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Trying a new lure

Posted: April 20th, 2017, 8:35 pm
by HookemBookem1
Anyone ever had much luck with these? Headed to Keaton next weekend and figured I would give it a try ImageImage


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Re: Trying a new lure

Posted: April 21st, 2017, 6:23 am
by fishinfool
Catch 2000 is a staple of tackle boxes throughout the Big Bend area. You will be pleased with the results.

Re: Trying a new lure

Posted: April 21st, 2017, 6:40 am
by countrycorners
They work GOOD! Color 808 may be the best

Re: Trying a new lure

Posted: April 21st, 2017, 9:30 am
by DixieReb
Work it slow, and hold on! I like the chartreuse color.

Re: Trying a new lure

Posted: April 21st, 2017, 10:43 am
by Hit-n-Miss
I must not have the patience. I can't catch them on suspending lures.


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Re: Trying a new lure

Posted: April 21st, 2017, 11:16 am
by FishWithChris
Hit-n-Miss wrote:I must not have the patience. I can't catch them on suspending lures.
twitch twitch pause.... twitch pause... twitch twitch pause...

depending on the depth, that pause is going to be between one and three seconds.

Re: Trying a new lure

Posted: April 21st, 2017, 12:22 pm
by Hit-n-Miss
galantnole wrote:
Hit-n-Miss wrote:I must not have the patience. I can't catch them on suspending lures.
twitch twitch pause.... twitch pause... twitch twitch pause...

depending on the depth, that pause is going to be between one and three seconds.
. The pause is hard for me. Used to sinking lures getting hung on the bottom I guess. I'll try it again. Thanks


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Re: Trying a new lure

Posted: April 21st, 2017, 1:36 pm
by DixieReb
When you do catch one on a suspending bait, he is usually a good one!

Re: Trying a new lure

Posted: April 21st, 2017, 4:48 pm
by onefishtwofish
I keep one on my baitcaster at all times. My favorite lure. I don't know the color, but it looks like a mullet!

Re: Trying a new lure

Posted: April 24th, 2017, 3:00 pm
by BloodyChamp
Are you fishing the flats with a baitcaster? I thought I was the only person who did that. I hate a dang eggbeater, and those saltwater baitcasting style things are just overkill. I love flats fishing with the baitcaster. The heavy baits fly on them and it's all with the flick of the wrist.

Speaking of new lures though, 1 trend has been ticking me off. These new freshwater lures that almost every company has 1 of now with undersized lips...lame! I bought a couple because they looked good but they don't swim worth a dang. The lip just has to be so big for it to swim right, even if it looks a little goody at first glance. That's why they've been that way for a hundred years maybe.

Re: Trying a new lure

Posted: April 24th, 2017, 4:20 pm
by Salty Gator
BloodyChamp wrote:Are you fishing the flats with a baitcaster? I thought I was the only person who did that. I hate a dang eggbeater, and those saltwater baitcasting style things are just overkill. I love flats fishing with the baitcaster. The heavy baits fly on them and it's all with the flick of the wrist.

Speaking of new lures though, 1 trend has been ticking me off. These new freshwater lures that almost every company has 1 of now with undersized lips...lame! I bought a couple because they looked good but they don't swim worth a dang. The lip just has to be so big for it to swim right, even if it looks a little goody at first glance. That's why they've been that way for a hundred years maybe.
I absolutely love when we are on a school of reds and I'm catching one after another while my fishing buddy picks a bird nest out of his baitcaster. Tickles me to death

Re: Trying a new lure

Posted: April 24th, 2017, 5:15 pm
by BloodyChamp
If you get a birds nest while using a flats lure or a flats jighead with a bait on it then you have a bone (in addition to your birds nest lol) to pick with whoever taught you how to cast lol!

Re: Trying a new lure

Posted: April 24th, 2017, 7:26 pm
by Dixie Dawg
Baitcaster on the flats... :smt078

Re: Trying a new lure

Posted: April 27th, 2017, 8:26 pm
by onefishtwofish
I like the way a plug works with my baitcaster. I don't fish it with anything but a plug much.

I would not say I get more birds nests with a baitcaster than I do wind knots with a spinning reel. But I have been using one for over 40 years and that is NOT an exaggeration. The first reel I bought with my own money was a Mitchell 300. The next was an Ambassadeur 5000. Saved up from mowing lawns.

Re: Trying a new lure

Posted: April 28th, 2017, 5:40 am
by MudDucker
My Ambassador on an orange stick has been the end of many fishes foraging career. Suspended baits in cooler waters or when there is little water movement can be deadly!