Sluggo

[dodgeguy]

I just bought my first pack in 25 years. Don't know why I ever stopped using them. I caught plenty of fish on them and they are easy to use. You never know they may be awesome seeing as almost nobody fished them anymore. 

 

 

[DaubsNU1]

Agreed!

 

Caught my PB largemouth bass on a rainbow trout colored Slug-Go many years ago...

 

I tie one on every now and then. 

[Glenn]

 

[dodgeguy]

13 minutes ago, Glenn said:

 

Do you use in summer ?

[WRB]

Sluggo is a great Scrounger jig trailer?

And cut in half a good Ned/mushroom jig trailer

Tom

[KP Duty]

2 hours ago, dodgeguy said:

Do you use in summer ?

Yes.  Throw them where you'd fish a squarebill.

[the reel ess]

My dad had some of these in his arsenal when he passed away. I'll get around to trying them sometime.

[Glenn]

I use them year 'round.

[bowhunter63]

Where can you get them. Our Bass pro

shops doesn’t carry them. I have been looking all over 

[MN Fisher]

3 minutes ago, bowhunter63 said:

Where can you get them. Our Bass pro

shops doesn’t carry them. I have been looking all over 

Amazon carries quite a selection

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Lunker+City+Slug-Go+Lure&i=sporting&crid=1UL1NAN0XUH53&sprefix=lunker+city+slug-go+lure%2Csporting%2C109&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

[DaubsNU1]

My preferred method is spinning rod with braid to fluoro.

 

I do a barrel swivel and 12" leader...they tend to twist the line pretty good.

 

 

[bowhunter63]

53 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Amazon carries quite a selection

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Lunker+City+Slug-Go+Lure&i=sporting&crid=1UL1NAN0XUH53&sprefix=lunker+city+slug-go+lure%2Csporting%2C109&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

Thank you

 

[slonezp]

Sluggo's were around before Senkos and Flukes. A combination of the best of both worlds. 

[KDW96]

1 hour ago, bowhunter63 said:

Where can you get them. Our Bass pro

shops doesn’t carry them. I have been looking all over 

If you can wait. Lunker City will have 40% off, and 50% off emails. Usually over the christmas holidays. Great customer service also. Amazon has nothing compared to the actual site.

[padon]

i remember when they first came out.man you could pull up to a shallow grass bed post spawn throw that thing out there and fish would come from nowhere to smash that thing. that was before flukes senkos etc.

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[dodgeguy]

7 hours ago, bowhunter63 said:

Where can you get them. Our Bass pro

shops doesn’t carry them. I have been looking all over 

Bass Pro online

[Jigfishn10]

17 hours ago, Glenn said:

I use them year 'round.

Same here. Love em

[GreenPig]

Nice. I used to lay waste to local ponds with the 3" Sluggos. 

[OkobojiEagle]

If Caffeine Shad hadn't been developed I might still be fishing with Sluggos...

 

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[KSanford33]

I grew up fishing Slug-Go’s and they’re amazing. My only gripe with them is the plastic is fairly stiff, so in my experience bass don’t hold them as long as Senko’s or Flukes. 

[dodgeguy]

8 minutes ago, KSanford33 said:

I grew up fishing Slug-Go’s and they’re amazing. My only gripe with them is the plastic is fairly stiff, so in my experience bass don’t hold them as long as Senko’s or Flukes. 

That stiffness with the shape is why they glide.

[KSanford33]

1 minute ago, dodgeguy said:

That stiffness with the shape is why they glide.

Absolutely, they wouldn’t dart and glide the way they do if the plastic wasn’t as rigid. If I can see the bait it’s awesome, but I don’t get a ton of them strictly on feel. 

[GetFishorDieTryin]

They never really went away.  Here in the NE alot of guys throw them for stripers.  If things are slow and one guy on the jetty gets a couple bass with a sluggo you start seeing all different colors and sizes flying through the air.  

[QED]

On 7/5/2022 at 5:27 PM, slonezp said:

Sluggo's were around before Senkos and Flukes. A combination of the best of both worlds. 

 

Gary Yamamoto acknowledged that the Senko was at least partially inspired by the Slug-Go:

"I originally wanted to make a twitch bait like the Slug-Go,” Yamamoto told Bassmaster, “but after the initial phase of testing it turned out that the Senko was better as a finesse bait."

https://www.themeateater.com/fish/freshwater/the-greatest-soft-plastic-lure-of-all-time