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bmc2b

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Flaco651 Experienced

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What are you using them for? For walleye, I'd use a colored gamakatsu hook or a jig of some sort with a fathead or shiner. I don't use them much because I don't have a perm shack, but thats what I do when I fish with 'em.

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Most for walleye. I had a simple hook on a large shiner last night. They kept taking it to the bottom, but never ran with it. Tried setting early, late, couldn't hook up. Tried smaller shiner and they wouldn't bite. Should I try a stinger/treble?

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mrfish1991 Experienced

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skippy i would look in the regional forums...they sometimes have reports of the lakes near where you are.

and i second flaco on using the gamakatsu hooks tipped with a minnow. my personal favorite colors are orange and pink

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I have also used a Snell and red hook usually used for lindy rigs in the summer. They are usuall tied in a loop and you can get them on/off the rattle reel fairly easily and the ones I use have a glow in the dark bead covering the top of the hook where it meets the line. I have seen them in 2' 4' and 6' lengths, I use the 2' for the rattle reels.

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My favorite is to use glow jigs. If I don't want the bulk of a jig for light biting fish, I use a Gamakatsu colored hook with a glow bead and a colored glass bead. I usually use a glow bead with a red glass bead. The glow bead makes the red glass bead shine up. Sometimes I put a glow bead on each side of a red, green, or even clear glass bead. Use your own combinations of colors. Works great at times!!

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