The Slug-Go

[Perfect Hook Set]

Lunkercity slug-go

Does any one still use Slug-gos more often then not?

What colors do you use

When (conditions/seasons) do you use a slug go

What is your top bass catching slug-go color...

I own only a bag of slug-go since my main soft plastic bait these past few years have been a senko...

Though, years back especially at one small pond I would catch a lot of large mouth and plenty of lunkers...

[HesterIsGod]

you could still catch fish on a slug-o but i would advise buy a newer brand. They are more realistic with their movements and colors and more durable. They will catch more fish than a traditional slug-o. My favorite is z too's on a lightly weighted hook, but a lot of people use zoom flukes, and they work well. Twitch them gently and let them sink on slack line, they work great during the prespawn.

[Tin]

Strike King 3x, Zulo or ZToo. The pickeral don't tare them as much and you don't go through as many.

[Avalonjohn44]

I will use a sluggo before a lot of other more modern soft baits.  I love them, the 4.5 inch for largemouth, the little 3 inch ones for smallies.  My favorite color is just plain old black shad, though they have a blue shad one that is just as good.  My biggest bass on a sluggo came on a chartreuse blue fleck one.  

I most prefer to use them weightless, and I like the action better than a fluke.  It is a little stiffer, and can be 'walked' like a spook.  You can also wacky rig it, but I don't do that too much.  I will use a sluggo before a senko or a fluke.  Pick some up, bass haven't seen them in years, and they're fun to use!

[fathom]

imo, the sluggo ss was a much better fishcatcher than the regular.

the red shad was tough to beat.

[Other.]

I still use the 3" slug-go on creeks and rivers. It works well so I use it  

[ba7ss3in]

I have some in the boat but have not used them, don't even remember when I bought them. Bait Monkey !!!!!

[Raul]

That name shure bring back memories, I was there when slug gos made their debut, one of those "secret" baits the pros used to win tournaments. Still got a few packs left the BaitMonkey made me purchase back then when pterosaurs nested on the trees of my home. Really good fish catching baits.

[roadwarrior]

I fish the original Slug-Go only. The 4" is most effective for me. I fish them with what might be described as a "stationary twitch". My objective is to make the bait act like a feeding minnow.

8-)

[Glenn]

I have a plethora of the originals, and still use them today.  Alewife is my favorite color.  They're durable and catch fish!

Still use the Senko, but I really like using lures that aren't as popular anymore. They seem to become more effective as less and less people use them.  

I have plastics up the ying yang.  More than I'll ever fish.  So I often use old stuff just because the fish don't see them very much. 'Course I'm always getting new stuff constantly, so the pile continues to grow. LOL

[Stringjam]

I fished the heck out of Slug-Go's, Super Flukes, Bass Assassins, etc for several years - - I consistently caught the biggest largemouth on the Slug-Go's.....too much to ignore.   I tended to get more numbers on the Flukes.    

[LooksLikeSinbad]

I have plastics up the ying yang.

I have the same problem.  :-X

[Cburgerjr35]

I use the Original 4" Slug-go when I drop Shot, sometimes.

[tfisherman]

I find it funny how you're talking about the slug-o in the past tense when I never thought they went out of style?? I guess it's all about location and confidence!

I love the 4" and alewife is my favorite color. I was a big zoom fan and tried the fluke just didn't like the action compared to the slug-o. I will admit when I first used them I was a big fan of the 6" and caught a lot of fish but now they just seem so big and gaudy. Back in the early 90's I would rig them texas style and use the shake ...pause method and would slay the fish. My friend introduced me to the senko but have yet to see him catch a fish on them??? I do like the Fat Ika for soft jerk'n though. Brought some Yum Dingers see how they do.

[Tetra]

i fished these alot before i stumbled across this forum a few years ago and started fishing Senko.

[moby bass]

Very first time I used a slug-go, on the very first cast, I caught a bass on an albino shad. I was impressed to say the least.  I also nailed a pike in the river one day as well.  I bought some of the rainbow trout color to try in the river for more pike, but haven't really had much opportunity to use them.  I found they need to be rigged exactly as shown on the package and fished very, very slowly. I think they have incredible action.  Anybody had any success with colors other than alewife or pearl?  Tons of colors on their website but not too much selection in the stores.  I've thought about the 9" size for some bigger fish.

[.ghoti.]

I never see anybody in my neck of the woods using a Slug-go; except me.

I remember when they first hit the market. A couple of local tackle shops were selling them one per customer for 4 to 5 bucks. That was for one bait, not one bag. Then they dropped out of fashion.

One local tackle shop still stocks them, so I have a local source.

I quit buying any but the 6" size. That's my best producer. I'm with Stringjam; flukes for numbers, slug-go's for size.

I like using a bsit that nobody else is using. Gives me a little confidence boost knowing that the only time the fish have seen this bait was the last time I was here.

Cheers,

GK

[low_pro]

Ok, here's my story...

I moved about 8 months ago to a house situated on a canal. I fished every weekend sometimes twice a week for two months and only caught a handful of fish! What was I doing wrong? I would occasionaly pick one up on a Torpedo or the faithful red shad worm. but the conditions of this canal SCREAM Bass Territory!!! I couldn't get over it... then one day I turn the corner in the jon boat and here comes this old man in a 10' pontoon thing... we start small talking.. shortly realize we're both from Indiana, more small talk (until I am comfortable to ask what he is throwing)... his response "I don't use anything but the Slug-O in this canal. It has worked for years and my brother caught an 11.5lb back around the corner!"

wow!! so I reached WAY down to the bottom of my tackle box and blew the dust off of my last pack of albino Bass assasins....

I caught roughly 12 bass within the next two hours and continue to catch them today... by far, the slug-o (black with gold flake) outperforms the others...

sorry so long, wanted to share with somebody.... ;D

[Crestliner2008]

The 3" Sluggo, nose hooked, on a drop shot is dynomite for smallies!  

[farmpond1]

Sluggo's are no longer the "new kid in town" but they still work well for me (if/when it's what the fish want).  As far as colors go, I believe the water color/claritiy and, of course, the fish should largely determine that.  I think they perform at least as well as most of the Johnny come lately's.

[Shadcranker]

If they would re-package them and market them better, they could sell more IMHO.

That said, i still use the 4" version on a darter head same as i would use a hard jerkbait. Dynamite on smallies and spots in the spring.

[jwo1124]

I remember I was using a Slug Go this past season. I was fishing from shore, and in this pond ducks usually cruise the shallow peremeter of the pond in search of food. Well, whenever I would make a cast and there was a duck in the area, they would literally run across the water in an attempt to grab the slug go. I'm not sure if it is the fact that thi slure just looks very realistic or not, but I have never witnessed that before. I have never caught a bass on a slug go, but then again I have hardly fished with them.

[Ryan_Johnson]

I'm a big fan of the Sluggo.  I've caught just as many fish on the Senko, but the average size is better on the Sluggo.  

One of my favorite ways to use it is to run it through the slop.  There's nothing that will go through heavy vegetation like a Sluggo.  

It's not as fragile as the Senko, and if the head does rip under the hook eyelet, just tear that part off and rerig it with a flat face.  It will have almost the same glide, but it'll come up to the top and pop.

[bocabasser]

i will use the sluggo SS when i am searching for a big fish. i believe it is about 8 inches long and it is thinner than the regular one. alewife, arkansas shiner, and firetiger are my big fish catchers.

[Tokyo Tony]

I remember I was using a Slug Go this past season. I was fishing from shore, and in this pond ducks usually cruise the shallow peremeter of the pond in search of food. Well, whenever I would make a cast and there was a duck in the area, they would literally run across the water in an attempt to grab the slug go. I'm not sure if it is the fact that thi slure just looks very realistic or not, but I have never witnessed that before. I have never caught a bass on a slug go, but then again I have hardly fished with them.

The ducks are probably fed often, so they thought you were throwing food.  That happened to me a bunch when I was fishing golf course ponds in S. Florida.

I have a bunch of Slug-Go's, but rarely use them.  I prefer the Fin-S around cover, and if I'm fishing open water structure, I'm almost always throwing a hard jerkbait.  I like the profile and lazy action of the Fin-S.  A great color for me is white/pink back, 4", weightless.  You can use it as a topwater or subsurface.  You have to rig it perfectly though, otherise the action is less random.  I'll have to break out my Slug-Go's this year though and give them another shot 8-)