1 oz Regular Echotail Continues Crushing Great Lakes Species

Shorebound Hero: A Hero's Fall Musky Lures

Shorebound Hero: A Hero's Fall Musky Lures:       I have gotten a few questions about what I am using to fish from shore now that the water is so cold.  Most people that know me can t...

Underwater Video Of Fish On Structure.. Musky, Catfish, Panfish!

Snap Jigging Mini Echotail Triggers Walleye With Slow Spiraling Fall

Use a medium/light or ultralight rod. Short (6-9") quick rips on the bottom.  Just enough to feel the rapid vibration.  6-8lb braid line (no mono) to a 6-8lb floro leader tied together with a double uni-knot.  Connect the cross-lok snap to the back  towing hole of the Echotail to get the most vibration on the short jig snaps. We have been tipping the Echotails off with Jr's Jig Tails (Ice Series) & Panfish Popsicles (Seen in Picture).  Jr's (1/4 oz) have also been producing fish with this same technique. The Jr Echotail also has a nice slower spiraling fall.  Keep moving around and lock over schools of fish when your graph is lit up. "Jig-it-up" for a while and keeping moving around!

Double Header... Monster Smallie hooked on an Echotail tipped with a Berkley Gulp Minnow Tail!

Captain Josh Teigen Slamming home a monster smallie on an Echotail tipped with a Berkley Gulp Minnow.  Be sure to keep experimenting with different soft plastic on the market.  Mix and match thousands of different styles, scents, colors, and shapes.... Design your own!

                          "Echotails are my new favorite smallmouth bait"
                                                                           Captain Josh Teigen

Milwaukee Harbor Brown Trout

Milwaukee Harbor Brown Trout, a photo by VibrationsTackle on Flickr.

Learn how to effectively fish with an Echotail hybrid blade bait from shore in current.  Their are many other techniques but these are the basics.  As a general rule of thumb, we try to as small of anechotail as the  the current allows (1/4 or 1/2 oz). If the current is extremely strong, we will sometime step up in size by pitching a Regular (1 oz) Echotail. It's always a good idea to have a variety of different weights along on any given day. Try this technique for your next spring walleye run from shore or boat.  Best of luck fishing.
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Eight Year Old Catches Pike On His Own

Eight year old catches pike on his own, a photo by VibrationsTackle on Flickr.

This 8 year old hooked the pike casting a Small (1/2 oz) Echotail® tipped with a Berkley Gulp Minnow. Congratulations! Another happy customer of fishing guide Steve Everettes.

Ice fishing vibrating jig-1-1-1

Ice fishing vibrating jig-1-1-1, a photo by VibrationsTackle on Flickr.

Ice Series Echotail will be release at the 2013 St. Paul Ice Fishing Show! Available in Mini (1/10 oz) and Jr (1/4 oz). Tipped off with Jr's Jig Tails.

saltwater shore fishing

saltwater shore fishing, a photo by VibrationsTackle on Flickr.

Echotail Ice Series catches this Lady Fish in Treasure Island, FL. Casting out and popping it off the bottom with long pauses (Dead-sticking)

Steve Everettes big Pike

Steve Everettes big Pike, a photo by VibrationsTackle on Flickr.

Big fall pike hooked my Finseekers Guide Service on an Echotail tipped off with a Berkley Gulp Minnow www.finseekers.com/

Pike jigging

IMG_0486, a photo by VibrationsTackle on Flickr.

Try jigging just above schools of bait fish. Pike and muskies are always trying to find a vulnerable meal to pin chasing towards the surface.

How Did The Musky Ever Make It In The Net ?

Multi-Species Night Fishing: Shallow Water Echotails

By: Justin Blanchar

       As late spring and early summer approaches many game fish slide up shallow in the evenings feeding on spawning panfish. We have recently found  Echotails to be quite  amazingly effective for night fishing. Bass, pike, walleye, and muskies are easily able to track the vibration like a heat seeking missile. Deciding what lure to use can often times be a challenge of its own when fishing in the dark. Then, throw in the challenge  of midsummer weed growth. The Echotail® blade bait is just the ticketfor covering water under dark skies with success. 

          When shallower depths (3-8 feet of water)  are the desired target,  be sure to connect your snap to the 4th or 5th hole back.  These holes will not only allow the Echotail® to naturally be retrieved higher in the water column, but they will also allow and for a better feel of vibration.  Back hole attachment also allows the blade to be retrieved at a slower speed and still maintain it's vibration. While night fishing, it's important to become more in tuned with our sense of touch, as it allows us to know exactly what's happening on the end of our line.  During the day light hours, we naturally combine our sense of sight  and touch to  process information and often times  rely more heavily on our sight.  When we have the the sun to give us the upper-hand, it's easier to pinpoint casts into areas that are not weeded up  on the surface allowing for a higher percentage of clean retrieves. Under dark skies, blind cast are the norm.  Relying on our feel dictates whether we have made a good cast or not.  When night fishing with Echotails, the only way we can detect that our bait is fouled up is whether we can feel vibration or not. This is a very cut and dry distinction.   If the vibration can no longer be felt in the handle of  the rod,  it should be known that the blade is either fouled or better yet,  a  fish has attacked... Set the hook!   
           

The Technique:
     

      We have found the  Small (1/2 oz) & the Regular (1 oz) Echotail® to be the best sizes of multi-species night fishing.    They are easy to manage while retrieving with medium action tackle. The hard vibration while pulled from the back holes combined with  a 3" Kalin's Grub Tail teaser is irresistible to fish.   The key to a successful shallow retrieve is to use short cast (no further than 40-50 ft).   Summer time weed growth often presents with floaters especially after a long weekend of recreational boaters.  This is very common on the lakes we target in and around the Madison Chain of lakes.  Long, dive bomb cast are useless if the lure is fouled before it's even halfway to he boat.  While casting, we also like to position our rod tips in an upward position.  This helps to aid the Echotail to ride hire in the water column thus allowing  us to manipulate the Echotail above weed growth  .  Sometime we will use a straight retrieve while other times we will use short upward pumps while reeling until we feel the lure break the surface. As soon as the  blade surfaces, immediately allow the blade to flutter down for a second or two with a pause, then pump the rod again and repeat.  The feel of  vibration will allow to perfect this cadence. The reel-pump-pause-reel-pump-pause technique created a very unpredictable action that fish can't resist.

Green Bay Echotail Walleye Trolling

Had a chance to fish with Captain Steve Paulsen  of Walleye Madness Guide Service. (http://www.walleyemadnessfishing.com/).  Trolling Small 1/2 oz and Regular 1 oz  Echotails was just the ticket. 

Trolling Details:
Technique: Trolling behind Church Tackle Planer Boards
Depth of Water: 11-15 ft
Speed: 1.5 MPH 
Line out:   35-40 (Places Echotails at about 10 ft down)
Line to Hole Placement: Back 2 Holes (these holes allow for vibration at slower speeds.)

Musky Trolling with Echotail Blade Baits on Lake Pewaukee

Summer musky trolling bite is right around the corner. Try something new this season by snapping on some blades. Try long-lining, behind planer boards or short-line speed trolling. 


Suggested line-to-hole placement.

Long Lining-  3.5 - 4 MPH Middle hole

Planer Boards (High Lines)- 3.5- 4 MPH 
Back two holes. (Back holes keeps baits running higher in the water column.

Short Line Speed Trolling (rod tips dunked in the water)  4-8 MPH!!!
First 2 holes closest to the head of the Echotail 

Short Line Propwash- 4-6 MPH
First 2 holes


Remember to tune by bending the tail. Good luck on the water!

Lake Waubesa (Madison Chain) Report- Large mouth are still going strong utilizing the echotail as a lipless crankbait.   The small (1/2 oz) in black w silver flake tipped with a  3" White Kalin's Tail seems to be working good in the evenings.   Glow with a 3 inch chartreuse tail seems to be working great too. Use the back holes and rod tip pointed up for fishing the bait higher in the water column for over shallower water.  As an FYI the back holes can be slightly more touchy when tuning. If the bait swims to the right.. bend the tail to the left. Be careful not to over tune on the back holes.   We often pump the rod tip as we reel to create a erratic type retrieve.. this really seems to make them trigger.
For burning the lure in faster retrieves, use the front three holes.  Have a great weekend everyone and good luck fishing!

Introducing Vibrations Tackle, Echotail™ Hybrid Blade Bait (patent pending)