Sell all your dogs and all your other dogballing, bait flipping, tail snagging all rubber baits on ebay and get some Hardheads. They are limited in number but worth the wait. Way better than any another jerkbait I've used. They never tangle or flip, last a long time without tearing apart and replacement tails are easy. Just cast it out and "pop and drop". You can even weight them to run deeper but I don't.
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I can see your point, Will. The hardheads will go side to side a little if you play with them but not as much as some dogs. For me, it seems that they (no matter what brand) go out of tune too easily, and seem to tangle alot on the cast, especially in wind. How do you tune yours (and keep them tuned) to get the best lateral movement? I could use some advice from the master…………………
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Oh I see, its a secret!…………………shhhhhhhh. LOL Anybody can tune a bait. Finding one that stays that way is the hard part, especially after a fish or two, or when they snag it, or slam it against a seawall, or…………………….
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To keep them tuned? They stay tuned until they catch a fish usually. Using a lob cast and riding the spool will keep the dawgs going straight and not fouling on a cast. I have to do the same on 10" jakes to keep them from fouling all the time.
Matt and i were talking about this, some of the SuperD's are obviously made of a harder or more denser plastic then some of the other super D's. That is the reason why they dont run like most of the other superD's that are the same to the touch. Bending them in the different directions doesn't seem to help at all with the denser plastic ones, but on the softer ones bending them works fine to get all sorts of different movements.
It also sucks when a big fish smashes it and takes the tail. anyone have any substitution for a lost tail other than mending it back on, if you can find it. Or is the bait a lost cause. I mean it can still be used as a jerkbait, just no tail attractant.
Was also thinkin of trying a tyrant, how is the action and sink rate of these compared to a plastic like a superd? or a dawg?
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Can't help with the super d's. I tried some last year and found them frustrating since they wouldn't do what I wanted them to do. I'm guessing it has something to do with the way that head is shaped and how the tail flexes or doesn't flex.
All that said I'm really picky about lures and I'm sure they're a decent bait that will catch fish but they are NOT a Bulldawg.
I think J was going to get a tyrant but I'm not sure if he's done that yet.
Havent got a tyrant yet but will soon to check out the action. I would probably use it as more of a shallow jerkbait but ill see how it acts in the water. I have noticed too that the Generation 3 models of the superD are harder to tune but they do last longer due to the harder plastic. I personally like my superds and dawgs to come straight in with a nice hopping motion. I guess it's just from personally experience but I have caught a lot more fish when it come straight in than when it's going off to the side. I will however tune them to go off to the side if I am fishing shallower water and dont want them gettin hung up on weeds or rocks. I really like the new Pro dawgs as they really stand up well to fish. They also are very flexible and easy to tune.
yea i was curious if that harder plastic was or will be a continuous feature on them. They definitely don't get ripped up like the other style of plastic does. And everytime ive been out using them so far the older style plastic is the only thing that has caught fish for us too or got hit everytime we go out.
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