9 inch Slug-go

[steve]

All artificials will take big bass sometimes. The 9 inch black slug-go will take big bass 99 percent of the time. It is the closest thing to a live eel you can get with a fake. I experimented with this thing for 4 seasons now and I can absolutly state that if a bass is in front of you and your using the slug-go, your going to get action. Case in point-- I've been in to fish on many occasions using the slug-go, taken it off purposely to try one of the other "proven killers" only to be disappointed, then put the slug-go back on and started catching fish again. I know they can be expensive and a pain to rig but they are very , very productive.

[partsjay]

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by partsjay

How do you figure it's spam??
Steve is not in cahoots with Sluggo in anyway, he's just giving you info(that he doesn't have to give) to try to help out.... Take it or leave it is what I say.

What's up Steve??

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by steve

Case in point-- I've been in to fish on many occasions using the slug-go, taken it off purposely to try one of the other "proven killers" only to be disappointed, then put the slug-go back on and started catching fish again.

Which proves that some nights bass prefer one artifical over others, not that that artifical is better than all others all the time. Next night the tables may be reversed, but the guy who sticks to one technique because of absolute faith in it doesn't see it that way. He just thinks there are no bass in front of him. That said, often I'll run through several different plugs without a touch and then move on still wondering if fish were out there but ignoring me. Easy enough to snap on a sluggo instead and make a few more casts........Steve's faith in them is reason enough to try it.

[ChiefLinesider]

The first time I started fishing the 9 inch sluggo rigged Mckenna style was an eye opening experience. Having gotten stuck in the same routine using plugs & techniques that have been around for 40+ years, It was refreshing to be using something that was so different to what I had been used to. The effectiveness of the Sluggo has proven itself to be a necessity in my surf bag. Like the other lures I still carry, it has its time & place. When the situation is right, it is the only artificial to be using.

If your not having results after giving the sluggo a good effort in productive waters, go to a different spot, or go home. Either you dont know what your doing or there are no fish there, or both. Truth hurts.



Only thing I do differently when rigging it, is to add zip ties around the hooks. Keeps the hooks from ripping apart the body.... For a while

[Slingah]

what numbskull said........

I will always have sluggos with me....they do work.....but there is no such thing as a magic lure......
ya can't force feed a guy chicken if he wants a steak

[Rockport24]

sluggos do work and they are awesome and all, but I have had times when the guy next to me is catching on live eels and I am not catching on sluggos. Now I am not talking about the guys next to me killing them, but just like sporadic action compared to skunk, when that is the case, and the fishing is slow, I want a live eel on.
I know Steve has said in his seminars that he won't go as far to say that the sluggo is better than a live eel and I don't think he's said that in this thread.

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by Rockport24

sluggos do work and they are awesome and all, but I have had times when the guy next to me is catching on live eels and I am not catching on sluggos. Now I am not talking about the guys next to me killing them, but just like sporadic action compared to skunk, when that is the case, and the fishing is slow, I want a live eel on.
.

Then again, I've been seriously outfished on three occassions when using eels by a guy with loaded Rapala slivers, a guy with a fly rod, and a guy with a danny. Once, during daylight, I've had multiple 30lb bass ignore eels and crush a flaptail plug. Many nights I fish with a guy who has seven 50+ lb bass from shore to his credit (most on eels) and often I do as well with plugs as he does with eels. Obviously bait is a surer thing than wood, but when fishing becomes a sure thing a lot of the fun disappears. There is a time and a place for it all.

[DRUMCORPFAN]

I like the action of the 9" sluggo, I swear you can feel the flutter on each twitch. I carry 1 med. surf bag for plugs and one small belt pouch for sluggos never get hung up on anything with them too.

[eastendlu]

Originally Posted by Slingah

what numbskull said........

I will always have sluggos with me....they do work.....but there is no such thing as a magic lure......ya can't force feed a guy chicken if he wants a steak

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[likwid]

Originally Posted by Slingah

ya can't force feed a guy chicken if he wants a steak

talk in a soothing calming voice.
works every time.

[Abodeon]

Loved the Sluggo this morning at the mouth of a big river. Sand eels everywhere but the sluggo still worked. Best day of the year so far in the we morning hours, thanks to Mr. Sluggo. Bring your bug spray as there are as many sand fleas as sand eels. Fish were right up against the sand in good numbers to 36".

[Slingah]

I agree with getting them to the bottom....load them up with more weight if need be (moving water)........and half way in retrive with your rod sideways as Steve says...I have always done this with Bombers and Mambos as well, that is usually when the stike happens.......IN close!!

[MrHunters]

well the other day i was on a secret river location with 1000+ of my closest boating friends and they all had their friends... so there were alot of boats who new about this said secret location. anyway......

we were chunking for 3 hrs and i only saw 2 dinks get taken...

decided to cast out a bubblegum rigged sluggo and whamo! found a good size blue fish.

do they work... ???welll that day it kept us from getting skunked.

[HookLine&Sinker]

ok, it seems like everbody uses the sluggos to imatate an eel.... i just take it and throw it out there adntwitch it on the top like an injured baitfish... what do you do to make it look like an eel?throw it out there and let it hit the bottom and start twiching it or must i use a jig head and do it another way?

i use theese with no tiny flakes in them

[EricM]

I like the idea there with the ties to keep the hooks from ripping through the sluggo. Anybody ever use something like goop or another flexible glue to anchor the hooks in the body to prevent ripping, or is that just a pipedream?

[buckman]

Sluggo's rule. 2 hook rig and unweighted. Bob's bait in Taunton, ma. can make you some and save you alot of $. Any color you want

[scoobe]

Some company needs to make a commercial, mondo sized plastic that incorporates the things we love about Slug-gos but improves upon the design.

Things I would like to see:

- thicker profile (big bait = big fish, would help resist tearing on barb)
- longer body (big bait = big fish)
- possibly scent
- more supple body

Basically I'd love something like the RONZ but cheaper. It does look like Lunker City is making a larger version of the Slug-go, but the dimensions look the same. We'll have to keep on snipping off the heads.

[fishaholic18]

I actually like the Fin-S fish better than Sluggo. Had a lot of success with them.

[RedHerring]

Originally Posted by fishaholic18

I actually like the Fin-S fish better than Sluggo. Had a lot of success with them.

I just cannot get too worked up about Fin-S; they don't seem to have the same action as sluggo's. Maybe I am not working them right...

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by scoobe

Some company needs to make a commercial, mondo sized plastic that incorporates the things we love about Slug-gos but improves upon the design.

Things I would like to see:

- thicker profile (big bait = big fish, would help resist tearing on barb)
- longer body (big bait = big fish)
- possibly scent
- more supple body

Basically I'd love something like the RONZ but cheaper. It does look like Lunker City is making a larger version of the Slug-go, but the dimensions look the same. We'll have to keep on snipping off the heads.

where have you been?

10 inch surfhog pleasure stick- $1.50 each. scented with bunker oil

saltwater edge has them right now.

ive been working on a batch of 14 inchers as well.. just waiting for some more rubber to show up.

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by scoobe

Some company needs to make a commercial, mondo sized plastic that incorporates the things we love about Slug-gos but improves upon the design.

Things I would like to see:

- thicker profile (big bait = big fish, would help resist tearing on barb)
- longer body (big bait = big fish)
- possibly scent
- more supple body

Basically I'd love something like the RONZ but cheaper. It does look like Lunker City is making a larger version of the Slug-go, but the dimensions look the same. We'll have to keep on snipping off the heads.

Maybe the photo didn't do it justice, but the new Sluggo is giant. It's almost triple the the girth of the 9". The 9" just looks like a waste of time next to the new one...

Being into big eels and big baits, the 9 just never really did it for me. I defy anyone not to get excited looking at the new Sluggo in person. Some will even dismiss it as too big if they don't like big serpents.

Guys who are afraid of blues might not get so excited though. And who isn't.

[scoobe]

Pete, any update as to when they will be in stock?

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by scoobe

Pete, any update as to when they will be in stock?

Rumor has it that it's about a month away. I'll believe it when I see it though.

[MartinD18]

Originally Posted by scoobe

Some company needs to make a commercial, mondo sized plastic that incorporates the things we love about Slug-gos but improves upon the design.

Things I would like to see:

- thicker profile (big bait = big fish, would help resist tearing on barb)
- longer body (big bait = big fish)
- possibly scent
- more supple body

Basically I'd love something like the RONZ but cheaper. It does look like Lunker City is making a larger version of the Slug-go, but the dimensions look the same. We'll have to keep on snipping off the heads.

Hogys have all these things and their scent can be added and it is absorbed by the baits. They catch! Not cheaper but they are a hand poured bait that is NOT petroleum based and they do not bleed like all the others.

[bart]

Eben's trick sticks work great

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by MartinD18

Not cheaper but they are a hand poured bait that is NOT petroleum based and they do not bleed like all the others.

sometimes the bleed adds that bit of uniqueness that everyone craves

[scoobe]

Interesting. I think I remember seeing a post about these a lil bit back. What's the diameter on these things? Fat enough to fit on a 3-4 oz jig head properly? The RONZ's are pretty fat near the head. I don't doubt these will catch, but comfort/confidence in a lure is key.

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by scoobe

Interesting. I think I remember seeing a post about these a lil bit back. What's the diameter on these things? Fat enough to fit on a 3-4 oz jig head properly? The RONZ's are pretty fat near the head. I don't doubt these will catch, but comfort/confidence in a lure is key.

I designed them to be the exact diameter of the owner bullet heads and also the make your own DO-IT bullet heads which i make for myself..

heres a pic of the 14 incher- the 10 incher is the same diameter.

[MrHunters]

Originally Posted by Nebe

I designed them to be the exact diameter of the owner bullet heads and also the make your own DO-IT bullet heads which i make for myself..

heres a pic of the 14 incher- the 10 incher is the same diameter.

no offense but..........
they look exactly the same

invisible??