Live Target Sunfish

[d-camarena]

Exactly what i thought of it primetime

[FrogFreak]

I've been using it for a month or so and here are my thoughts:

• I like the bigger size for working more open water situations.
• It walks like a dream, the bigger size walks easier.
• It tends to catch on weeds and pads more often than a frog so working it in pads can be frustrating.
• It tends to fill up with water and then it catches on even more weeds!
• It does catch fish but won't replace a frog for fishing in the slop for me.

[thebillsman]

20 minutes ago, FrogFreak said:

I've been using it for a month or so and here are my thoughts:

• I like the bigger size for working more open water situations.
• It walks like a dream, the bigger size walks easier.
• It tends to catch on weeds and pads more often than a frog so working it in pads can be frustrating.
• It tends to fill up with water and then it catches on even more weeds!
• It does catch fish but won't replace a frog for fishing in the slop for me.

What could have possibly lead us to believe otherwise, FrogFreak?

[soflabasser]

The frog is definitely better than the sunfish. It still makes a great backup lure and gives something different for the bass to hit.

[FrogFreak]

On 7/5/2016 at 10:39 AM, thebillsman said:

What could have possibly lead us to believe otherwise, FrogFreak?

Valid point! I really wanted to like the Live Target Hollow Bluegill but BluegillFreak just doesn't have the same ring to it.

[daviswill]

I fished it on a day where I didn't want to put dow the popper, I had one bite and I missed it. My friend threw right back in there with a sammy and landed the 4lber that I missed.

[r3825]

Well I finally used mine today,  I've had it over a month.  I will  say that it walks awesome, great action but the hookup ratio sucks.  I had 30 blow ups,  hooked one fish.  

[chadmack282]

On Friday, July 01, 2016 at 8:43 AM, d-camarena said:

Just get a frog, or better yet get two frogs for what that costs. Its a real gimmicky lure. I regret buying mine

Agree there, there baits are designed to catch fisherman but i want my lures to catch fish.

[curtis9]

I've fished it a few times, haven't caught anything on it yet.  I did nearly catch a hawk, he kept swooping down at the bait everytime I casted out, so I finally had to switch to something different 

[OCdockskipper]

My home lake has no mats or lily pads, so I really don't have a need for a frog.  However, I ordered the smaller 7/16 oz Bluegill because I wanted to try it skipping under docks, which are a major form of cover here.  I thought the smooth, cupped shape would lend itself to skipping better than the frogs.

I tried it today, probably threw 50 casts with it.  It skipped pretty well, stayed low and went back deep under the low hanging docks. Many of the frogs I had tried tended to bounce a little higher, so they would often smack the dock or not get as far back under.  I liked the way it walked under the dock, you could get a lot of action without pulling it out from under the dock.  I had 4 blowups on it & caught 1.  I also had one follow it out from under the dock and then turn around & go back under the dock.  I snuck to the other side of the dock, skipped a wacky Senko in & caught the fish via the back door (of the dock, not the fish, I believe he was straight).  It is kind of cool having blowups under a dock, it is like fishing at night.  

As a comparison, I made probably 200 casts with the wacky senko, caught 17 fish and only missed 1 bite.  While it won't replace a senko or jig for me when skipping docks, it does give me an alternative, weedless, different look for the fish.  I like the purchase so far.

[Eric Czerwinski]

I find that the Live Target hardbaits work better than the sunfish. Especially the craws. i have always had luck with those

[jtharris3]

On 7/14/2016 at 0:23 AM, Eric Czerwinski said:

I find that the Live Target hardbaits work better than the sunfish. Especially the craws. i have always had luck with those

 

Link?

[Torn Thumb]

http://livetargetlures.com/freshwater/crawfish-crankbait

[Eric Czerwinski]

7 hours ago, jtharris3 said:

 

Link?

Head to your closest dicks sporting goods. Best prices on the craws around. $9.99 each compared to $13.99 anywhere else. and if you keep your eyes open, every so often they are buy one get one free. Go tomorrow and check bc they are on sale this week

[jr231]

I own a small set of live target lures. Have had more success using the hard baits over their hollow body / top water. I have the frog, mouse, and now the sunfish. I fished the sunfish one evening and it took me about 2 casts to get it to move how I wanted it to. I had one nice bass follow it all the way from the middle of the pond and slurp it very slowly in the shallows. It was a heavy fish . I thought I had a good hook set as I felt the full weight of her pull against me. But , she shook the hook. And that was the only time I had action on the bait. Overall 3/5