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So I have acquired a dockrat glide bait (non jointed floater) and was testing it out today. I noticed that most of the action I got out of it was coming just from my retrieve style and speed. Wondered if anyone had any insight on how to better use these baits or if there are any tricks to getting more action out of them. Thanks!

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So I have acquired a dockrat glide bait (non jointed floater) and was testing it out today. I noticed that most of the action I got out of it was coming just from my retrieve style and speed. Wondered if anyone had any insight on how to better use these baits or if there are any tricks to getting more action out of them. Thanks!

Sounds defective.. Send it to me.. Jk. In my limited experience, dockrats seem to be built around a slow steady retrieve..they seem to track most true that way.. Or at least that's what I've found.

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I own a couple of Dockrat single piece glides, both are slow sink but I believe the concept is the same. They are more of a muskie style jerk bait, try using a walk the dog type retrieve ... twitch, pause and allow the bait to glide, pull up slack and repeat. Mess around with that if you haven't already, hope this helps.

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I own a couple of Dockrat single piece glides, both are slow sink but I believe the concept is the same. They are more of a muskie style jerk bait, try using a walk the dog type retrieve ... twitch, pause and allow the bait to glide, pull up slack and repeat. Mess around with that if you haven't already, hope this helps.

Yeah I did try messing with that approach a little bit, it looked odd but then again I wasn’t going slow and steady. Thanks for the info though. Hopefully some more time on the water with it and I’ll get it down!

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Sounds defective.. Send it to me.. Jk. In my limited experience, dockrats seem to be built around a slow steady retrieve..they seem to track most true that way.. Or at least that's what I've found.

Im selling this bait now. You wanna buy it? Just doesn't seem to appeal to these finicky san diego bass. 

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He's in the LA/ Long Beach area.But they work in SD too.most of his one piece glides are supposed to be fish slow and steady using the reel and not the rod at least to my knowledge.Most of his big 1 piece glides seem to appeal to striper more so than largemouth but they work all around and get bit.depends on the bait.Some of the smaller gills and shads I like to fish faster and more erraticaly and some of the bigger one piece trout's I work slow and don't use the rod to make it swim.

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