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 Sweet Beavers--how to fish them?
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10/28/09 04:29 AM
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Capt'n Wings
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I just got 3 bags of my first Sweet Beavers. I've tried them in my pool and I can't get any "action" out of them. I have it rigged with a small weighted swimbait hook. Do you separate the tail sections? It just seems to do nothing on the retrieve. No flutter or anything. Are you supposed to just hop them? Are they designed to just be trailers? Help!
"Faith requires one to elevate the practice of not thinking to a virtue," Mark Twain
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Re: Sweet Beavers--how to fish them?
[Re: Capt'n Wings]
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10/28/09 06:45 AM
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fishing aggie
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just break the legs apart. I primarily use them on a texas rig or a c-rig. awesome bait
"Fishing is like a fresh can of Copenhagen... It's expensive, but it sure is addicting!!!"
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Re: Sweet Beavers--how to fish them?
[Re: fishing aggie]
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10/28/09 06:47 AM
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balata9999
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Don't use the swimbait hook, T-rig them instead. Fish them like a worm or a jig.
I don't split the tail most of the time.
Last edited by balata9999; 10/28/09 06:48 AM. Reason: added info
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Re: Sweet Beavers--how to fish them?
[Re: balata9999]
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10/28/09 07:18 AM
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SEABAG
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I t rig them with a 1/8oz worm weight and a 4/0 ewg worm hook, I split the tails
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Re: Sweet Beavers--how to fish them?
[Re: SEABAG]
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10/28/09 07:45 AM
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kellisag
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I T rig em with a Gammy EWG 4/0, vary the weight to conditions and just flip it anywhere you would a jig or other creature baits
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Re: Sweet Beavers--how to fish them?
[Re: Capt'n Wings]
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10/28/09 11:39 AM
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KingwoodCat
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I just got 3 bags of my first Sweet Beavers. I've tried them in my pool and I can't get any "action" out of them. I have it rigged with a small weighted swimbait hook. Do you separate the tail sections? It just seems to do nothing on the retrieve. No flutter or anything. Are you supposed to just hop them? Are they designed to just be trailers? Help! Break the legs apart and fish them Texas Rigged.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him had better take a look at the American Indian".
Henry Ford
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Re: Sweet Beavers--how to fish them?
[Re: KingwoodCat]
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10/28/09 01:06 PM
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ezbassin
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I have tx. rigged a few beaver type baits but the center section of the bait is very thin and seems to tear up easily with the point of the hook making it not so weedless. How do you keep that from happening?
I switched to the Lake Fork Tackle tube to pitch in places that I would a beaver type bait and that has worked better for me.
Last edited by ezbassin; 10/28/09 01:07 PM.
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Re: Sweet Beavers--how to fish them?
[Re: ezbassin]
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10/28/09 01:19 PM
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R T
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T-rig, C-rig, dropshot(smallie beaver), and jig trailer. 4.20 in sprayed grass is my go to bait. Love the beaver. 
It doesn't matter how you find the pot of gold, all that matters is that you beat the leprachaun.
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Re: Sweet Beavers--how to fish them?
[Re: R T]
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10/28/09 01:52 PM
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Bleed Husker Red
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T-rig, drop shot or weightless is how I fish them. I know others that use them as jig trailers and caro rigs. I split the tails, others don't. To me splitting the tails gives them more action. Rig them on the flat side slows them down. Rigging them on the wide side speeds them up on the fall. I have caught fish doing both.
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Re: Sweet Beavers--how to fish them?
[Re: Bleed Husker Red]
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10/28/09 02:23 PM
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PEDRO H.
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fish it t rig find you a good looking tree or bush flip it and hold on this is an awsome bait !
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Re: Sweet Beavers--how to fish them?
[Re: PEDRO H.]
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10/28/09 02:39 PM
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Fish Killer
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Big Sexy
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Great bait. T Rig and you cant go wrong.
Also dont over look it for a jig trailer.
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Re: Sweet Beavers--how to fish them?
[Re: Fish Killer]
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10/28/09 03:00 PM
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lure buddy
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Some great advice. But do not forget to think outside of the box.
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Re: Sweet Beavers--how to fish them?
[Re: R T]
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10/28/09 03:04 PM
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Mike Keenan
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T-rig, C-rig, dropshot(smallie beaver), and jig trailer. 4.20 in sprayed grass is my go to bait. Love the beaver. ssssshhhh be quiet about those....go back to the OT...
R.I.P. Mike "pappy" "broken rod" Green born 07-16-62 on to better fishing 06-10-08. www.basscat.com
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Re: Sweet Beavers--how to fish them?
[Re: Capt'n Wings]
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10/28/09 04:10 PM
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Trickster
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I may have to try the top one. Had not thought of rigging it that way. 
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Re: Sweet Beavers--how to fish them?
[Re: Capt'n Wings]
#4092903
10/28/09 04:14 PM
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C T
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I have always used them as a jig trailer, and with good success. 
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