Boy that got me to thinking, the first one I ever used C P Swing C.P. Swing The Swinger sure did catch a lot of all kind of fish on them. Have not used them in a long long time.
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Boy that got me to thinking, the first one I ever used C P Swing C.P. Swing The Swinger sure did catch a lot of all kind of fish on them. Have not used them in a long long time.
Mine was the old yellow and black polka dotted Shyster.
http://www.striper.net/images/lures/...black_dots.jpg
I use a little Hildebrant fliker with a Uncle Josh Fly Strip and a light weight flyrodQuote:
Originally Posted by mrbasser
flip it near cover... let it flutter down a bit and strips back a little line at a time to you.
I've caught lots of gills on artificial baits, but live bait is IMO the best.
Night crawlers and waxies seen to work best for me.
The Shyster was probably one of, if not THE first artificial bait that I ever used :pQuote:
Originally Posted by GCD
Only thing was ... white/blk dot version was primarily used for White Bass, while the yellow/blk dot version always seemed to only interest Black Bass :confused:
I never really used them for Crappie or 'gills ... as Crickets, earthworms, nightcrawlers, and "Horseweed worms" (stalk borer grubs) were our usual choices for the 'gills, and minnows/shad for the Crappie. Beyond the Shyster, I did get taught that Crappie could be caught on a "Doll Fly", though ;)
(yeah, I know .. that dates me too :eek: :D .... as I was introduced to these lures in the late 50's - early 60's )
... cp :cool:
Best small lake and pond bait for me has been a 1/16or 1/8 oz Vibric Roostertail, brown body with a gold blade. I think you could clean out a pond with one of these, bluegill, bass, channel cats, crappie if present, even caught a few golden shinners on one. They are hard to find and if you do find them I like to remove that stupid shinney sticker on the blade this allows the blade to spin easyier.
Heck CP!... I'm just 23... (at heart ;) ) I got that ol' black and yellow Shyster in one of those little 110 piece tackle boxesfor my 10th or 11th birthday back in the mid 60's and it was the first artificial lure I ever caught anything on. Like you said, it was too big for Bream to bite but I had caught a couple little Largemouth with it and was tickled to death the first time I tied it on. Then a little while after that I hooked something BIG!... it was HUGE!!! It had the drag screaming on my little Zebco 202 I was yelling for my brothers to come help me and some other folks that were fishing came over to see what was going on, after what seemed like an eternity I finally got it in... a 24" 5 poundish Channel Cat!!! I was so excited that I ran all the way home with it to show my Mom :D . I skinned and cleaned it and we ate fried Catfish for 2 nights in a row! It was the biggest fish I had ever caught and was what started my love for inline spinners.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiepappy
My poor little Zebco 202 was never the same after that.
Now I use the 1/16 and 1/8 oz. Roostertails on ultra lite spinning tackle for the Sunfish... and Bass... and Stripers.. and whatever else will bite them!
Landed this landlocked Striper on a 1/8 oz. white coachdog Roostertail and UL tackle... couldn't believe I got him in!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...DSC01489-1.jpg
I'm not a big fan of those little mylar stickers either, they do impede the rotation of the blade... a painted blade doesn't spin as well as a bare blade either on a Roostertail... another example of over improving!Quote:
Originally Posted by slipbobber
It was hard for me to keep the hook set with the
in-line spinners. Bass over 2# would jump and be gone.
In brush they hang very easy. Once a bigger fish had
been on, the shaft would be bent, from the fight. You
could re-bend it but it would never run the same. It is
a productive bait but frustrating to use.
For all types of sunfish in the spring and summer if 1/16th oz. wordens white rooster tails dont catch catch em then i'll use crickets and mealworms under a float.