What is your favorite type of body for Road Runner style heads and how do you fish them? I've used them with curl tail bodies and really haven't caught much with them.
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What is your favorite type of body for Road Runner style heads and how do you fish them? I've used them with curl tail bodies and really haven't caught much with them.
I have seen them paired up with Bobby Garland Baby shad in a pack of 2 hanging in the store. They seem to work pretty well that way. I am sure the blade puts some extra movement into the tail.
I use curly tails a lot but I’d say my favorite is a paddle tail, slider style bait paired with a road runner head. I use these almost every time I cast the banks of troll. Use this combo almost every time I’m on the water
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2-3” curly tail grub.
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If your fishing a road runner with a 2 inch curly and not catching fish something is wrong. Been using that combo for a long time on different lakes with good success.
Actually, personally I prefer marabou on a Road Runner over plastics.
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I mainly cast Road Runners, but have been known to Long Line Troll, Push, and Flip them.
as stated, in the instruction manual , fish it SLOW
most of the time a roadrunner aint ketchn fish it is because someone is fishing it too fast .
I like a really soft " twisting " type tail on them dropped slowly down big timber in the summer .
flat out deadly in some spots for sure . :highfive
What size road runner head? 1/8, 1/16?
If 1/8 may be going to fast to stay in the strike zone.
What depth water are you fishing?
I used to use either white or yellow marabou roadrunners and cast them with the retrieve dragging along the bottom near of crappie beds….always had great success
I reach for the Southern Pro Crappie Stinger on a 1/32 oz. head usually, maybe a 1/16" if they are deeper than about 15' or so.
i tie on Kip Tail. Killer
I know these are more of a cast and retrieve bait, but do any of you have any success vertical jigging road runners?
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I troll long lone.
I usually use a paddle bait 2” long. As said above, fish them SLOWLY
I like a 2' Southern Pro Hot Grub on a 1/16 Road runner head.
Really just about any plastic that catches fish, will also catch fish when added to a RR. The blade adds some extra movement, sound, and vibration to the plastic. An enhancement of the plastic over what it would normally be.
Lures are funny. Some fellers get real good with a lure, while others do not have anywhere near as much success. A dumb little tube jig can be a joke on one man’s rod, and on another man’s rod a fish catching machine. Seems to me that all lures are little bit like this. Some refer to this phenomena as a confidence lure. One that the man believes will work, so he sticks with it until it starts to produce. Then gains confidence because it has proven itself, and goes on to develop his skill set with that lure. I suspect we all have favorites and the RR is a favorite of many fishermen.
I really cannot think of a style of fishing where the RR would be ineffective. Maybe you should try it again, only this time pretending to have confidence and see if things improve for you. That is how I do it when trying something new. Stick with it like a bulldog on a bone and force it to do for you.
I make several designs of under spin jigs and believe that there are indeed times when the fish do not want a blade. However those times they do, it will out produce a non bladed lure. Another arrow in my quiver.
if you read my comment you will notice it is the way if often use them , they are deadly on a slow fluttering fall down a big lone tree trunk .Quote:
Originally Posted by Bojac
and slightly to the side of a brush pile fluttering slowly towards it at a sharp downward angle can result in some mighty hard takes too
Same techniques I use when long lining but with a little extra vibration and flash. I like the idea of it. A new little trick I can’t wait to try. Now if the ice would just go away. [emoji35]Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
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I love fishing road runners, they're my go-to bait in the spring and fall. My last trip was on December 26, 45 degree water temp, and my road runner absolutely wore them out.
As far as a body, I mostly tie my own. Chartreuse head and tail with a black chenille body is my favorite.
Bass assassin curly tails on under spins have caught me hundreds of crappie this year alone. I'll link proof with vids.
Crappie Fishing In The Rain 🌧 - YouTube
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I buy all of them every time I go to academy. I use them as is then add curly tailQuote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
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Some more pictures of bass assassin curly tails. You will catch giant bass too.Attachment 420305Attachment 420307Attachment 420306Attachment 420308
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