nater Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Just wondering how often you guys have pulled up your dawg or tube only to find teeth marks but didn't feel any slack line or anything irregular that indicates the strike? It's happened twice this year on a dawg and a jimmy. Looks like it got chomped but didn't hang on. Maybe its happening on the fall or after the sweep and a bit of slack line but I typically don't give them a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainbutter Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Not just with muskies, but anytime I'm fishing, I wonder how often there are strikes that are just not felt, how many more fish I could have caught..I read a while ago some estimated figure of like 80% or more of fish bites are on the fall of a lure, even more so and ESPECIALLY with vertical jigging, but any other fishing as well.I've fished waters that at various times of the year hold trout, pike, and musky, and been casting a plastic of some kind(usually smaller than a dawg though) only to come up with a tail missing and no bite felt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HugoBox Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I have a pretty beat up bulldawg that's NEVER hooked a fish. I figured I was just really crappy at detecting bites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRedig Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Put me down on the bulldawg list, except add about 10 of them to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntBigFish Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I absolutely HATE that becuase you work so hard to get one of em to bite and then you don't feel it, drives me nuts! i had that happen a fair amount a few years ago, but now i think ive finally gotten the key to feeling them, thankfully only had it happen once last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnglerX Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Could be phantom hook marks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRedig Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Could be phantom hook marks Definitely not. Inch wide gash over 1/2 inch deep? Or maybe a dawg coming back without a tail having never felt a tappy tap? Had that happen too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatuplund Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 This happens to me all the time. No hits all day but then I look over the soft plastic and there's the tell-tale marks: 3-4 gashes about 1/8 inch or so apart. Deep and clean like a razor blade cut, not rubbing like hook rash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goblueM Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 i think they purposely make bulldawgs out of crappy plastic so they can make more money...i switched over to super d's and I think their plastic is a little tougher. At least I haven't had a tail just fall off yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterjoe Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 goblueM,Are you from MI? If so, where? I grew up there and moved out here in Jan. If you ever need a fellow MI fan to go fishing with, let me know. [email protected] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goblueM Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 yep, i grew up in Ann Arbor. email sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRedig Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 i think they purposely make bulldawgs out of crappy plastic so they can make more money...i switched over to super d's and I think their plastic is a little tougher. At least I haven't had a tail just fall off yet... Go try the new one's, they're awesome. Superd's are good too, but IME they just don't work (sink rate, hop, etc) the same...neither do curly sue's, more tools in the tool box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goblueM Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 i just got a pair of new super d's online and they have rattles in them. very cool. might have to check out the new bulldawgs - they have tougher plastic? hmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeese Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Catching on the Jimmy yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelmsdawg Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Hey smeese,You ever get out on either of those 2 lakes we talked about earlier? Kinda curious if you've had any luck or notZelmsdawg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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