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Never really thought about it.
But now I am. I will grab some popcorn and watch:popcorn
Well, I don't fish those that much, but they say tail down, so it won't get caught on the hook point. I did use a Z-Man onetime tail down, and it still managed to get fouled up on the hook, maybe because Z-Mans are so stretchy.
I manage to hook the tail on a Bobby Garland baby shad quite often
My grub tail is dragging right now.
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Mine too, Tom[emoji23][emoji23]Quote:
Originally Posted by Cane Pole
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Tail down & no wrist snap casts = less chance of fouling the tail on the hook point or wrapping the tail around the curve of the hook. I rarely use them, but this "advice" is from previous experiences from back when I did. :twocents
Probably wouldn't matter all that much if you were using them for various trolling techniques (unless you cast them out vs dropping them in and letting line out), but I'm pretty sure you're not doing much trolling with them. :Rofl And I wouldn't use them for shooting docks, either !! :Doh:
I use the Bobby Garland stroller to shoot docks when they are more active. I foul the tail on them about as often as I do on a baby shadQuote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePappy
TAIL DOWN
Tail down where I fish in the shallow marshes because if they are rigged the other way, the hook catches the grass a lot worse!
On a 1/32 it seems to not matter as far as catch rate . About all I use to cast with and I normally have tail down .
Tail down...always
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Curytail says always tail down !!!
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Never matters when I’m vertical fishing for sauger.
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Thanks for all the replies...Very interesting.
Try em in all directions! Let the fish tell you how they want it Have caught em up,down,and even some days they prefer it sideways! :twocents
Never hooked the tail or had tail position affect how the grub swims. The only time I hooked the tail is from missed strikes.
More important to me is that the grub body is absolutely straight on the jig hook. Maybe a superstition, but a totally linear appearance on the hook has always done better for me than a rounded body caused by a hook that comes out too far back.
But when it comes to grub tail shape, I prefer the tail tip on top when the base of the tail is very thin.
https://i.imgur.com/DjC3QCX.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/eazLalj.jpg?1
Note how thin the tail's base; this one whips & flutters with tip up or down but I prefer it up - especially on a B.Spin. Wider curl tails don't do it for me though I know they catch fish.
I’ve always rigged em tail up and I do everything with em, cast, troll, pitch, deep jig, vertical jig, you name it. It’s what we could find before all the plastics we use now came along. Only colors were white, yellow, chartreuse and green. If ya got real lucky you might find some black. Two colors on the same grub was unheard of.
I’ve rigged them tails up and tails down for years, doesn’t seem to make much difference IMO, every now and then you will get a hook point in the tail.
If I’m using a Roadrunner type jig I rig tail up, but mostly I rig tail down. [emoji106]
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I of course NEVER rig one tail down , but at the same time know little to diddly :dono about using said curly tail baits .....:Rofl
probably don't matter much in the end ,but my bait has to make me happy :biggrin for me to ketch fish with it and tail up makes me happy :crazy::Rofl