Phishin
07-29-2002, 09:23 AM
Hey guys, I had a good day on the water on Saturday, but I owe part of my success to a new lure....well, not really a new lure, but kind of....it's called the Trick Dawg.
Have you ever experienced a Trick Dawg?? I bet you have. If you throw magnum bulldawgs enough, you know that they get fouled every so often. Sometimes the hooks get caught up in the leader and sometimes the back hooks bury into the head of the lure. This is called a trick dawg.
Well, on Saturday, I had a fouled mag. dawg and as I was reeling it in, a 31" hit the lure. I boated this fish laughing because I couldn't believe the fish hit the lure. About ten minutes later, I landed a 38.5" on the same dawg, but it was not fouled this time. I was pretty excited as landed my 2nd fish in about 10 minutes. The 38.5" swam off strong and about 8 casts later, I get another fouled dawg. This time, it was fouled really bad. It was making big cork-screw like movements through the water....and about 10 feet from the boat, a 43" musky nails it.
I put three muskies in the boat in about 20 minutes, two of them on Trick Dawgs...including a 43".
The moral of the story: don't give up on a fouled bull dawg, just retrieve it in and you could get one to eat.
The Webster Lake Musky Club was our IronMan Tourney this weekend, and as I was telling others in our club at what happened, I had several guys tell me they caught muskies on Trick Dawgs too. Both of my brothers have had muskies take swipes at their Trick Dawgs, but I was suprised at the number of people who have had fish eat these fouled lures. Has anyone else experienced this????
Oh, and by the way, there was a bunch of fish caught in this tourney....but all of them but mine (I think) were not caught on Webster!!! Indiana Muskies are on the rise.
Peace Out.
Steve Hulbert
Have you ever experienced a Trick Dawg?? I bet you have. If you throw magnum bulldawgs enough, you know that they get fouled every so often. Sometimes the hooks get caught up in the leader and sometimes the back hooks bury into the head of the lure. This is called a trick dawg.
Well, on Saturday, I had a fouled mag. dawg and as I was reeling it in, a 31" hit the lure. I boated this fish laughing because I couldn't believe the fish hit the lure. About ten minutes later, I landed a 38.5" on the same dawg, but it was not fouled this time. I was pretty excited as landed my 2nd fish in about 10 minutes. The 38.5" swam off strong and about 8 casts later, I get another fouled dawg. This time, it was fouled really bad. It was making big cork-screw like movements through the water....and about 10 feet from the boat, a 43" musky nails it.
I put three muskies in the boat in about 20 minutes, two of them on Trick Dawgs...including a 43".
The moral of the story: don't give up on a fouled bull dawg, just retrieve it in and you could get one to eat.
The Webster Lake Musky Club was our IronMan Tourney this weekend, and as I was telling others in our club at what happened, I had several guys tell me they caught muskies on Trick Dawgs too. Both of my brothers have had muskies take swipes at their Trick Dawgs, but I was suprised at the number of people who have had fish eat these fouled lures. Has anyone else experienced this????
Oh, and by the way, there was a bunch of fish caught in this tourney....but all of them but mine (I think) were not caught on Webster!!! Indiana Muskies are on the rise.
Peace Out.
Steve Hulbert