Do you have "confidence" lures that don't catch ?

[american spirit]

i just started using loaded redfins this year. far superior to anything else i have in my plug bag. they've caught more fish for me this year than bombers or anyother plug for that matter.

Originally Posted by fcap60

I don't know about you, but I love the Gaines Maverick (6"). It casts like a bullet and fishes a little bit like a bomber/redfin (sort of in between the 2). One thing is the plug has a little too much wobble for my preference, so I toss the stock 2/0 hooks I big-up the the hooks with a combination of 2/0, 3/0 and 4/0 VMCs-depending on the situation The only problem is, it hasn't been a real solid producer for me. I'm sure I need to just fish it more.

Just curious how many of you have a plug that casts well, looks good, swims good, but just hasn't produced to your expectations.

Let's here it !

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by the_shocker

i just started using loaded redfins this year. far superior to anything else i have in my plug bag. they've caught more fish for me this year than bombers or anyother plug for that matter.

I fished loaded red fins a season and didn't do well at all on them .. Cast great ,,maybe I killed them to much, although measured carefully. I caught a 30 lb. on a blurple 17a bomber and my confidence sored ,though I never caught another fish on it again. Could just be $h&t luck . right place at the right time kinda thing .

[Mr. Sandman]

Originally Posted by the_shocker

i just started using loaded redfins this year. far superior to anything else i have in my plug bag. they've caught more fish for me this year than bombers or anyother plug for that matter.

That is old school. Try a X-Rap. For me they outfish redfins, cast 10X better and have far better action then a loaded plug, come with vmc and are thru wired.

[Clogston29]

Loaded redfins rock. Best fish so far on one is a touch over 44# - it held up well. Here alot of talk about unloaded ones being great on calm nights, I gotta put some time in with them. It took me a while to get confidence in the loaded redfins, because I was a bomber guy, but a trip to BI last fall changed that. Now they're my 1st or 2nd plug out of the bag when conditions are right.

[Clogston29]

sandman, do the x-raps come with 4x VMC or 2x? Also, don't they swim down a few feet. The loaded redfin only goes down about a foot. I may have to give an xrap a try though - heard a few people talk favorably about them.

[shadow]

I hear what your saying I have a few confidence plugs one is a redfin(not loaded)that plug will catch me fish when nothing else will.Then I have a beachmaster A40 that swims awsome I love throwing that plug It has never caught me a lot of fish but I still know it is a great plug smaller fish will ignore it so it will catch less.Some plugs need a certian retrive to get the magic out of them.

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by shadow

Some plugs need a certian retrive to get the magic out of them.

good point ,, and that requires time in the water to discover that .

[american spirit]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

That is old school. Try a X-Rap. For me they outfish redfins, cast 10X better and have far better action then a loaded plug, come with vmc and are thru wired.

i was talking with a friend about how redfins were not thru wired. that concerned me, but he managed to land some large (40# class) on them. x-rap sounds good. i am curious about depth they swim like clogston29 was saying.

[american spirit]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

That is old school. Try a X-Rap. For me they outfish redfins, cast 10X better and have far better action then a loaded plug, come with vmc and are thru wired.

i guess i'm old school like mark martin.