Soft plastics for skis?

[MNBIGBEAR]

Wondering what kind of luck you guys have had using soft plastics for muskies. I was reading the jigging post and saw one about a carolina type rig. I know have been bit off quite a few times using large worms for bass and caught one small musky so you figure they would hit em, just seems you dont hear much about it though.

[MuskyMark]

I've always done well on Pike with bulldawgs (Regular and Spring Dawgs). Incidentally caught 3 nice ones last year, while fishing for 'skis.

I've also caught some decent fish on Reaper Tails rigged on Cobra Jig heads. Haven't tied into a really big pike with plastics...yet!

[tonyjor]

I own a Bulldawg lure and I thought they were just a sub-surface swimming lure. What jigging methods can I use with them?

[dsludge]

The plastics from Musky Innovations that I use for jigging, bull dawgs, are heavy and sink easily. Watch how it falls through the water. There are lighter ones also.

I let it fall to the bottom and then jerk it up 8 or 9 feet and let it fall again. I also drift along steep breaks and use the same lift/fall.

The method has been productive in cold front conditions and early winter open water.

I hook the bottom treble into the bait to limit fouling.

MNBigBear, I started using the "reinforced Carolina rig" only last year. A nice muskie hit a weedless worm rig and got off after a five minute fight. I have also added a telescopic attachment for the net that doubles its reach for such situations.

The weedless muskie rig will catch fish as my doctor has advised against casting 24 hours a week to help treat tendonitis. Trolling, jigging, and other low-impact fishing methods will have to be used this season.

I figure, throw 'em something new and different. Probe the 'foil for the bass-eating brutes with big Carolina rigs.

Is it June yet?

[MNBIGBEAR]

Thanks for the info. I wlll have to give it a try. I have a few bulldawgs but I have always just worked them like a jerkbait and have had success. I will try to slow them down this year and see what happens. I also have some 12" plastic worms Im thinking I might try out especially in those cold front situations. Now the countdown begins, this cabin fever is killin me!

[Cooter]

Am assuming the oversized lizards would produce on them big carolina rigs.