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 Member Posts: 2680 Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | I've been both using and tying crawler harnesses virtually my whole life. Well before I can remember and into the late 60's few other walleye offerings were more in vogue than the crawler harness. And even in today's (high-tech) walleye world, the simple harness seem to come and go in the popularity contest we call fishing. In the past couple of seasons my own interest in the crawler harness has again become important to me. This due as much out of necessity and environmental changes on my particular body of water as anything else. With the much clearer waters, forage preferences and feeding habits of our (new generation) walleyes, I've again become a harness experimenter. And last year I noticed a distinct preference from the walleyes for my color matched harnesses. Those being the ones I tried to keep in the same color scheme with both the blades and the beads. I guess you could logically conclude that this type of pattern scheme, would create a more positive strike reaction from a walleye, once you hit on his (feed button) color preference. Heres a picture of a few I had success with last year. How many of you practice Fashion Sense when it come to harness colors? [img]http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/8424IM000797.JPG[/img] Edited by walleye express 1/11/2005 4:52 PM Attachments ----------------  IM000797.JPG (46KB - 1435 downloads) | ||
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Member Posts: 2680 Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Jim. Feel free to crdit me with any ideas you want. Fact is, 90% of new ideas are simply old one's being revisited.   And Paul. I know what you mean about the burs and sharp edges on some cheaper made beads. These PONY beads though are quit smooth inside and out. They're made to be used in conjunction with fabric and nylon thread, and women are quit particular about snags in their fabrics. Or at least that's what I heard. | ||
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Member Posts: 2680 Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Hey Dan, Where did you get those blades from? What size blades do you run in the bay? Do you run inline sinkers or jets? thanks I got the blades from Franks Great Outdoors http://www.franksgreatoutdoors.com They buy blades in bulk, package and sell them. So I really dont know what brand name they are. As far as size, I have better luck running big blades. 5's 6's Colorados and even 7's in Indiana style, were all hot for me last year. I call the big #7 My thumpers. The Brass baldes, teamed with Rootbeer and Chartreuse beads kicked butt last year for me, ran behind weighted keels and/or attractors. Caught fish on both Gulp and live crawlers on those. Heres a pictutre of my biggest thumper fish last summer that came on a Gulp Worm. PS. Do you think I had my riviera planner boards out far enough that day? If that board was any further in the background, it might be mistaken for a sunset. Edited by walleye express 1/12/2005 11:41 PM Attachments ---------------- IM000672.sized[1].jpg (15KB - 195 downloads) | ||
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