Northland lures

[slopmaster]

has anyone tried the new Northland Slurpies Dip-Stick just wondering if they were as good as the senkos.

Thanks for any info

[Slyster]

I like them better than senkos! I love the watermellon color with flakes and one red end.. really nice. They are more durable and more flexible. Don't forget about the MR. Twister Excude Comida's too (their version of the same thing)... Fishing MN members get the online discount... they are just as good.. plus have scent so perhaps better.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Northland makes some very good products.. My suggestion, give them a try! As sly mentions, they have some very fun colors for sure!

[ocf]

when i first started fishing i was in love with northland lures, it was about half my box!!!

[fishermn]

Dang, I just tried fishing with Senkos the first time yesterday and now I am hooked! Picked up a pack of the slurpies along with some yamamoto senkos. This had to be the most producive bass fishing I have ever hit. Boated 35 fish in just over 4 hours, which I would consider phenomenal for a northern MN lake! I fished a wacky rigged senko all day and never even considered switching lures! This is what I love about this site, you always learn something new that opens the door to better fishing or hunting!

[Mr. Pike1]

Ah yes another convert. Welcome to the Senko world. The Senko has stayed number 1 in my 10 list now for 4 year running. My motto is simple. Senko, tubes, rocks, docks, and slop. Now when my senko and tube are not performing from the start it forces me to "fish" I have rambled in other posts of the baits that have worked this year for me.

One bait that has moved to my top five is the x-rap in perch or clown. Awesome for smallies and deadly for the largies.

My game is usually

Attach docks, rock, slop or structure with

Senko

tube

x-rap

buzz bait

spinner bait (I like in line spinners as well as the traditional bass spinner bait)

scum frog

top water

Mimic minnow

If this does not work I am in panic mode and go to

Jig/crawler

Jig/plastic worm deep water breaks

If still nothing I go back to the senko or tube.

Thankfully so far this year all trips have been good. A few slow days but for the most part each trip is 15-20 fish and usually 70% are victoms of the senko or tube

[mike jupiter]

mr. pike,

what size x-raps have you been using? #8 slashbait???

I've got a ton of #8's, but so far I've been catching a lot of pike on them... not too many bass though.

[Mr. Pike1]

Mike, that is a good question. I honestly do not know the size. I was at Gander earlier in the year and grabbed them of the end cap. The two I have are the perch and Kind of a clown I guess I would call the other.

What got the bait in my top 10 was on the very first cast on the Mississippi river I caught a small mouth. This was followed by several other and my friend got some as well on the red/white clown style.

I would guess this to be a great pike bite as well and do not think color is a big factor. I like that you can basically work this bait fast, slow, jerk, or almost like a top water.

[ocf]

I use it as a big bass bait i think the little bass wont bite it but anything 15 and up will bite it

[fishermn]

I absolutely love these things! Third cast last night...

[carlcmc]

nice job fisherman. welcome to the expensive but productive world of senko fishing.

[fishermn]

Yeah! I dang near choked when I saw the price per bag of those yamamoto's...

[Griggs]

I can't help but like the Sinking Minnows, with that smell I just know it attracts fish, the only problem with them is they dont last as long, and they dry up, but they are cheaper.

[fishermn]

Third consecutive outing fishing with the Northland Slurpies in the Purple color. After about 2 hours on the water, I have 10 more bass to add to this years tally!

Dang I am liking this these soft stickbaits!!

[Mr. Pike1]

I have seen the Slurpies on the end caps but never tried. It sounds like they produced for you. I do like the marketing of they use of "sow sauce" as the attactant.

[Griggs]

how much are a bag of them, how man do you get and are they the same type of material as senkos?

[slopmaster]

i cant remember the price but they are cheaper than the senkos. you get 9 of them and they last longer then the senkos also you get 2 red hooks in each bag and one of the hooks has a built in weight

[Slyster]

Yep! They actually come with two nice extra wide gap red hooks.. a very nice touch.. and it works out just about right for 9 worms.

[kenjr]

Or when you are really having a good day - you can catch a bass...then a northern at the same time!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5614347245920734972&q=bass+fishing

[Slyster]

Cool video.. then I noticed (on the side bar) another fishing video entitled "Sexy Amateur Girl Jenny Northern Pike Fishing" and was LURED away from your video link..