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Location: Orland Park, IL | Wondering what you guys are using to pattern alewifes and smelt. I have some j15 and hj15 in glass white I was gonna use. |
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Location: LaCrosse, WI | I think you see a lot of those long profile cranks in those situations. Look at Erie, they love their long Reef Runners and have that kind of forage base. I like the Deep Thundersticks in summer, and the Little Rippers. |
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Location: Orland Park, IL | The tail dancers caught my eye. may check them out. |
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| I'm an erie guy do alot of crank fishing in the Central basin, deep down husky jerks work well in a variety of colors # 12's, rainbow prism 800 reef runner is one of my favorites, bagely bang O #4 and #5, deep thundersticks and kaboom's also work well. Might want to give the new Koppers smelt bait with a snap weight a try as well looks good. |
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| Agree with the others, also Bomber Long A's in the prism colors. Bays de Noc, N. Lake Mi. Prisms in blue, purple, black, behind snap weights or segmented leadcore (2-3 color rigs work great for me). Crank em up to about 2.2-2.5 during the alewive season trying for reaction bite. Last 2 seasons, the Deep Little Ripper has really worked well for me also, often out fishing the bigger RR's. |
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| Yozuri Crystal Minnows work well also. C-man |
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| I like the lucky craft colors in Table rock shad and chart shad... leave the table rock shad baits out in the sun and they fade into a great matching color...
caught a ton of walleyes on those 2 colors with a pointer 78... the DD version may help you guys get a little deeper... Bevy shad is a good shad rap bait...
I'll throw this out too... last spring scopped up some dead baits on champlain... some sort of lake herring or alewive... set them in the boat and they had a kinda purple back... matched up perfectly with my yo zuri rattling vibe bait in the metalic bleeding shad color... scary match... I know you guys are looking for trolling baits but thought I'd throw that out there... caught the crap outa everything after that... |
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| Hands down shad rap minnow has caught and will catch more than any other lure will hope too! |
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| I picked up a few Floating super rogues at a tackle store last week for 2.50 a piece... lavender back, clear sides and a white belly... great looking color... caught bass and lake trout on it last weekend... Never here much about super rogues for trolling but check them out... $2.50 a pop didn't hurt either, I'm going back next week and buy them all... |
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Location: Orland Park, IL | Thanks the tips. I got a number of those mentioned. I was worried about the banana baits having too much action in the colder water. |
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| id use a rapala XRAP and Xshads- jerk and pause, jerk and pause
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