Slug-go Question

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

I rig them on 1 oz. jigs for the canal. I found that the Bass Pro shop has 1 oz. bullet head jigs that have REALLY durable hooks. I was using Wallyworld jigs, but they tended to bend on larger fish.

I use Sluggos like this a ton at the canal. I like the ones at Charlie's. Great price, selection and on my way. Plain, white and black in any weight you could need. Just make sure to clip off the little spike and super glue the Sluggo on. Haven't had a problem with durability.

Their only true enemies are shorts and blues.
Shorts because of lack of hookup, and blues because of the resulting lack of a lure when they chomp it off.

Amen to that. Nothing like rigging them up, waiting for the glue to dry and chomped off on the first cast.

Almost every time they're bit in half, it's when I'm reeling in fast to reset my drift.

[FishermanTim]

JohnnyD:
My arsenal of Slug-gos are White, Crystal (white w/ glitter), black, blueback herring, mackeral and eel colored.

I agree that the bues hit either when it first hits the water, or when I quick reel at the end of the drift.

As for the bass, they will hit with a tapping strike on a slow retrieve, or a slam on a jigging retrieve. One way I can gauge whether it's a blue or a bass is the head shake. Bass shake their heads in a slow, thumping method, while blues have a more rapid-fire, quick headshake. Note: schoolies have been known to shake like a blue, but they don't have the body weight to pull it off effectively.
One plus is that since the fish hit the body and hook most of the time (90% for me) I haven't needed steel leaders for some time.