De-Mystifying The Wiggle Wart

[Guest]

I'm bidding on pre Rapala wiggle warts right now

[dtrs5kprs]

It would be interesting to compare the data from the two Warts to the two unpainted bodies available. Actually, there might just be the one available, and another that was in production a few years ago. After that the Warts vs. Brad's, Koppers HFC, etc. Cool stuff.

[fishinwrench]

I take it that a number of you guys throw the wart during more situations than I do.

The wart phenomenon is a fairly short window for me, usually beginning as the late Winter-early Spring jerkbait bite falls off, and lasting until the shallow flats begin to produce big fish sometime in April. After that I am pretty much done throwing crankbaits (of any kind) until Late Summer when I break out the DD-22's.

On Lake O the crawdads burrow into the shoreline rocks and up under the bases of seawalls sometime during the Early Winter, then during the coldest part of Winter Ameren draws the lake down considerably leaving the sleeping crawdads high and dry.

When the ground begins to warm up and we have a few warm NIGHTS the crawdads wake up and make their little 5-30 ft. migration downhil to the waterline, and that's what starts the legendary "wart bite" here.

A twin tail grub tossed along the bank will catch the same fish but the wart covers water faster and the fish are obviously hungry enough that finesse isn't required.

So why is the wart so much more effective than other crawdad type crankbaits has always been a mystery to me, and why the OLD warts are noticeably better than the new ones is a mystery too. But I sure can't deny it, the old Warts are the bomb.

[Old plug]

the thing i see from Mitch's study it the hewer newer wart should have a harder down pitch. I bet if you set the two of them together in a clear tank where you can see them from the side that they will not have the same attitude at rest. It seems I can remember the old wart would sometimes bump on something and almost go slack for a minute. There must be something in the way the two make contact with the bottom. I no longer use anything that causes much resistance for very long.

I was never oversold on them as I remember. I had a lot of confidence in a couple old wooden Bomber water dog. I do not know if they even sell them anymore. I caught 2 bass over the years slightly over 7 pounds in Wapappello Lake on them. I think the two I had have been lost for sometime.

[Mitch f]

Well, if you guys are brave enough, get out the Dremel tool and go to work!!

[fishinwrench]

Dremel? In the time it would take to dig it out, find and change the bit, put on safety glasses, and plug it in.... I could have the crankbait "tuned" with an emery board.

[Old plug]

Of course glass eyes also right wrench. What about eye lashes and lipstick also. I am fooling with some eyes on a gar lure. they are big and buggy. when you see it wrench please do not have a orgasam.

[Hunter53]

I'm bidding on pre Rapala wiggle warts right now

I have been doing this as well. I have got a few but I give up on any phantom green or brown ones. They are just not worth that much money to me.

[jmes]

I buy them all the time from EBAY but now is not the time to buy them. They get pretty high this time of the year. You can buy them certain time of the year and get them for less than $5.00 and yes that's pre-rapala

[merc1997 Bo]

it still all boils down to the fact of if either one will catch bass. i have caught lots of bass on the new ones, and can not tell that is wiggles any less than the old ones i still have. the wiggle or wobble that bass want from one day to the next varies. that is why one day the wiggle wart will kill them, and the very next day, a model a bomber is better. they both have different wiggles. anyway, it still boils down to trying different types of cranks to home in one the best one for the particular day.

very nice comparisons though.

bo