Silver Wigglers

My dad just got some of these silver wigglers in. I have never used them or seen them before. Has anyone ever used them or had luck with them. They look awesome in the water

Never heard of them what are they plastics? got any pics?

They’re like a spike or euro larva with hair.

NO…they look like a mayfly larve with wings that fluctuate back and forth horizontally on the back.

Something close to this..

http://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/mayfly20nymph.jpg

http://bait-fishing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/mayfly.jpg

They work great for picky blue gills but they are kind of fragile so you will prolly need to experiment with how to hook them. Are you sharing where he got them?

1 of those on hali spoon is deadly for perch

We used to be able to buy these pretty regular in SE WI and NE IL growing up but I have not seen them in this area. A few times up north around Brainerd or Bemidji but not around the Winona area. These work great on crappie and perch, I’ll have to get my buddy to stop up there and get some for me.

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They work great for picky blue gills but they are kind of fragile so you will prolly need to experiment with how to hook them. Are you sharing where he got them?

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Sorry he doesn’t tell me anything on where he gets his stuff. I suppose he is just protecting his investments..Wish I knew..

Gander Mountain in Onalaska has them.

they are pretty abundent over here in southeast wi.., if you do find them, be sure not to give them too much water, they will swim more and tire out and die faster. i got 4 dozen in an inch of water in a small container. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VthSNCETk-M

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I’ve never fished those before… how do you hook them?

I know with the freshwater shrimp we would curl the hook into the back from the back and then back through the back from the underside. This seems to keep them on the hook more than one fish. Might use the same approach with these unless they could be threaded.

i hook them through the back tail. somewhat centered to keep it horizontal on the hook. this is the jig i always use, i never change it, always that color. not saying other colors or jigs wont work, but this one always works, so why change? when using these, a camera or spring bobber is a absolute must. you can still get them without, but you will loose many wigglers trying. usually one bite, if you dont get the fish, you loose your wiggler. i have noticed that after catching a few fish, my buddies start getting bit with waxies. maybe they are the trigger for a bite. oh yea, i always start with a buckshot spoon to get the fish over by me. pound it on the bottom a few times, come up a foot or two, let it sit….wait for the fish…repeat. and have at least a waxie on that spoon just incase the bite is already on. jigging two holes next to each other is very effective with these two lures/baits. i mainly get perch(hence the pounding the bottom) fishing like 20-30 f.o.w.. crappie and yellow bass also love these.

Take a wide rubber band and run one end to the hook point and around to the shank. Now stretch it a little and bring the other end through the point and just over the barb. Take the wiggler and place it in the bend of the hook and bring the rubber band up tight against the wiggler. Clear as mud.

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Take a wide rubber band and run one end to the hook point and around to the shank. Now stretch it a little and bring the other end through the point and just over the barb. Take the wiggler and place it in the bend of the hook and bring the rubber band up tight against the wiggler. Clear as mud.

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Why? Not clear as mud. Clear as brown glass. Huh??

Sounds like you are basically strapping the bait to the jig. Interesting.

Used to use them Steelhead fishing in Michigan. Tried them last year once crappie fishing and the crappies wouldnt touch them on the lake we fished. Only waxies. They look like they would really jam for perch.