Chubby Darter

[calli4120]

What size auger hole do you need to use this? You could maybe get it down a spearing hole but if I had a spear house, I would just have him throw darts at the fish.

[Matt Breuer]

It hasn't been released, but there is indeed a new darter in the line up for this season. It'll be a tad smaller than the size 4 that Hanson has hooked in the lip of the above crappie. It'll be dynamite on jumbo perch as well as active crappies, though the size 4 is already deadly enough...

I start of giving the Darter a good rip, then slowly letting it fall back to bottom. From there on out I'll keep it constantly working, small quivers, big rips, subtle jigging. I just make sure it's moving at least a little bit at all times. Once you get a good motion going on your rod tip, and get consistent with the bobbing action, you can be deadly with it.

They are a MUST in everyone's arsenal!

[ilovehardwater]

wow how funny took me a few seconds then almost fell off the chair wow thanks for the laughs....hehehehehehehe

[zachp]

Last winter on LOW we were continually catching 10 to 13 inch 'eyes and every now and then we'd catch a bigger one in the 15 to 17 inch range using spoons tipped with minnow heads and full minnows under a bobber...after a few hours of this I put on a #5 darter and I began catching only the bigger fish, the action wasn't as fast but the quality was much better. I don't use the darter all the time but when they're hitting it can be a lot of fun. Best LOW colors were viking, gold metallic orange, copper gold, and real roach...It seemed like the darker colors did better than the luminescents.

[Scott M]

Don't overlook the chubby darter in the B Dub during open water. I couldn't keep the fish off on a 25' ledge on a little lake by the Canadian border!

[dkf]

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It hasn't been released, but there is indeed a new darter in the line up for this season. It'll be a tad smaller than the size 4 that Hanson has hooked in the lip of the above crappie. It'll be dynamite on jumbo perch as well as active crappies, though the size 4 is already deadly enough...

I start of giving the Darter a good rip, then slowly letting it fall back to bottom. From there on out I'll keep it constantly working, small quivers, big rips, subtle jigging. I just make sure it's moving at least a little bit at all times. Once you get a good motion going on your rod tip, and get consistent with the bobbing action, you can be deadly with it.

They are a MUST in everyone's arsenal!

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I've been wanting a smaller darter. I guess now my dream has come true. I'll be looking for them with cash waiting.

I usually use a lift-fall-hold and small shake actions.

[Quickstrike]

Chubby Darters are also deadly for Lakers! I through on a chubby in the BWCA on a slow day last winter and started catching fish intantly. I went from being skeptical to always carrying a box full of chubbys whenever I'm after trout.

[toughguy]

What color and size did you use on the lakers? I've tried the white ones and crome orange without success in the past. Was this on open water or ice?