reef hawgs

[divani]

I posted this on another site too but I would like to hear from some people how they fish the reef hawgs (specifically the 6" ones) and what they do to improve the action or catching ability of their reef hawgs. Thanks!

[happy hooker]

take your six inch reefhawgs and submerge them in water for three to 5 days. I use a thermos or squirt water bottle filled with water and the lid screwed on. Take the bottle with the lure inside with you to the lake,,when your ready to use the lure take it out of the bottle and start throwing it right away. Because the lure is so saturated with water sometimes it will crack on top when the lure keeps hitting the water,,this is a good thing,,the lure will run like a dream if it cracks but anyway it will still work better waterlogged, I was told that people send their cracked reefhawgs back to the mfg and all the guys that make them take them for their own use,,, I cant get the eight ichers to crack,,Does anybody know, carpenters,woodworkers etc of a good way to make wood crack short of using a chissel

[Jason Schillinger]

I've noticed the same things as Happy Hooker. regaurding the cracks, seems a fast drying of the wood causes this. I've had lures in a clear sided plastic tackle box in the back of my topper in the sun and they have cracked like this. Mybe an oven drying at low heat would do it.

The Reef Hawg is definately my mainstay lure for June, and Oct. I love the 6", and find that the ones that supend or sink slowly tail down work best for me. The most important aspect of a Reef Hawg retrieve(and I'm talking about cooler water temps in spring and fall here) is the pause between twitches. I'm sure(though I haven't documented it) that over 90% of my hits come on the pause. Since I started accentuating these pauses(making them longer at key current breaks, rocks, edges, and most importantly at the boat or shore), I've done better. I like short(3-5") twitches to make the lure dance, up down with a general side to side through out. I give it a longer pull to start and get it going under water better. I like it when the lure pops out of the water or "blows out", works really good in summer with the 8".

[Jomusky]

I wasn't much on Reefhawgs until this summer when Johnny at Sunset Cove Camp, Nestor Falls let me throw his weighted ones. Now all the ones I have are weighted. I use a JB style weight as far forward on the 6" and one right behind the front hook on the standard size. The weights really bring them to life. Probably about the same as soaking them, but I don't like to mess around with that. I have even heard of guys soaking wood baits in scent.

[Jason Schillinger]

Speaking of scent soaking, I've seen that too. A friend of mine soaked his Lelure Fetch and catch in this green scent crap all week in Canada(the stuff stunk like anise). He did quite well on the lure(I'm not convinced it was scent related though), but by the end of the week it sunk!!! He also spilled the scent container(a gallon rubbermaid) in my other buddies boat, and his boat still reeks!!!