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| This huge overslot, was landed last evening on a white Slug-go. The 9 inch white Slug has been my most effective big fish catcher all May. |
The good ole Slug-go- it's been the hottest lure for me in the past month. I've landed schoolies, slots and oh, so many over slots with this lure that it's hard to deny it's effectiveness. It's appeal has been widespread. I've landed big fish on it along the RI oceanfront, Narragansett Bay and along the Cape Cod Canal. I've gotten them from shore as well as from the kayak. As many of you know, this has been a record breaking year for large fish, and just about every fish over 40 inches (and there's been a lot of them) that I have landed this spring has come on the Slug-go. Yet, few fishermen use it. Many don't know how to rig it; some don't know how to work it.
My favorite this spring has been a white, 9 inch Slug-go. I rig mine with a single hook up front. I tend to use a 6/0 BKK Titan rider hook that has the screw type device up front. That screw is placed in the head of the Slug-go and screwed in. Then the hook is lined up and pushed through the body. It should be hooked in the narrow underbody and pushed up through the flat top of the lure. The lure should sit straight horizontally on your hook set-up. Note that I have had several BKK hooks straightened out or bent so the sturdiness of these hooks are questionable in my mind.
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| I tend to use a BKK Titan Rider 6/0 hook (weightless) on my Slug-gos. The single hook in the head of the lure will do the trick. |
To work the Slug-go, simple cast and reel in slowly with twitches of the rod tip to give it a swimming action. Stop the lure every once in a while and just let it suspend for a second or two. Many hits will come on the pause.
These lures are affective in the daytime as well as at night. I believe this is the MOST effective daytime catcher for big stripers in the spring.
Note that many fishermen have their own preference for rigging. Some will rig two hooks in the front and middle (Mc Kenna style). Others will add nail weights to the body, and some will use weighted hooks to get a slightly longer cast. I think the single weightless hook with no weights gives the lure the most natural action and is the most effective overall. But, I also know many fishermen have confidence in the way their are fishing their creations. If it's working for you keep doing it.
