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09-20-2018, 07:30 PM
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Need some help with walleye plugs
Hey guys, I need a plug about 4 or 5 inches long, floater, that runs 3 to 5 ft deep. Looking for shallow river eyes. My go to has been the floating Rapala Husky, but it does not come in a floating version any more. The reason it needs to float is so that when I start to bang the bottom, I can pause and let it float up. Any sugestions?
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09-20-2018, 07:33 PM
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It’s a killer.
Floating Rapala Xrap in purple and silver.
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09-20-2018, 07:50 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BuckCuller
Floating Rapala Xrap in purple and silver.
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09-20-2018, 11:17 PM
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Ripplin Redfin. Floating version.
Now for the cream.
Take off both treble hooks and put a 5/0 circle hook on. Face one hook one side and the other the other side so the plug runs balanced.
The plug will not get stuck on bottom because of the rounded circle hooks.
Don't set the hook, the fish will do it for you.
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09-21-2018, 08:30 AM
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Any Rapala floater.
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09-21-2018, 08:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pinelakeperch
Any Rapala floater.
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I find the Rapala original floaters to light to cast with gear that can handle late season walleye.
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09-21-2018, 09:33 AM
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I like the new Rapala Shadow Raps - great twitch bait that rises slightly when you stop the retrieve - almost a neutral buoyant lure.
The have them available in both a shallow and deep version - and of course a myriad of colors.
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09-21-2018, 10:18 PM
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The best old tried and true Rapalas! J9 and J11 jointed floaters in silver and gold colours. I have no trouble casting them with a baitcast reel loaded with 10lb stren or any spinning reel with 8 lb test.
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09-22-2018, 10:21 AM
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Pretty hard to beat a Rapala floating minnow but I have a couple of Storm floating minnows that I pull behind a bouncer that have worked really well to.
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09-22-2018, 10:29 AM
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I used to do a lot of pike and walleye fishing. I probably have collected 50 plugs over the years. The last 10 years I have fished almost exclusively for trout with the fly. With the fish loss this year due to the winter we had I have been fishing walleye this fall. I went to pick up a few walleye plugs and am blown away by the prices, it's obscene what a plug goes for now a days. Four plugs and a small package of leaders, 63 bucks...
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09-22-2018, 11:48 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2018
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plugs
Some interesting new plugs on the market. Try a visit to BestLure.ca
They are wood plugs but hand made yellow cedar. Cool paint jobs and I think they come in 2,4 and 6". Made in Canada - Bonus lol, no tariffs!! At least they are not plastic or have the word China on them.
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09-23-2018, 08:50 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pikergolf
I used to do a lot of pike and walleye fishing. I probably have collected 50 plugs over the years. The last 10 years I have fished almost exclusively for trout with the fly. With the fish loss this year due to the winter we had I have been fishing walleye this fall. I went to pick up a few walleye plugs and am blown away by the prices, it's obscene what a plug goes for now a days. Four plugs and a small package of leaders, 63 bucks...
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The prices of anything rapala are ridiculous. Berkeley's flicker minnows and flicker shads are as good if not better and cost half the price.
I like lipless crank baits even in shallow water. Size 4 or 5 ripping rap in crawdad is great.
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