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cmorjoe · Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 256 Location: Seymour CT.

In previous years my go to bait has been a buzzbait. It is now July and I have yet to get a strike on one. Are the fish getting wise to this bait? Am I the only one who has noticed this? just wondering; cmorjoe

slimecoat · Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 1576 Location: Newington, CT.

I've never done well with them, except on the CT river.
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PECo · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT

I've never given buzzbaits much of a chance, but I saw a guy catch a decent 16 inch, 2 lb 2 oz largemouth bass with one in Batterson Park Pond earlier this year.
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Lunker Cove · Joined: 02 Apr 2010 Posts: 166

i was wondering the same, i pull out the buzzers everytime when its dark or about to get dark and i get nothing, idk i think jitterbugs fished slow are tough to beat. it always produces vicious strikes

ryan560 · Joined: 19 Jul 2010 Posts: 15 Location: East Hartford,CT

I've been killin it on the buzz bait this year! Black or white, fish them slow...Sometimes I hook up while the bait is still under the surface. Caught a 7 lbs. largemouth yesterday right at dusk with the white buzzbait, biggest larry this year for me.

Lunker Cove · Joined: 02 Apr 2010 Posts: 166

i see ryan that you are from east hartford, where do you normally fish?

TurtleKiss · Joined: 09 Mar 2010 Posts: 1200 Location: central CT

I've done well with them, but I fish them as fast as humanly possible. It gets tiring pretty fast too. Cast parallel to weedlines & start your retrieve before the buzzbait hits the water.
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