Showing posts with label striped. Show all posts
Showing posts with label striped. Show all posts

Saturday, December 30, 2017

Product Review: Lunker City "Slug-Go"




Company Description: This is the lure that started a revolution and a new category in fishing lures. The Slug-Go is the original lure that created a generation known as Soft Stick baits. By having a slender profile and erratic darting action this lure broke the boundaries and was the first to expose the effectiveness of having action that was imparted to be random in movement and not repetitive as all other lures before its time.

It was originally developed to be a bass lure but soon anglers around the world found the effectiveness of this design to catch all game fish both fresh and salt.

From the smallest 3" version to the 12" large model there is a size to adapt to your angling. From drop shotting to fishing the sea.

Review: The slug-go is a bait that has had a spot in my tackle box since I was a kid.  The first time I had seen the slug-go was on a saturday morning, when I was around 8 years old, watching Bill Dance Outdoors on tv. I remember being mesmerized by how many bass Bill Dance caught on this bait, as a result I had to have some.  Especially since at that time largemouth bass were by far the hardest fish for me to catch and obviously these magic baits would catch buckets full.

So with my mind made up I ran to the room to get my mom and began my petition for her to purchase me a pack of sluggos.  Well, it didn't take much convincing to get her to purchase me a pack but we'd soon find out that we had one problem, at that time sluggos were mail or phone order only.  So my mom helped me place my order and a week later I was in my first package of sluggos.

That was almost 30 years ago and I've always kept at least one package of slug-gos in my tackle box sense.  Why?  Because they catch everything from bluegill to bluefish.

Sizes: 3 inch, 4 inch, 4.5 inch, 6 inch, 7.5 inch, 9 inch, and 12 inch

Colors: 61 colors available, both in standard weight and sinking slug-gos


Recommended Tackle:

  • Hooks: Worm hooks, Extra wide gap worm hooks
  • Jigs: Darter head jigs, walleye head jigs & bullet head jigs
  • Nail Weights

Quick Tip: For 3 inch and 4 inch sluggos use small screw locks through the nose then hook the screw lock with a appropriately sized octopus hook. By nose hooking the smaller slug-gos you're gonna get the full action from the bait without inhibiting hook ups.

Price: $5.99 to $14.99

Quick Tip: When fishing below dams with heavy current for striper and hybrid striper. Use a popping cork set up with a white sluggo on a darter head jig to keep your bait suspended at the depth the fish are feeding at. Twitch your rod tip often and hang on for explosive bites.

Match the hatch:  Below are just of couple of the forage species that slug-gos imitate in the water.








Sunday, August 21, 2016

A Few Bucktail Jigs Tied Up For the Jig Boxes



As you all know, from my wooly bugger jig post, my jig box is a bit low on jigs.  As a result I've been spending a bit of time tying jigs for the fall bite. By fall bite I mean the smallmouth and walleye bite on the local rivers. As well I'm tying for white bass fishing on one of the area lakes. To start I'm painting my jig heads in two tones: chartreuse and white, pink and white, blue and white, yellow and brown. These colors have produced for me in the past so I want to build up the colors that I know will produce before I start being creative.

The pink/white and chartreuse/white color combos have both been very good white bass, striped bass and hybrid bass patterns in the past.  As a result I'm tying those patterns up in jig sizes ranging from 1/16 oz to 3/8 oz. The chartreuse and white color combination has also been a very good river smallmouth pattern as well, depending on the water clarity.  Both color patterns will be used for vertical jigging for white bass and hopefully a few walleye this fall on a couple of the nearby lakes.

As for the other three colors shown in the picture above they're general patterns that will catch anything swimming.  However the yellow and brown pattern works exceptionally well for smallmouth and walleye.  In fact the yellow and brown is probably the most effective pattern for multispecies angling I've tied. I've caught everything on that color patter from perch to pike and can't wait to get break it out for the fall bite.

Thanks for reading everyone and tight lines! Below are a few more pictures of the bucktail jigs I tied up last night.


















Saturday, August 13, 2016

Tying a Bunny Bucktail Jig for the First Time




Lately I've been really taking some time to experiment and practice tying hair jigs.  I've been tying with different materials as well as different combinations of materials to see which give the best action and realism.  The bunny bucktail is one I tied for the first time this week and I'll definitely be tying more as well as putting together a tutorial post for you all.  So above is the first 1/4 oz bunny bucktail jig I've tied.

If you have any suggestions on color patterns you'd like to see in this patter please let me know.  Tight lines and thanks for reading.




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