Magnum Soft Plastics

[Neal/CO]

How many of you guys use magnum sized soft plastics for toothy critters and large walleyes?

When I started fishing for Pike and Walleye's I basically used two baits, large Sassy Shads and Reapers. Mostly because that was what was available at local shops. I have found that even when Pike refuse to respond to a constant parade of oversized cranks and spinnerbaits they will always notice something aggressively jigged!

Has anyone used the Magnum Squirming Shads from Bass Pro Shop. I bought a bag of them and have used them twice. I have caught small Pike each time I have used them. I caught a small snake on one last Sunday, and I am pretty sure there were no big Pike in the area I was fishing, because there was thousands of stocker trout in the area that weren't in the least bit worried. They are 7 inchs long and really look fishy in the water. Has anyone else tried these on Pike or Eye's?

[Backwater Eddy]

I do use sassy shads that can go as large as 5" for walleye on rivers. They do work very well for heavy current trolling and slip jigging, it takes a serious jig to handle them and still hook a fish solid.

Walleyes don't want to find you, go find them...><,GO PIGGY,>

Backwater Eddy......><, ,>

[Neal/CO]

Eddie check out the Owner series heads in the Bass Pro Shop Salt water catalog. I use the 1/2 oz heads with the 3/0 wide gap Owner hooks and the 3/4 oz on 5/0 Owner hooks. The penetration you get on these hooks is awesome! I also buy the Gopher tackle Mushroom heads on Owner hooks for my trout and walleye sized baits. These are more expensive but what is more impotant than your hook point?

[WAeyes]

I purchase those mushroom head jigs from Gopher Tackle as well. You can really get a quality jig head in their heavy duty series. Almost too good to throw them in a sticky area, but thats where the fish are.

[Backwater Eddy]

I have used Owner jigs up to 1 5/8 oz for the big shads and even for cut baits for channel cats.

If you want to see someone look at you like your nuts, pick up a few 1 5/8 oz jigs at a sporting shop and then tell them you use them for walleye once. LOL :D

It takes a good solid hook on a jig when rigging these big baits in current or the weight of the fish will straighten the light wire rigs before the fish hits the net.

[Neal/CO]

Most of the jigheads you buy at the store are poured on generic quality hooks with dull points and small gaps. Big Pike and Trout have hard bony mouths and the store bought jigs just don't cut it! How many times have you seen a 1/2 oz jighead poured on the same size hook as the 1/8 ozers? The Gopher heads are more expensive but I sure hope they never go out of business!

[Toothy Critter]

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