Boognish
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| | 07/02/10 at 02:20 PM | Reply with quote | #1 |
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Heya! Going up in 16 days!!! Just wondering what color/type of artificial bait are the fishies biting on? If anyone would share that would be awesome!! |
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24KGold
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| | 07/03/10 at 07:14 AM | Reply with quote | #2 |
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You'll get bombarded by all kinds of thoughts on that one, but by far, for me, the one lure which I've caught all four species of fish on is my trusty little green "Bitsy Tube." I use a 1/16oz tube jig weight with it.
If you can't get them locally then you can order them online. They are made by "Strike King."
The color is called, "Green Pumpkin" and I use the 2.75 inch size. The larger ones with 1/8 oz weight seems to get lodged in the rocks much easier.
In the last three years I've almost exclusively used these tubes. Just slowly work them on the bottom. Of course if you get a Northern hooked, he will likely break the line, but I have caught several 25" Walleyes on tubes. Mostly I catch Smallies with them but have caught everything else too. I'll take other baits along and use them if I'm targeting Walleye or Pike, but for consistently catching fish after fish, my little green pumpkin tube is hard to beat.
I looked at one of the local crayfish a few years ago and the color and pattern of it looked almost exactly like the tube. Maybe that's why the green tubes work so well.
Have fun!
Terry
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JJB
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| | 07/13/10 at 10:48 PM | Reply with quote | #3 |
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Greg,
I fish primarily the 3" Berkley Ribbontail Grub. Pumpkinseed body with fluorescent orange tail. Depending on depth I'm fishing and wind conditions, I'll put that on the lightest orange jig head I can to get it on the bottom. 1/16, 1/8, 1/4 or 3/8 oz orange jig head.
If I'm not fishing this color, it's usually chartreuse.
I primarily will throw either silver, blue or fire tiger crankbaits.
I swear I saw Wallidave fishing that exact same setup (Berkley Ribbontails) in one of his photos he posted from his trip this year to Saganagons. I think that I read over 400 fish in 9 days of fishing....seems to work for him too. 
Johnse
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Wallidave
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| | 07/14/10 at 05:43 AM | Reply with quote | #4 |
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Johnse is correct...the Berkley plastic tails he mentioned are my favorite up in the Quetico/BWCA ever since my first trip to the BWCA back in '99. Not only the 3" but 2" also and I like the pearl color as well.
I also prefer 1/16oz jigs if it's not too windy or too deep, next 1/8 oz and also 3/16oz. I don't put much emphasis on the color of jighead since I rely mostly on the color of the plastic for that attraction but if I have em I'll also use orange...however plain lead works just about as well.
Dave
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24KGold
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| | 07/14/10 at 09:04 AM | Reply with quote | #5 |
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Three years ago I caught a crayfish or as we call them here in the south, "Crawdad" and noticed that the body color was exactly the same mottled green with black as the tube jigs I use. The tips of the pincers and the tail were orange, so I guess that's why those two colors instinctively bring on a strike in the fish up there. Two years ago I dyed the tips of my tube jig tails in orange. Didn't seem to make any difference. Caught just as many fish with the plain green as with the ones with orange. A bit of orange on other lures or jig heads sure does seem to work though.
Terry
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