Flicker shad

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

I think the more expensive version is the called the Money Pole. Timmy Horton pushes is pretty hard on his fishing show

[Ketchup]

^^^^^^. Get to work.  ^^^^^^

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Im working hard watching people sleep. 6th night in a row im about to go nuts

 

[Ketchup]

ha. Make it home before the weekend?

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Ill be home on Thursday.

 

[Ketchup]

Ok. My new electronics get installed tomorrow, so I can give you yours back anytime your available. 

[mjk86]

I love flicker shads, they have replaced just about all of my other trolling baits.  Nothing has consistently produced for me when trolling like a flicker shad.  My favorite color is purple tiger and blue tiger, although purple is my fav.  Also, uncle rico is awesome.  Last year i had the most luck with one i painted myself.  So i painted a whole bunch more just like it lol.  The other benefit to painting them yourself is you can prime it with white, and its so heavy that you get another foot or two out of trolling and they slow rise.  I have a leadcore set up and dont really like it so if i have to fish much deeper than 18 or 19 feet ill switch to deeper running baits.....thats pretty rare though as i think deeper fish will still come up and get a flicker shad. 

 

 

[eagle1584]

I have one of the lure retrievers with the chains that slides down the line that I picked up at BPS.  Has saved me hundreds in lost crankbaits at Stockton alone.  You just have to be patient and as someone mentioned it helps to have someone there to control the boat on a windy day.  I was truly a skeptic but they do work.  They are pretty heavy and I think most of the time they just knock the lure loose more than the chains catching the hooks.

You do need to upgrade the line on it as the one that comes with it is too thin.  To keep it all neat in the boat I bought a retractable dog leash from a discount store for about $5 and it works awesome.  Had to be a bit creative to rig it on the retriever but I never have to mess with the line in the boat.  I think mine has an 18' cord and is plenty stout to hold up.

This is the one I have and for the price it works great.

http://www.basspro.com/EZ-Lure-Retriever/product/44428/

[dan hufferd]

I will be buying one, then I will put some bow fishing line on it, that should do it. Great info !

[mjk86]

For lure retrievers i use an old broken deep sea rod, cut off at the first eyelet, paired with an old casting reel.  The button to open the spool is broke so i just have to let the drag all the way down then tighten it back up.  I have 80# braid and a 4 oz  bottom bouncer attached to a snap.   It works awesome! I put some chains on the snap as well to tangle the hooks up...although im not certain you really need them, im gonna take them off and see if it works as well.  No matter what route you go those lure retrievers will save some money!