Hard to imagine anybody knows much about gliders around here......maybe one of the musky guys in the plug forum. They are pretty simple lures. Just a shape that is weighted to float neutral or sink very slowly in a level position. Usually they are nose and tail weighted. As you move the weight towards the center they get wilder and I've seen musky ones that will actually do a circle when twitched. There are lots of videos of musky glide baits on you tube. Here is the first one I found.
I do know Bagley's made a large (7-8") flat sided glider back in the late 80's. It never caught on in saltwater, but it is still made and apparently has a following for muskies. Costs all of $8 so I'm sure nobody in the canal would be seen dead with one . Here's a link. Bagley B-Flat Jerk Bait. Most of them seem to get fished pretty fast from what little I've seen.
These new Seibles obviously work. I watched Ernie do a job on me using one one night off a beach. Outfished me about 8 to 0....but it may have just been the godawful screech his 706 was making.
Some guys also use level sinking needles as a sort of glider.
feel like I'm beating a dead horse here ,, but early spring all that's needed is a small ,pearl white spook .. I like the original Jigman .. Nice glide on that plug .. Origins I guess the plueger ballerrina and before that the heddon zarragosa.. (todays zarra spook)
Now banana's are a whole 'nother story. For those that don't know, they are a Frech plug. Pretty much you have to build them yourself. They're big...3.5-4.5 oz.
They are a cross between a spook, darter, and glider. They cast only so/so and don't work great in a side current (at least for me) so I don't even carry them at the canal (probably I should since I never catch much there anyways). I've built and fished them a lot by day from a boat, however. Those I work along the surface with 1 foot jerks. They put their nose down and veer their tail to the side, throwing water. They work very well......though not necessarily better than a big spook, pencil, or flaptail. A lot of fun to fish, very visual.
Frech fished his at night. I've only tried this a little......I lose faith in them when I can't see what they are doing. Once you pull them under they work sort of like a slow glider or funny shaped darter, an action that didn't impress me. I did, however, have an interesting experience this past fall where I had a night when small fish just hammered a small one I'd made in a 6:1 preference over a needle or small danny. Would a redfin or shad rap worked as well? Maybe. Anyways, it convinced me to fish them more this season in the dark. We'll see. Here is a picture.
Now banana's are a whole 'nother story. For those that don't know, they are a Frech plug. Pretty much you have to build them yourself. They're big...3.5-4.5 oz.
They are a cross between a spook, darter, and glider. They cast only so/so and don't work great in a side current (at least for me) so I don't even carry them at the canal (probably I should since I never catch much there anyways). I've built and fished them a lot by day from a boat, however. Those I work along the surface with 1 foot jerks. They put their nose down and veer their tail to the side, throwing water. They work very well......though not necessarily better than a big spook, pencil, or flaptail. A lot of fun to fish, very visual.
Frech fished his at night. I've only tried this a little......I lose faith in them when I can't see what they are doing. Once you pull them under they work sort of like a slow glider or funny shaped darter, an action that didn't impress me. I did, however, have an interesting experience this past fall where I had a night when small fish just hammered a small one I'd made in a 6:1 preference over a needle or small danny. Would a redfin or shad rap worked as well? Maybe. Anyways, it convinced me to fish them more this season in the dark. We'll see. Here is a picture.
Anyone pick up the GRS Sand Pikes? Would they fall under this category?
I have a couple. It's a crazy plug. Like a needle and a spook all in one. It floats at rest but when you start to retrieve it dives down maybe 3 to 5 feet and suspends.
You can work it like a needle or spook depending on the conditions.
Definetly going to throw it a lot this season.
I'll post some pics later. Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
I have a couple. It's a crazy plug. Like a needle and a spook all in one. It floats at rest but when you start to retrieve it dives down maybe 3 to 5 feet and suspends.
You can work it like a needle or spook depending on the conditions.
Definetly going to throw it a lot this season.
I'll post some pics later. Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
I've seen the pics. I was just curious if anyone had thrown them to see what they do. I have a couple on order with Gary .
I just picked up the river2sea wide glide at mike's on Saturday, subsurface glider, I think it's gonna slay at the canal this year. At 9" and 5 oz, it's gonna take a heck of a heaver to get it out there.
I just picked up the river2sea wide glide at mike's on Saturday, subsurface glider, I think it's gonna slay at the canal this year. At 9" and 5 oz, it's gonna take a heck of a heaver to get it out there.
Saw these online, they make a 7" version that's 3oz, or something close to it, at less than half price of a sebile stick shad too. Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
feel like I'm beating a dead horse here ,, but early spring all that's needed is a small ,pearl white spook .. I like the original Jigman .. Nice glide on that plug .. Origins I guess the plueger ballerrina and before that the heddon zarragosa.. (todays zarra spook)
If I can be a bit more specific . A pearl white (Tagger) spook.
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