9 inch Slug-go

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by Rockport24

I'm going to do an experiment, the next time I'm into fish on eels (which hasn't been lately), I'm gonna throw a sluggo out there and see what happens. I think if the fish are still there, they will take the sluggo. Then I'm going to throw out a regular plug and see if that works. I've already done half of this experiment, in that I've been into fish, then cast off my last eel, then switch to sluggos and continue to catch.

I've been staying out of this debate, but to your post above..... 100 % true: I fished a rocky shoreline at night on MV using live eels, must have fished 100 yards without a hit. I knew that had to be fish around, i switched to a black sluggo and caught fish the entire way back along the way I came.

[Rockport24]

ok that's amazing, the sluggo outfished the eels?

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by Rockport24

ok that's amazing, the sluggo outfished the eels?

yup, true story.

[JFigliuolo]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

yup, true story.

I am not doubting it happened... I'd be more inclined to believe the fish moved into the area on the walk back, or you weren't hiting far enough out w/the eel. I doubt the slugg-o could outfish an eel. At it's best it could hold it's own.


I guess anything is possible though.

[Clogston29]

the fish may have just been up near the surface (where the sluggo is) and not the bottom (where the eel is)

the other night I was fishing point with eels with no luck. I kept wading out further and further with the tide with no results. then I saw a bass tailing about 5 yards from me. I cast the eel past him and brought it in on top - he took it. Got about 5 more bass, up to about 20 lbs, fishing the eel on top. Threw in a few traditional eel presentations with no luck during the time I was getting em on top. just goes to show that you never know.

By the way, I'm a big fan of sluggos and probably would have put one on out there to see what happened but I was out to deep to get at my belt bag.

[Rockport24]

that sounds like a dead-on theory to me. water column placement is sometimes the most important thing. I've experienced that same issue with schoolies, my usually deadly jig and cocochoe rig got no hits, but a popper slayed em.

[cow tamer]

Unfortunately, the sluggo is also a bluefish magnet. This season I have had more sluggos chomped than fish caught. My guess is the same could be true were I fishing eels.

[steve]

No slight intended, but I think alot of you guys are missing or even belaboring the point which is basically that I've had really unbelievable success with the 9 inch rigged and weighted black sluggo over the last 4 season and just wanted to pass it along to those who are still unkowing about it's bass catching abilities. Night in and night out no one will convince me that another artificial will out fish this lure. Amen!

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by steve

No slight intended, but I think alot of you guys are missing or even belaboring the point which is basically that I've had really unbelievable success with the 9 inch rigged and weighted black sluggo over the last 4 season and just wanted to pass it along to those who are still unkowing about it's bass catching abilities. Night in and night out no one will convince me that another artificial will out fish this lure. Amen!

Atlantic mossbunker is all you need....

[steve]

The Cape cod canal is ONE place my sluggo would be unproductive bcause of all the tide and water depth. I't's not perfect.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by steve

The Cape cod canal is ONE place my sluggo would be unproductive bcause of all the tide and water depth. I't's not perfect.

True, but my Sluggo (glued to a 4 oz head) works pissah

[Skitterpop]

I sent a few emails to Herb`s company a couple of years ago highly recommending a 12 to 13" and a 17 to 18" version..... never heard one word back even as a courtesy or to tell me to flake off .

[davgor]

I like the Ronz better. Better results for me. less rigging.