Lower End Buzz Bait Report

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1 hour ago, Dutch said:

When I go they will either eat the 1/2 oz or go hungry.🤤 

Is your “big” buzz bait compensating for something else in your life?😂

[Dutch]

Maybe.  I am pretty sure that I would have to buy a new setup for that light of one unless I were to try it on a spinning setup which would take me out of my comfort zone.

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27 minutes ago, Dutch said:

Maybe.  I am pretty sure that I would have to buy a new setup for that light of one unless I were to try it on a spinning setup which would take me out of my comfort zone.

It probably weighs 3/8’s to a half.  I think they just “call” it a quarter.     I throw it a mile on a med st croix BassX bait caster.  

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@Dutchi was just joking around.   Here’s a picture of a “half ounce triple blade next to the 1/4.  With a twin tail trailer it definitely has enough weight for a bait caster.   My BassX is a 7’2” med heavy.  

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On 7/13/2024 at 6:46 PM, Quillback said:

I use these, I think the 1/0 is a little small, maybe the 2/0.  Very sharp hooks.  Once I started using a trailer on buzzbaits I hooked a lot more fish.

Gamakatsu SP Trailer Hooks 4pk | Tackle Warehouse

Size 2/0 fits perfectly 👍. Thx

[Champ188]

War Eagle makes a 1/8-ounce buzzer that can easily be thrown on a baitcaster with 14-pound mono. Guess it depends on what rod/reel you use. Caught 5 for 19 lbs. on it in a derby a few years back to win a couple thousand reasons not to pooh-pooh small buzz baits. 🔨

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5 hours ago, Champ188 said:

War Eagle makes a 1/8-ounce buzzer that can easily be thrown on a baitcaster with 14-pound mono. Guess it depends on what rod/reel you use. Caught 5 for 19 lbs. on it in a derby a few years back to win a couple thousand reasons not to pooh-pooh small buzz baits. 🔨

I was just going to order those.  👍

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I caught two keepers and 2 dinks on the buzzer around noon when the rain stopped today.   All on the 1/4 ounce buzzer.  Fished main lake cuts and coves down here by big cedar.
Then I found this guy in the back of a cove tangled in a trot line with a duck decoy as the float.  No name, address or anything on it.   He was almost dead so I cut the line out of his snappers and let him go.  If it had some ID on it I would have let it be.  
 

[Quillback]

On 7/21/2024 at 4:54 PM, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I caught two keepers and 2 dinks on the buzzer around noon when the rain stopped today.   All on the 1/4 ounce buzzer.  Fished main lake cuts and coves down here by big cedar.
Then I found this guy in the back of a cove tangled in a trot line with a duck decoy as the float.  No name, address or anything on it.   He was almost dead so I cut the line out of his snappers and let him go.  If it had some ID on it I would have let it be.  
 

You're not going to believe this, but I have Dutch as a witness.  Today we saw two, not one, but two duck decoys being used as floats. One of them was moving around a bit, but we didn't pull it to see what was on.  Duck decoys as floats must be a thing these days.  Beaver lake BTW.

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1 hour ago, Quillback said:

u're not going to believe this, but I have Dutch as a witness.  Today we saw two, not one, but two duck decoys being used as floats. One of them was moving around a bit, but we didn't pull it to see what was on.  Duck decoys as floats must be a thing these days.  Beaver lake BTW.

I bet the one I recovered probably traveled at least 500 yards before I grabbed it.  Far enough it went out of sight while I fished and I had to go look for it.   It’s not a bad idea but shouldn’t they have contact info on them?    And.   How do they find them after a fish is on it towing it around?