Question for herbie and the guides. How often (if at all )and in what situations do you guys throw the bull dawg pounder ? And do you think it is as effective as the MAG dawg? What is your favorite rod for this THING?
Tommyshoots
Question for herbie and the guides. How often (if at all )and in what situations do you guys throw the bull dawg pounder ? And do you think it is as effective as the MAG dawg? What is your favorite rod for this THING?
Tommyshoots
I havent tried them that much but I have heard they are more effective than the MagDawgs. I believe magdawgs are effective because of the water they displace and of course the tail; the pounder will probably displace twice as much water and has a much bigger tail so you can imagine what the fish think of it. The only problem I have heard from it is that the hook-up ratio isn't great. I would definitely think of using them especially in fall.
when i ate my wheaties and spinach!!!
seriously yes it's a ton to throw but on the right equip and learning how to throw it it ain't that bad,most are throwing/trolling them in the fall when the feed bag is on
Last edited by Steve Herbeck; 07-15-2009 at 07:11 AM.
Honestly, it's a bit ridiculous. I could see maybe using one of these pounders to go back on a big fish in Fall for about 4-5 casts...but that's about all I could take.
I can rip a 13" Gramma for about a 1/2 hour before thats enough. I have heard though that sometimes slow cranking/rolling those big grammas can be deadly, though I have had ZERO success doing that (even going back on a previous follow at dusk). I would imagine, especially on Eagle where boatside manuevers are critical, that figure 8'ing on a hot follow with a big gramma would be tough.
Trolling is a different story though with these big baits. One year (maybe in a few years once the economy is back to normal), we should block off a week in the Fall and drag some big baits. I bet we could get some big, big fish.I'm talking longer than the one we got last August, but with a Fall girth...