Musky Inovations? Chaos?

[smeese]

Anyone trying any of their new stuff this year? I order 3 of the Jimmys, (walleye, perch and Sherbet) and a "real" fish in bullhead. Along with a couple Medussa's from Chaos I think I may try a bit of the soft bait angle this year. I have seen some production off of the Jimmys 14" long but only 4 Oz. Fingers crossed

[Esox_Magnum]

Jimmys and Medusas will find a home in my box for sure.

[b1gf1sh1]

plastics are great i just wish they were tougher, or cheaper. but they are what they are i guess. repairing can be a pain. i try and limit my use to specific situations. like after follows for a throw-back bait and when searching fish out in really rough water. i really like them in current areas that i can just let them sit and do the work by themselves, with a little raise of the rod once in a while. i do that with cranks too (like when stickbaiting for 'eyes) but plastics just have more movement and work better for me. off drop offs and cliffs is good for me too, they fall nice there. i dont do lakes much but around weeds have worked a couple times. never got one around weeds(on plastics) on a river... strange. slow almost lethargic and lazy movements with an occational snap or two or three or a short fast retrieve are my favorite presentations with big plastics.

[Esox_Magnum]

I love fishing big plastics. Ripping Mag Dawgs, Curlie Sues or Super D's get lots of action. Dawgs get limited use to to their failure rate, Curlie Sues are about as indestructable as plastics can get, Super D's take a beating from multiple fish also before a fix is needed. I carry a micro torch along for quick in boat repairs. I have littraly had a Super D tore in half, melt it back togeather and still catch fish on it.

[dcmusky]

Hey Esox Mag could you shoot me an e-mail I have a question for you thanks.

[JRedig]

I love fishing big plastics. Ripping Mag Dawgs, Curlie Sues or Super D's get lots of action. Dawgs get limited use to to their failure rate, Curlie Sues are about as indestructable as plastics can get, Super D's take a beating from multiple fish also before a fix is needed. I carry a micro torch along for quick in boat repairs. I have littraly had a Super D tore in half, melt it back togeather and still catch fish on it.

+1 for me. Just change the mini torch to battery powered soldering iron...

[Esox_Magnum]

E mail sent DC

[JRedig]

Oh and I fished a medussa last fall a bunch, they look cool in the water. They sink faster than a dawg or curly sue, tend to get deeper with the same pause retrieve. Nice durable plastic, really similar to the shack attack stuff.

[Esox_Magnum]

Thats what I wanna hear JR, I have a couple put back at the local bait shop. Hows the harness and how durable are the tails? I'm not easy on plastics.

[JRedig]

They're made VERY well, I can't comment on the harness as it never pulled through...so I'd say it's great. It threw it probably 4-5 days total, ripping too and it still looks new. The tails are very durable as well, tough plastic, little thicker than the other plastics out there. Couple times I had one get hung up on a hook point and it didn't affect anything, didn't even have to repair it for fear of it tearing further...

[10,000 Casts]

the jimmy will be an interesting bait. It really doesn't do much but you can work it nice and slow. I will probably throw it the first couple weeks of the season and judge it from there

[Jack The Ripped]

Rookie question?

What are the Jimmys??

[Musky Buck]

Just curious, I have zero soft plastics. How many fish do you usually boat per summer on these ? My boat has brought in 176 muskies since 1996, maybe the total would be higher if I fished plastics and fished more often. The only reason we kept track is i thought about going the guide route so we kept track. My narrow minded mind tells me if I need to fish soft plastics I should've stayed home. As I see it a 7 day week offers probably 2 of those days as what I call multiple fish kinds of days and the rest are those 1 fish chance days, I try to focus on those key days and fish the daylights out of them rather than go on those 1 fish if lucky frustrating days. Need some plastic theories and catches, forget follows, there is a huge difference in a follow vs. an actual strike. I use 2 baits and that's it and fish them until the feeding window opens up, not knowing when the window is because I can't fish enough to pattern them I figure I better have my top bait in the box on at all times. Just my narrow minded theories. Help !

[muskiedreams]

Jimmys are a tube style bait with a reaper tail have not thrown one yet they look good from what i have seen. Musky buck i bet that 40% of are fish are caught on bulldogs they really excel in the fall deep breaks deep weed/rock edges last year we threw spring dogs early and did well with them. But the bulldogs get alot of attention all season depending on how shallow/deep the fish are.

[MUSKY18]

I saw a show on TV recently and they were using the Jimmy. The guy was fishing it slow and actualy getting it to work side to side. Looks pretty cool, will be picking one up at the show in St Paul.

[JRedig]

I saw a show on TV recently and they were using the Jimmy. The guy was fishing it slow and actualy getting it to work side to side. Looks pretty cool, will be picking one up at the show in St Paul.

+1, now what color...

[Esox_Magnum]

Get them all

[Croix]

Get them all

Don't give Jeff a reason to do just that...Because he will.

[Musky Buck]

Thanks for the info.