suick lures

[jeffreyd]

dumb question about using this type of lure for muskie or even large pike. how fast do you retrieve this lure, is it suggested to twitch or just pull it in? how about trolling it? thanks Jeff

[cbrooks]

When I'm using a suick the action you want is up and down so you just tap it down( 6 to 12 inches). As far the retrieve speed I guess it depends on the depth for me. I use this lure when fishing thick weeds and I want to connect with the top of the weed cover. I never trolled with this lure. Its not my go to lure for muskie but one of my favorites for pike. I hope this answer some of your questions.

[Bassinbob84]

I use suicks the same over weeds. I'll also use the weighted suicks with long pulls like you would with a bulldawg. There are other baits in my box I normally throw first though.

[jeffreyd]

thanks for the info, just see a bunch of posts that have this lure in the discussion so i thought i would ask. i will be on leech for the muskie opener so this year (skunked last year) i want to go prepared. I do have some of the big double bucktails, so trying to get some other ideas as to what to use. thanks again.

[MUSKY18]

Suicks are one of the greatest musky lures of all time! The ability to move the tail and get the lure to the desired depth is a key feature. They are fantastic to work in just about any cover.

I love them in the weeds, cause as soon as you feel the contact with the weeds, stop! Let the lure back out of the weeds and then give a sharp jerk. This will power them down between the weeds and the on the pause they will float back up through them. Great technique.

When I am on the rocks, I pull long and hard and try to drive the head of the bait right into the rocks themselves. You can bounce the lure into the rocks and then let it float up to clear the rocks and drive it down again. You will find that most fish will hit the bait while it is "backing up" off of the structure you just ran it into.

I always try and make sure I let the bait do a "death float" when I get it close to the boat. By that I mean, as you work your bait in, when it gets 5-7 feet from the boat, I give it a sharp pull and the just let the bait float all the way back up to the surface........you will be surprised how many fish you will see while doing this.

Great that you have big blades for opener, but I would look into getting some smaller blades too. Opener can be a tricky time and we have had our best luck on small baits. I am not saying that big blades won't work either, but my .02.

[RK]

Hiya -

When I first started muskie fishing I totally didn't get Suicks. (This was something of a problem, because suicks, reef hawgs and eddie baits were the main jerkbaits a guy could find.) Couldn't figure out why a fish would bite one. I spent all kinds of time tuning the tail, and I worked the thing like crazy. Really wore myself out (especially considering I was using a 5'10" pool cue of a rod.) I experimented with all kinds of retrieves - fast, slow, long pulls, short twitches,letting it float up, reeling constantly and pulling...

They all worked. Eventually I came to the conclusion that for some reason, fish just eat the things. If you come up with a way to fish it that looks good enough to you to make you keep fishing it instead of changing lures, you'll catch fish on it. It's really that simple.

These days I fish Suicks like a toothpick with hooks - I pretty much just reel it straight in with a pull or twitch once in a while. I tuned it so it tracks straight and wiggles a little bit when I pull. That's about it. I fish it in heavy weeds a lot so I don't want it darting all over getting hung up. Fish do the rest.

Really - they're pretty hard to fish wrong.

As for Opener on Leech - smaller and faster... Leech lake fish like speed.

Cheers,

Rob Kimm

[jeffreyd]

thanks everyone, great info that is why i love this board so much. the knowledge is unbelievable. now only if we had muskie and pike in arizona a guy would be in hog heaven. thanks again.

[Grunt L]

LOVE Suicks. Great lure and family to buy from.

Suicks have caught a large majority of my big big pike in Canada at Nungueser Lake in Ontario that I visit a lot. My best is a perch Thriller weighted 9" or flat black. Used the BIG Suick last year adn while it did not get a lot of water time I did boat a few nice pike on it. IMO the 9" is the best size. Jerk, pause and repeat and figure 8 EVERYTIME at the boat. 50% of my fish come on the pause and 50% on the figure 8 at the boat. Love the Suick and it will love you back!

[DHanson]

jeffreyd

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Registered: 05/01/09

Posts: 700

Loc: az ricquk what is considered too much? just curious as i released a ton of fish but did bring back between 2 of us 4 pike 4 walleye, 2 bass and 10 perch. we have eaten most of it but i could not even consider bring much more than that back. wish i could have had a muskie in the mix but that did not work out well.

I don't think you really wanted to keep one did you? Catch and release, man.

[jeffreyd]

nope did not intend on it but had to bring something back so my wife will let us come back this year.