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QueticoMike
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I just remembered that the BW smallmouth were caught on tubes, so if your question was about using swivels on tubes, then the answer is no. I caught most of the Quetico SMB on ZMAN ShadZ ( aka Zulu )
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CityFisher74
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QueticoMike: "I just remembered that the BW smallmouth were caught on tubes, so if your question was about using swivels on tubes, then the answer is no. I caught most of the Quetico SMB on ZMAN ShadZ ( aka Zulu )"
Right - was asking about the tubes. Dipping my toes into tubes this year and giving the Zman setup another chance.
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QueticoMike
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That's cool, I usually just use green pumpkin tubes in the 3.5 and 4.5 inch size. Mostly use 1/8 oz tube jig heads. Sometimes I will use 1/4 oz. if I need to go deeper.
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CityFisher74
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And just for the record, I have read all your articles
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BearRaid
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Some beautiful fish all around! Thanks for posting.
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bfurlow
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Those are some great looking fish! Hope I do half as well when I go up.
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QueticoMike
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bfurlow: "Those are some great looking fish! Hope I do half as well when I go up."
When do you go into the park?
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QueticoMike
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Fished for 3 days ( 2 half days and 1 full day ) in the BW before heading into Quetico for 12 days. These were the best two I was able to capture. One looked like it swallowed a football....haha
 
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Driftless
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Dang those are nice!
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cyclones30
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Found a few good ones on our trip last week. Jigs and plastic or buzzbaits were our best options. 
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timatkn
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Nice fish for all 3 of you!
T
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CityFisher74
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Mike do you use a swivel or anything on that bad boy?
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QueticoMike
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CityFisher74: "Mike do you use a swivel or anything on that bad boy?"
I take it you haven't read my article Zulu Magic yet. If you want to read the article send me an email - queticomike@yahoo.com - and request Zulu Magic.
There is a thread called Zulu Rigging that has pictures......I will bump it to the top of the message board so you can see how it is rigged.
To answer your question, I use either a size 3 or 4 BALL BEARING swivel.
The hook I use is a Gamakatsu 1/0 worm hook. Other people like to use bigger EWG hooks, but I feel the lure moves and looks much more natural with the smaller round bend worm hook.
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Bumstead
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Nice fish, Mike and others, too. And your Quetico smallies and walleye impress also! Fished the BW for 3-1/2 days, and this is the best smallie I ended up with this year. Just shy of 20", came from Jack Lake / Baker 39 entry. Got it while fishing our way out from S. Temperance. 
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WHendrix
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Here's one taken o a fly by my friend on Alton last week.
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QueticoMike
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Nice fish! Thanks for sharing!
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