Well, did anyone twang this year??

  • Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59998
    November 4, 2007 at 8:20 pm #1220776

    Earlier this year I had people poking fun at me…I thought I was Pug for a few moments, when I suggested “twanging” the line on a sturgeon loaded rod.

    Did anyone try this?

    I did have one sturgeon jump when I did this. One sturgeon didn’t do anything but bulldog around….but all the rest, channel cats and carp did not like it. They took off faster than Larry and Dtro signing up for a Moores contest.

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    November 4, 2007 at 11:20 pm #622354

    I twanged the big boy, but no jump. Twanged a flathead and it didn’t do anything.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59998
    November 4, 2007 at 11:28 pm #622355

    Ralf, didn’t we twang a sturgeon and that’s when your fiancé held on to your pants when it went down?

    blacksportsman
    Fridley, MN
    Posts: 156
    November 5, 2007 at 7:44 am #622413

    Mike (MNfishHUNT) had me twang a couple fish in his boat. The first was a 32 lb. flatty and the twanging didn’t really seem to do anything with that fish. The other time was when I had a 49.5″ sturgeon on and that fish jumped once, but that was before I started twanging. Once I started twanging that fish, it seemed like I may have had it change directions a couple of times during its runs.

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    November 5, 2007 at 12:31 pm #622433

    Quote:

    Ralf, didn’t we twang a sturgeon and that’s when your fiancé held on to your pants when it went down?

    Yup

    tyler_holm
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 260
    November 5, 2007 at 2:47 pm #622489

    I twanged a 51″ sturg, but I didn’t notice any result.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    November 5, 2007 at 5:16 pm #622546

    Please, I don’t want to hear about you sick people twanging fish.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59998
    November 6, 2007 at 12:00 am #622662

    Speaking of sick people…Hey Pug, there’s a bait shop down here that has a Clonk…they’ll even engrave. Don’t touch my clonk~Mps Pug

    Did you want me to pick it up for you?

    haywardbound
    New Brighton, MN
    Posts: 1107
    November 6, 2007 at 1:04 am #622687

    I twanged a few times, no jumps but seemed to make the fish fight more.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59998
    November 6, 2007 at 1:34 am #622699

    I think that’s the best I can say…the LS didn’t like it and took off on another mad run. I had one 9 or 11 lbs channel that did the same. Flatheads?…they just really don’t care one way or the other.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    November 6, 2007 at 6:42 pm #622870

    Quote:

    Speaking of sick people…Hey Pug, there’s a bait shop down here that has a Clonk…they’ll even engrave. Don’t touch my clonk~Mps Pug

    Did you want me to pick it up for you?

    I don’t know. It still feels a little soon. But then again, I could practice over winter.

    Wait, are you still out of town?

    average-joe
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 2376
    November 11, 2007 at 12:00 am #623797

    I wonder if twanging works on a more toothy variety of fish

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