25 foot range. I had great success vertical jigging such areas with bait, but the schools do move and I'm looking for additional search tools. 2) Related to the above, how deep an area do you cast to? 3) Anything you'd care to share about how you retrieve? 4) Doug Stange (In Fisherman) generally starts with 4 inch size. Thoughts on size? LIne? (I favor 8 lb fireline or mono) 5) Finally, how are swimbaits for smallmouth, especially in the deeper summer patterns? Sounds maybe like you'd kind of prefer not to 'spill the beans', at least not all the beans, but any insights would be welcome. |
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barehook |
A friend of mine, one of the best fishermen I know, takes only two things in his tackle box for an annual trip into WCPP.....4 inch pearl Mr Twister sassy shad bodies, and bare [ball] jigheads in various weights and colors. That's it. He and his partner only target walleye. They have along nightcrawlers as well, use 1/3 of a crawler on a bare jig head. He rates the crawler as somewhat more effective than the swimbait, but has high confidence in the swimbaits as well. He thinks their numbers would be very high even if they somehow lost all their bait. By skillfully combining jig head weight and retrieve, he can fish in all kinds of conditions. Their trips are typically 9 days, lowest total they had for a trip was over 1200 walleye, two guys in one canoe. They carry clickers and have a friendly competition, counts are accurate. The fishing conditions vary from year to year, they fishing from 9-22 feet depending on water temps. Disclaimer factor: WCPP gets FAR less pressure than BWCA or Quetico, and as opposed to Quetico, bait is still legal. I might add that they've had at least one [accidental] over-40 inch northern every trip. They never use a leader, lots of bite offs, he says its easier to tie on another cheap jig head than hassle with a northern in a canoe! Your experiences with swimbaits? Thoughts? Anyone else catch this article in In-Fisherman? |
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Basspro69 |
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BlackSwanAdventures |
barehook: "BlackSwanAdventures: "swim baits have been my go to for more then 20 years some beans spilled with sloppy grammer yea, when u tell-all, people will fish in your spots and tell all their friends too lol :) no matter what though, we usually have a plan after looking over maps, for when people will be fishing in the spots we picked out to try (no matter what the lake or time, its good to understand that everyone seems to be able to read maps and find fish, so its best to be patient and learn new ways to fish instead of being mad when they are on our "Spot" ..) although it is upsetting "in the moment" at times , lol , when we think we can have the best spots and someone/ others are there. |