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I've done well with BM wood..B I G thick pikes you can't get your hand around. He made a few for me that troll very nice on wire. They are very consistant and are a pleasure to troll. IMO there is a untapped market for wood trolling plugs. You will like trolling wood on wire, few guys do it anymore. In the 60's and 70's that was the game, today you drag dredge of 9" shads that feel like you are reeling in a sea anchor. Wood swimmers give you that nice pulse action and attract plenty of fish with low resistance. Slow swimmers deep...that is the ticket. Make sure you are near the bottom. Then, make sure near the bottom again. Don't waste time trolling mid water depths....small fish and bluefish.
(I use a long heavy flouro leader so I avoid touching any wire. I reel the leader up onto the spool and then grab that. I normally split a 60' flouro leader spool on two rods.)...Use 6X VMC hooks or Owner Stinger trebbles and triple rings...end of hook problems.
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