Plugs For Bass & Pike For A Shore Slug

[scrubs]

I promised myself I would do more bass & pike angling next year at a nearby lake. I'm restricted to shore fishing (shore slug was from another forum) and need to get some distance due to shallow water close in. So it's got to be either floaters or shallow runners. Spinning rod is 7' rated at 1/4 to 1 oz. Tho I've caught bass on Muskie plugs in the past I'm guessing I want to stay around 6" on minnow plugs and 3 1/2" on fatties like the Divani I'm doing. I may be mistaken bass eat some god awful big lures on occasion.

 

Any and all comments appreciated on lures and tackle to get that extra couple of feet.

 

bill

[diemai]

@ scrubs

 

Hi , Bill ,

 

Years ago I had designed a simple lathe -turned plug that I've named "FatButt" , ....virtually it is a horizontally sinking glidebait , but due to having the bigger portion of ballast in it's rear , it casts pretty well and far .

 

I do not have any sketches available , but it is to be seen in this video at about 1:20 :

 

 

Another "FatButt" model also shown in another video at 2:30 (3rd from top in orange color) :

 

 

My goal of design was to be able to place more weight into the rear , as this would provide a better sideward glide , side effect is a perfect casting performance , ........thus the body is tapered more slender towards the nose resulting into a more buoyant rear which can accommodate more ballast still retaining a horizontal sink level .

 

Ballast sits in front AND rear belly positioned as far to the body ends , as the mounted screweyes do permit .

 

I've made the face slightly slant as shown to allow the lure to dart downward as well , ....in practice this means , that it darts more randomly , but not just to either side and also retains general working depth better .

 

If you want the lure to run closer to surface , you might cut off the nose tip at 90° or just round it off to a flat dome , ....if the face was slant vice versa , it would permanently dart back to the surface after letting it descend a bit , I guess .

 

Paramount to the design is to make the body tapered to be thicker down the tail .

 

Greetz , Dieter

[woodieb8]

my old time bass favorite.

the heddon dying flutter

[scrubs]

Thanks Dieter. They remind me of smaller versions of Salty's pencil poppers on this page:

 

http://www.saltybugger.com/wood%20lure%20bodies.htm

 

I'll experiment with turning a couple. Another thing I need is to get a 8-9 ft rod for a little more distance. Before I moved I had a really nice one for 3/8 - 1 oz lures but I gave it away thinking there was nothing but trout here.

 

bill

[scrubs]

my old time bass favorite.

the heddon dying flutter

Looks like a Devil's Horse, great surface bait.

 

bill

[diemai]

Thanks Dieter. They remind me of smaller versions of Salty's pencil poppers on this page:

 

http://www.saltybugger.com/wood%20lure%20bodies.htm

 

I'll experiment with turning a couple. Another thing I need is to get a 8-9 ft rod for a little more distance. Before I moved I had a really nice one for 3/8 - 1 oz lures but I gave it away thinking there was nothing but trout here.

 

bill

Yes , Bill , I was inspired by their shape , ......but other than a popper my lures do sink and are worked as gliders .

 

I'm also using 9 feet spinning rods , ......got one for the warm season with a casting weight of 20-50 grams( one ounce= 28 grams)to work smaller lures as well a,d another one one with a casting weight of 30-80 grams for heavier and bigger lures in fall .

 

Casting all kinds of lures with these stiffish rods , topwater plugs , gliders , plastics , spinners , spoons and wobblers alike , ...most likely from the bank as well , but also doing a few occassional boat sessions .

 

Thus the compromise of 9 feet length , but also because of having to work glidebaits with rodtip down , ...if not because of this , I'd surely go up to 11 or 12 feet for better casting performance from the bank .

 

As a bank angler I need a multi-purpose rod (though such does not exist) , that can fulfill as many tasks as possible , can't carry two or even more rods along !

 

Greetz , Dieter