Calm meaning The boat is not being pushed by wind and waves. I think in clear water Muskies can see the top water commotion from much furthur and they react. Calm conditions mean that the lure is the only disturbance on the lake. Picture this , A musky laying along side a log that protrudes out from a weed bed. Water like glass and clear. I land the Weagle 5 to 10 feet past the fish and it lands with huge splash. The musky reacts immediately thinking it is another fish pounding some prey. She is now primed for a strike .swoosh swoosh the lure gets closer to her lair and she blasts it . This happens to me all the time. But I have learned that many times these are not real big fish and lots of them completly miss the lure or do not hook up. I have however had several real big fish strike during very calm mornings and evenings. I tend to use the Weagle as a search lure or just plain like fishing them. I fish way slower than most of you. I dont buy into Sarics fish fast first theory. I fish more like Doug Johnson preferring to fish slow and thoroughly. My wife tells me to move it along a lot as she likes to cover water faster that I do. Chad, if you would like to do a day on one of my puddles this spring I would be happy to take you out in my boat and show you what I do. I have deffinately found another way to fish this lure. I get a lot of action on them. My hook up ratio is not good however but that is another work in progress. I love the excitment of 5 to 6 blowups per trip that this lure gives me. I can fish an entire day now with 5 lures. They are Weagle, Claw/little claw, Bucktail , Hoosier Glide, and Bulldawg. Casting that is. Trolling is another story all together. Mike
The only top water video I saw was a Prop bait taken on a medium speed retrieve. It didnt seem to be burning in but wasnt slow either. My Weagle march would have taken twice as long to cover the same water. I went back to your link and also there was Mesikomers Musky matrix video where he fails to figure 8 a nice fish. The retrieve on that cast was way fast in my opinion. Right after that he hooks that huge fish of a lifetime and loses it. You culd see clearly that he slowed the lure down and fed it to her. His much slower cadence or lack of cadence was effective in getting her to come from the side and then eat the lure. This is pretty close to how I fish my Weagles and the conditions under which I like to use this lure,Mike
Sorry to be getting in on this string late but I've been off the net for a little bit. I have had much success on my Weagle ever since I bought a 6'9'' St. Croix Avid. Yes, it is a pool cue but that rod in combo with my Abu Record and that baby has a great swoosh with hardly any forward movement at all and the fish can't stand it. Now, in order to work it like that there can be almost zero movement in the boat so it is certainly not a search bait. If I am going to use the Weagle fast (sort of like an oversized Jackpot) or use the Wabull I go with my 7'6'' St. Croix Premire for best results for me. However, I have one Wabull that works great, in line with what I can do with certain Reef Hogs, namely a side to side glide that dives up and down to break things up. The other Wabull I have is very inconsistant and I continue to struggle with it.
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Am I the only one who read this thread's title and thought of:"Weagles Wabull but they don't fall down!" [smilie=wink.gif]
(I must be too old! [smilie=help.gif] )
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HAHAHAHA… no you aren't I've thought that since these baits came out. You might also notice that Musky Mania has the Ernie and Burt lures. Manufacturers know that they need to appeal to that kid inside all of us.
I just checked on the Muskie Mojo site and I didn't see anywhere that it shows the real name of the Weagle and Wabull. Which has inspired a new members forum contest!!
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