Brads Super bait Cut Plug

"I run a lot of BRads plugs and prefer to stuff them with a combination of ground up alwive, smelt, and attractant run through the blender - yes I'm single!!! "

LOL!!! I smell why you are single. Those alewives are strong!

I have also heard of ground up sucker for the Lakers.

I run a lot of BRads plugs and prefer to stuff them with a combination of ground up alwive, smelt, and attractant run through the blender - yes I'm single!!!

I agree with previous posts. Brads are great. I I put garlic and tuna in food processor and make a puree. Here's one other tip. Use Sampo swivels. Those lures spin like crazy if you don't put good swivels on your leader your line will twist up. You can buy them at "the fishing hole"...

Until late last year I did run them naked, but I did start experimenting with dodgers/flashers/teasers last year. In general the hook up rate was pretty good, but if you research some older posts on the subject, you may find Greybeard's posts on a different rigging he used I believe using single hooks.

You're usually running them naked then? No flasher or dodger. I know they have plenty of action by themselves and I would think hooking percentage could be better then a spoon.

I started 2011 thinking Brad's were useless as I caught nothing on them in 2010 and proceeded to catch at least half of my fish on them in 2011. I finally caught a fish on one in mid-May and by August was running 4-5 at a time. There were days when we caught 15-20 fish and 12-14 were on Brad's. I mainly ran them naked with about 40" leaders, but started experimenting with flashers and teasers late in in the year with success. I agree with the garlic tuna. I still haven't found the roasted garlic tuna (haven't been to Woodmans) but I add my own chopped garlic to tuna with olive oil. I had success on everything--downriggers, dipsies and lead. One of my most productive rigs was a purple/yellow mini run on the downrigger with the Depth Raider speed probe. I had that rigger out of the water so many times the second half of the year to reset the rod I had a hard time monitoring my speed. I'm a big believer.

Awesome info! Thank you from myself and anybody else just learned a bit from you guys.

To Grey Beard

"I think the rule of 2-3x the dodger length is for lures that have no action on their own such as flys."

Thanks for the tip! I alway learn something new from each of your posts. And Looking back at some of the leads I was running some are almost 4 feet long. Keep the helpful tips coming.

Thanks,

Mushy's Dad

I have run them with flashers and dodgers and naked off all setups. It seems they work very well at slow speeds and I think that is because of the roll of the lure even at 1mph. From Aug on when I used an attractor it was a dodger with a 36-40" lead. I think the rule of 2-3x the dodger length is for lures that have no action on their own such as flys. Sometimes with flys when fish are a bit neutral longer fly leads can help so I didn't want my Brad's to be over active with short leads.

I also started useing 3 fly teasers because I saw them on all the "meat rigs" and think at times they really helped. I would run dodgers and Brad's on my 3 rigger spread with one or 2 with teasers and see which was working and add or subtract teasers. My leads off the ball were 8', 12-15' and 20-25' with at least 10' between each rigger. I used lots of white with pearl fishscale dodgers and when a bright day the smoke or chrome dodgers. I made my own teasers but if you are not into that Poseidon flies has a nice selection.

http://www.poseidonflies.com/magento/index.php/teaser-rigs

I continued to use fly and flasher on my wire dipsy but just wasn't getting hit as much and I think because I slowed my speed for the rigger dodgers. I changed to dodgers on wires and they really took off.

I don't like to run flashers or dodgers on my leadcore or copper because they just seem to encourage tangles. I started useing the teasers with a cut plug on some of the board lines and somedays that would be the hot ticket.

I've tried a number of scents but for me nothing seems to beat Garlic roasted Tuna. I have inadvertantly put out Brads with no tuna or scent and caught fish so the roll works but I think scent is very important.

There will be about 5 new Lake MI colors coming this yr that look great. I'm not sure when they will be available but before the season begins.

Any questions you can PM me.

Grey Beard

Brad's Prostaff

cool. I bought a pack last year at the end of my trolling spree late and didnt get a chance to play around with them. Maybe sunday in the harbor on dipseys for browns... Hmmmm

justfish78,

Look back a a page or three. There is several different threads, all about the Brads cut bait plug. I run them EVERY time i am out on the big pond. I run mine behind a dodger. The corrcet leader lenght is usually 3 times the lenght of the dodger. 8" dodger = 24" leader. I will always have at least 2 lines with brads!!! They flat out work!

http://www.lake-link.com/forums/Great-Lakes-Fishing/discuss.cfm/93363/brads-cut-baits/

http://www.lake-link.com/forums/Great-Lakes-Fishing/discuss.cfm/92587/speed-for-brads-plug/

You basically just run them like a crankbait and no flasher Fuzzy? I heard they can be hot sometimes.

I like to run mine off wire- naked. Has been the best for me. I will also run them off rigger with short leads.