Pacemaker Fishing Forum

I'm in. (Kidding)

Oh BTW... Charlie is a talented plug builder, extremely humble and an awful salesman. ;-) I have been catching big fish on these lures since his original prototype 10 years ago. I mainly fish them at dusk, night and dawn, although his new version will dive a bit and pull fish out of structure during the day as well. I've had multiple cases where bass were blowing up in shad in the middle of the night and I've out fished the people with me 5 to 1 and 10 to 1 with this lure. There's something about the slow, quiet movement that triggers hits. The majority of the fish I catch on this plug have it completely in their mouth. The fish completely commit to this lure. For years I told Charlie it was because of the old lip he used to use that make it swim half under and half above the surface. This lip wasn't available commercially however, and wasn't suited for production. He has since proven me wrong. I now see very little difference in the number of strikes between the new production model vs. the prototype I still fish.

Also, again Charlie being humble, if you win one I'll ask that you give it honest time on the end of your line. He would love to get feedback here from you, positive or negative. Don't just throw this lure as a last resort. Give it casts when you know the fish are biting on the surface or just beneath. I believe you'll quickly become a fan.

Finally, I've asked Charlie to write another blog about tuning this lure. You can make it do different things by just adjusting the angle of the eye. Once you know what to look for you'll be sure that the lure is working correctly and maximizing your opportunity to get hit.

Thanks guys and good luck.

Last edited by Paul Naj (Jun-26-12 8:25AM)

I'm in.

I'm in!!!

Traveling to Canada on July 13th to fish BIG Pike and Walleye for a week.  Would love to try this lure out on the Pike.  I'll be sure to get a hero shot with the lure hanging in the mouth

6 guys already, in less than 4 hours!  Wonder how many (over 200 registered members on this forum) will "be in" after the weekend .

GregF wrote:

I'm in!!!

Traveling to Canada on July 13th to fish BIG Pike and Walleye for a week.  Would love to try this lure out on the Pike.  I'll be sure to get a hero shot with the lure hanging in the mouth

Awesome! Good luck on your trip!

I'm in!

-Gary

I'm in

Charlie - Better crank up that lathe!  Eleven guys on board in less than 8 hours.  You might have to make a cut-off # or you'll go broke on this thing .

I'm in!

I'm in!

Curly wrote:

Pacemaker wrote:

Charlie M wrote:

Please post in this thread with an "I'm in" and you are entered. I'll run this until July 2nd at 12 noon. Then I will randomly pick 4 people!

Now I understand ...............but I never win anything anyway

Wish I had one of those tomorrow morning while on Aquia after snakeheads...........

I could loan you mine (sexy shad paintjob) if Bruce is willing to pick it up on the way to meet you.  I could leave it on the bumper of my truck or something.

Travis,
Just saw your post about loaning your lure to Curly. I would have gladly picked it up for Curly to use...especially since today was his birthday. Unfortunately our trip is already complete so we won't know if your lure would have worked or not. Curly had a big snakehead on but it came off near the boat, and his post elsewhere on the site shows the snakehead he will be eating soon.
Bruce