Bigger baits bigger fish?

South · **Joined:** Wed Nov 19, 2003 12:32 am **Posts:** 49

Anyone having any success with Mann Stretch 25’s? How about other bigger body baits? Bigger baits bigger fish???

Wall-I-Guy · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 6:15 pm

Giving my 25's a good workout this weekend hopefully :!:

I'll let you know!

targa2 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:40 pm

25's do work. Natural colours seem to work best. Actually there are days when 25's work best.

South · **Joined:** Wed Nov 19, 2003 12:32 am **Posts:** 49

Wall-I-Guy, targa2 ... thanks for your feedback. I'm going to try the 25's for the first time myself this Thursday - Sunday. targa2 you said "Actually there are days when 25's work best." can you elaborate?

skeet544 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 20, 2003 6:28 pm **Posts:** 115

All of my bigger fish this year have come on the same size lure (mann's 20) but on one particular colour.
Skeet

steve-hamilton · **Joined:** Fri Apr 25, 2003 7:40 am **Posts:** 1776

gee, dr death? lol.

(perch works too)

big-o · **Posted:** Tue Nov 23, 2004 9:02 pm

I was using a Manns Strech 25 a few weeks back ....I was flatlinging about 200 feet back......we managed a nice 11 lbs Walleye, I will also be using them this coming weekend ....good luck, let us know how it turns out for you

targa2 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 5:14 pm

Hi Wall I Guy. I could elaborate but if do here is what I believe. I will be handicapping your experience. Trial and error are the best confidence builders. I gave two vital pieces of info already. 1) they work 2 ) natural colours work best. With those 2 peices of the puzzle you just have to add TIME and EXPERIMENTATION and you will come up with a PERSONAL experience. Any specifics I give will never replace your own epiphanies as you trial and error your way to success.

I was probably one of the first guys to run in-line boards for Quinte fish. Do you know how hard it was not to just go jig the Belleville bridge when I was first trying them out? Man It was tough. What I actually had to do was leave all my other gear at home for a weekend and take nothing but boards ,cranks and trolling rods with me. It worked. I got 2 fish the first weekend. My advice...try running all 25's for a full day and see how stressful it is not to revert back to TRUSTED TACTICS. It will make you feel alive ,I guarantee it.

Hookset · **Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 5:37 pm

It seems to me that if you are running 25's, you are also going to have to increase your line diameter and/or run them on short leads to keep them up in the water column. Unless you are running them to go deep rather than for the size of bait.

fishermoon · **Joined:** Wed Nov 24, 2004 5:16 pm **Posts:** 1

I used to catch some pretty massive red fish when I was a kid using what we called "bread balls"--which are exactly what they sound like, bread balled up. The bread balls were tiny but the red fish loved to bite it!

Parky · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:35 pm

Hi South,

I can't say I have had any success with the Stretch 25's or even the 20's for that matter but 2 years ago at the 'Merland Get Together' the largest fish was caught on a Bagleys DB6 (previously used for Musky fishing) in firetiger. That fish (dare I say the infamous 'Ghost' fish) was caught by yours truly, 13.5 lbs. The Bagley has a real nice lateral line vibration which proved to make the difference that year. The fish was caught in Picton Bay just out in front of Merland Park at approx. 8pm.

Tightlines,
Parky

Markus · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:59 pm

I tried white spinnerbaits of the cannon balls this weekend!

cha cha cha!! What rewarding results! :wink:

DanElliot · **Joined:** Mon Apr 08, 2002 8:59 am **Posts:** 4329

Markus,
I was hoping you guys would stop by in the evening at Merlands. Sorry I wasnt there when you did stop by. We hold the fish fry around 2pm so the guys can get back out for the afternoon bite. Now the spinnerbait thing. Are you kidding? I have caught lots of eyes over the years on spinnerbaits. There was a group up ealier this fall who were running spoons on the riggers and did very well. Have you tried that

Markus · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:31 am

Dan, I don't want to give out too much detail on the spinner bait...apparently targa2 and the other folks need to earn that info. :lol:

As for the spoons, I've never ran spoons in quinte, but while fishing bows on Lake Erie I pick up lots of incidental walleye on them.

I wish I could have meet yourself, superdad and got to say hi to some of my last cull buddies that were there. Next year!

We had a blast at the Tip of the Bay though!! :lol:

steve-hamilton · **Joined:** Fri Apr 25, 2003 7:40 am **Posts:** 1776

you guys a little embarrased over the whole last cull sham?

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