Live Target "Bait Ball"

bwackwabbit · #1 06-22-2014, 05:54 PM

Picked one up @ CT last week and figured I'd give 'er a crack today.

So I hit Gull this morning. I trolled from Wilson's to Meridian Beach in 12-14 FOW @ 1.5-2.5mph. Drug this around and had a great day of fishin'. The verdict is in... It Catches Fish!!!...lol.

Cheers.

whitetail Junkie · #2 06-22-2014, 06:08 PM

Good to know....I saw them lures a couple weeks ago and didn't know if it was a dumb lure or it might work good...Thanks!

omega50 · #3 06-22-2014, 07:09 PM

Thanks for the test run.
Been curious as hell about the Baitball series.

salmon slayer · #4 06-22-2014, 07:17 PM

Those are some nice walleye, we were fishing in that area as we'll thus am, some good pike but no eyes

bwackwabbit · #5 06-22-2014, 07:21 PM

All in I landed 11 pike, 4 walleye and lost 4 fish. One large enough to actually snap a hook off the rear treble!

bwackwabbit · #6 06-22-2014, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by salmon slayer

Those are some nice walleye, we were fishing in that area as we'll thus am, some good pike but no eyes

Thx, I was catching all pike as well until I slowed down below 2mph and Bang! walleye were ON!

TrophyPikeHunter · #7 06-22-2014, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by bwackwabbit

Picked one up @ CT last week and figured I'd give 'er a crack today.

So I hit Gull this morning. I trolled from Wilson's to Meridian Beach in 12-14 FOW @ 1.5-2.5mph. Drug this around and had a great day of fishin'. The verdict is in... It Catches Fish!!!...lol.

Thanks for the info! Was considering adding one of these to my collection.

JohninAB · #8 06-22-2014, 08:32 PM

Bought the jerkbait, square bill and deep diving crankbaits in various colors of the baitball and have had good success with them at Wabamun. Today was casting the square bill crank in 6 feet of water and did very well on pike.

Used the jerkbait trolling for walleyes at NWL and they worked there as well.

At $15 a pop they better!lol

bwackwabbit · #9 06-22-2014, 08:50 PM

No doubt! I bought the jerk bait as well. I have mine hooked up w/a homemade 50# flouro leader w/aluminum sleeves and 50# snap swivels. Can't afford to lose on of these...lol.

Soiler · #10 06-22-2014, 10:53 PM

I haven't seen these before. Crappy tire you say eh? Have to give 1 a go..... Nice fish!

Fishnafterwork · #11 06-22-2014, 11:30 PM

I just got back from buck lake... Most aggressive takes ever... I just cast mine and I also had a fish break one of the hooks off the last treble...amazing hard strikes ... Landed over ten walleye casting one from boat and it was way too weedy to cast effectively from the dock but that didn't stop 8 pike from smashing it... I'll b buying live target stocks for sure!

prodogg02 · #12 06-23-2014, 08:47 AM

best hooks ever the smaller perch one is good to

waterninja · #13 06-23-2014, 08:56 AM

thanks for the report. so many new lures and stuff coming out all the time. nice to hear about a test run.

bowriverbrown · #14 06-23-2014, 09:36 AM

When I saw those, I thought there is no way it shouldn't work, they look awesome. Glad to hear they're working, I guess it's worth the $12 for a little fun.

EZM · #15 06-23-2014, 08:44 PM

Have not tried the bait ball version, but Live Target's perch pattern crank baits really work well and troll straight and true.

Great lures - but I ALSO broke a hook off one of them on an average pike.

My guess is the hooks on them suck ..... but they are easy to replace with good quality hooks anyways. just make sure they weigh the same (or close) so the action isn't disrupted.

tight line · #16 06-24-2014, 09:53 AM

I am really impressed with the Perch and the rainbow minnow as well! I have had to replace the hooks twice, and there is almost no paint left on it! I could only guess i have caught a couple hundred fish out of North Wab on it this year! Very impressed, and worth the money! Will have to try the bait ball!

NEWB · #17 06-24-2014, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by whitetail Junkie

Good to know....I saw them lures a couple weeks ago and didn't know if it was a dumb lure or it might work good...Thanks!

Same here..

I will need to pick it up and give it a shot!

OP,

Thank you for sharing your success!

Warmbreeze · #18 06-24-2014, 05:10 PM

Nice review. My only question is did the fish distinguish the different baits or did it just look like one minnow with a different pattern and they hammered it?

Now someone has to put those on a umbrella rig (with legal amount of hooks) and now you have a school of baitfish!

bwackwabbit · #19 08-16-2014, 03:23 PM

Update: this thing catches everything!...lol

Cheers.

RavYak · #20 08-16-2014, 03:37 PM

Lol, I caught a couple nice perch this summer on large lures like too. Guessing it was territorial strikes more then hunger.

You must be catching a few fish on this lure, I notice you already have a broken treble hook.

bwackwabbit · #21 08-16-2014, 03:41 PM

Yea I've replaced the treble after each trip and I'm using Mustad's! The strikes are very aggressive. If you look closely you can see that the lure itself is getting very hacked up.

Worth the $15 in my book!

Flieguy · #22 08-16-2014, 08:00 PM

Hmmmm..... how to tie a bait ball streamer......

HookedOnKokanee · #23 08-16-2014, 11:32 PM

which location of Canadian Tire did you buy this lure at?! Thank you .... cheers ... Doyle

bwackwabbit · #24 08-16-2014, 11:33 PM

I got mine at the red deer north location