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| The fish is in one hand and the white Slug-go is in the other. Slug-gos were my best lures on this day. |
I changed tactics this week as I headed north to come cooler water in the hopes of finding more fish. I did find some in cloudy and drizzly conditions. I knew from past years that those stormy days tend to perk up the fishing in the dead of summer.
I found some fish, but they were very fussy, a summer trait. After throwing some topwater offerings and swimmers with no success, I went with a nine inch, white Slug-go, and that did the trick. The fish were close enough to reach with the Slug so that made things a bit easier. When all else fails, the Slug-go often shines. The fish really like the natural alluring swimming motion of this lure, and often can't resist striking it. The day I used it I landed several fish and had several more hits and fish on.
I like to fish my Slug-gos unweighted with one hook in the head. I've been using BKK Titanrider swimbait hooks all season for my soft plastics. With the 9-inch Slug-go, I use a size 6/0.
Here's how I fish them. Cast out and slowly reel while twitching the rod tip. Occasionally just stop it. Many of my hits come on the stop. I tend to go with white Slug-gos in the daytime and black at night, though the white sometimes works well at night too.