How do you work the Devils Horse?

[RyneB]

I was just wondering whats everyone technique for fishing the Smithwick Devils Horse, or any prop bait. I have tried the Heddons and the Devils Horse and have yet to get any strikes. I know a lot of people who swear by prop baits. I just kind of rip it like a jerk bait. What kind of retrieve does everyone use?

[Copen1822]

Rip it, walk it, straight retrieve, stop and go, any of these can work. Just keep trying till you get a response.

[IwillChooseFreeWill]

I found that it tends to be a warm water, dawn or dusk lure. Those are the times they tend to be feeding close to the surface and works the best from what I have seen.

I also use it in the local river where it gets strikes of all kinds

[Crestliner2008]

I always use spinner bladed topwaters when there's a chop on the water. Especially on wind blown points. You cannot fish it wrong, however I usually run it fast for a couple of yards and then pause for several seconds & repeat. Depends on the mood of the fish.

If the water is dead calm, I'll use a dog walker. A little ripple calls for the popper. Then when the wind starts to kick, it's time for Devil's Horse! 

[NBR]

When it's calm I let all the ripples fade from the cast then move it ever so slightly I might move it 3 or 4 times then just crank it in withy a stop and jerk about half way to the boat. As the wind increases I get progressively more aggressive.

[Wayne P.]

The first thing to do with a Devils Horse is to reverse the pitch of the blades on one of them. That will make them counter rotate and it seemed to be more productive that way.

[jdw174]

If it's breezy with a good chop and I want to fish topwater, the Devil's Horse is my go-to bait every time.  I use a cadence much like using a jerk bait, making those props really toss water.  Caught a lot of fish like that.

[florida strain]

i fish prop baits is the rain or ripple i just twitch pause the delvils hourse when it is calm i use rapala origanal floating minnow