Sorry Beanstir didn't realize db charged so much to ship to canada.. I always bought from them at shows in Michigan. Now I use there colour charts and paint my own.. honestly though I haven't used a harness in a couple years.. and I don't think it will matter what you throw at them this year with what the numbers of eyes are in those lakes. Pm me when your coming down to erieau area if I'm not working I'll take you out on my boat and we can go pull crankbaits!
Building a Worm Harness?
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God I hate using worms.....thankfully much experimentation with dragging blades has 100% convinced me modern artificials are without a doubt as effective as the real thing when using harnesses.
Josh
Josh
I read an article from the ‘Man’ Gord Pyzer about crawler harness issues with losing worms to tail nippers and junk fish. He claimed that by switching to rubber worms that he actually increased his catch rates, obviously not because the fish liked them better but because his rigs stayed in the water ALOT longer throughout the course of a day. So on northern lakes this summer I tried it because we have issues with rock bass. Not only did it work but in all honesty the eyes liked them just as much if not more. The first few machine gun rock bass hits I got I brought in and sure enough the rubber worm was still there holding on tight. So I started leaving it out and what were 8-10 Walleye evenings turned into 20+. I rarely use real worms now. The best ones by far are the Northland Impulse night crawlers. They’re deadly, try them.hey bryon...how many spawn bags do ya go thru in an outing.. say with a buddy...lots...on LSC on my boat fishin we take the 6 dozen worms...so we don't run out..and most days its not hard to use most of them up...its a mutli species lake...from perch to musky..and settin the hook on weeds is a No No...honestly give LSC a try sometime...
Haven't used a real worm on a harness in 20+yrs...
Josh
Josh
A excellent tip @PlanB & thanks for sharing
and I have a few of those in different sizes & colours,and I am looking forward to using these as well.
You definitely have a great wife there @big rod!!
She ties your worm harnesses?? She is a keeper for sure!! LOL
X2 Or 3 or 4 on luremaking.com. Great product line, great prices and quick and inexpensive shipping. In terms of colours I haven’t fished Erie a whole lot but I’ve fished northern lakes since I was knee high to a grasshopper. I those lakes we almost 100% use unpainted blades, either gold, copper or silver in smooth and hammered, I’ve never seen a painted blade outperform unpainted on northern lakes. I know it doesn’t seem as interesting but it works. Now Erie I know you typically upsize to 5 and 6, and bright loud colours seem to be more prevalent. But I would never hesitate to put a bright flashy unpainted blade into the spread on any body of water. IMO I would definitely take the popular painted blades but definitely don’t leave home without unpainted.
Here's a couple of spin and glow harnesses, I use the bigger ones on Lake Erie, smaller ones on inland lakes up north. They are floats so they ride up a bit higher than blades which is great trolling weeds up north. Use a little extra weight on Erie and a little shorter lead. You can run them a little faster which is great for guys having problems getting the boat to go slow enough for blades. I hear these are great for trout in the rivers but never tried.
