The Allure of the Beaver Bait
The Beaver Bait is a lure design like no other. Indefinitely hard to categorize, the Beaver Bait often gets lumped into generic lure classifications that it often doesn’t fit into precisely. Is it jerk bait, or is it a pull pause bait? No, it’s a Beaver Bait.
Truly a lure entirely its own, the Beaver Bait leaves plenty of imagination as to its usage on the water. It can be straight retrieved, creating an undulating flutter with its multi-segmented body and robust, soft plastic tail. If ripped, it surges forward and falls off at new and interesting angles with each pause. It can be worked with short taps, making it dance and wiggle side to side in a high erratic fashion, but don’t overlook its prowess when adding dozer blades to the front as it becomes a high-octane bucktail alternative.
Essentially, the Beaver Bait will do anything you want; you just have to know what you want to do. While bucktails can be mindless, requiring just enough thought to cast the rod and turn the handle, consistent success with a Beaver Bait involves a bit of forethought and a game plan. With this in mind, let’s look at some water scenarios allowing you to add the Beaver Bait to your musky fishing game plan.
Mid Depth Weeds
Summer musky fishing means weeds and other aquatic vegetation. While top waters and bucktails are up to the job of covering the shallow edges, most musky anglers are missing tremendous opportunities over mid-depth weeds. The Beaver Bait is easy to work, allowing anglers of all skill levels to have confidence in their lure action when casting to weeds that top out at two to six feet under the surface.
Using an unweighted Beaver Bait, one can cast over these mid-depth weeds and use quick reel surges followed by extended pauses to coax muskies up and into engaging. Like other jerkbaits, the key to getting strikes is adding plenty of pauses during the retrieve. Still, the Beaver Baits' slinkiness in the water ensures that even new anglers will create a triggering action on the pause, resulting in more muskie strikes.
Deep Edges
Using Beaver Baits' interchangeable weights, anglers can quickly adjust their lure to run at just about any desired depth. Using the large Beaver Bait weights, anglers can target deep edges and structures of varying depths throughout the day. With just a few turns on the weight, your Beaver Bait can be worked in mere inches of water to probe the deepest depths.
Anglers who want to expand their musky fishing game to the world of big rubber jerk baits should also consider the Beaver Bait. Not only does it provide versatility from the above-mentioned removable weights, but it is far easier to work correctly than lures of a similar size. In reality, there is no wrong way to work a Beaver Bait as rod rips, pull and again surge and stop techniques can and will elicit strikes.
When venturing into fishing, deeper edges and breaks allow more time for your Beaver Bait to hang and fall between rips and pulls. Often, extended hang time means more Beaver hang time and more muskies in your net.
Regardless of whether you are a seasoned pro or just starting on your musky fishing journey, the Beaver Bait is a worthy addition to any musky angler lineup. Its versatility and ease of use mean all you gotta do is get that Beaver wet enough, and it will eventually end up in a hungry muskie's mouth.
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