9 inch Slug-go

[Young Salt]

they catch just fine, my only problem is with the durability.....trying riggies this year with hopes they hold up better.

oh, and they cost $4/3 pack not $4 a pop

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Young Salt

they catch just fine, my only problem is with the durability.....trying riggies this year with hopes they hold up better.

oh, and they cost $4/3 pack not $4 a pop

I forgot to mention that aspect. I like Ronz lures, but I can buy a 3 pack of 9" Sluggos and two 5 oz jigheads for the same price as one 5oz ten inch Ronz.

Sluggos are also more durable than Ronz or Hogys.

[Pete_G]

Steve's post was just a suggestion after a good week's catching.

This, however, is a sales pitch.

That's a 3.5 ounce 9" Hab's being dwarfed by the new Sluggo and a 9" Sluggo for reference. 3 ounces of rubber, unweighted. Available soon. Or whenever Lunker City feels like it...

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

Steve's post was just a suggestion after a good week's catching.

This, however, is a sales pitch.

That's a 3.5 ounce 9" Hab's being dwarfed by the new Sluggo and a 9" Sluggo for reference. 3 ounces of rubber, unweighted. Available soon. Or whenever Lunker City feels like it...

That thing would be pissa on a Wobblehead.

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

Steve's post was just a suggestion after a good week's catching.

This, however, is a sales pitch.

That's a 3.5 ounce 9" Hab's being dwarfed by the new Sluggo and a 9" Sluggo for reference. 3 ounces of rubber, unweighted. Available soon. Or whenever Lunker City feels like it...

Now THAT I could cast.

[cow tamer]

A bluefish bites off the back third of that biggun and you might still have a sluggo worth casting. He bites any further up and your probably out a coupla bucks.
Gonna need a bag just for those bigguns.

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by cow tamer

A bluefish bites off the back third of that biggun and you might still have a sluggo worth casting. He bites any further up and your probably out a coupla bucks.
Gonna need a bag just for those bigguns.

Yeah. I've never really gotten too married to rubber because I seem to almost magically attract bluefish. Must be the spots I fish or something.

Rubber sure works though...

[Chris in Mass]

Originally Posted by Mike P

...9" Sluggos and two 5 oz jigheads for the same price as one 5oz ten inch Ronz....

Mike, How do you keep the sluggo from splitting on the 4 and 5 oz heads? Do you use a zip tie or do you use lead that doesn't have a big bait holder? I chop down the sluggo about an inch and still get splits on half to a third - I'm thinking a small black zip tie.

[FishermanTim]

The Slug-go is my "go to" lure. The key to more consistent action is in the retreive. If I'm fishing the canal, it's "low and Slow", but from a bridge, dock or pier it's quick with a twitch.
I rig them all on lead heads, trim off about 1/2 inch from the front and glue the shaft of the hook. One added plus with Slug-gos is that they can be repaired with a little glue or zap a gap. (Can you put an eel back together?) My typical surf plastics consist of Slug-gos (3,4,6,7.5 and 9 inch pre-rigged) and Storm swim shad (3,4,5 and 6 inch) with a few odds and ends like squid imitations, bass assasis and a castmaster or two. Just enough variety of colors, sizes and lure types to give me a fighting chance.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Chris in Mass

Mike, How do you keep the sluggo from splitting on the 4 and 5 oz heads? Do you use a zip tie or do you use lead that doesn't have a big bait holder? I chop down the sluggo about an inch and still get splits on half to a third - I'm thinking a small black zip tie.

Either chop the heads, or take a hacksaw and cut away the collar so that the head of the Sluggo can fit flush against the jighead.