Stingers - California Fishing

DementedFish · 01-22-2005, 12:36 PM

I bought these at Jigstop yesterday, and I had to get them. They look like they would KILL trout at LNL. However they were REALLY expensive. They were 6 bucks!! Anyway, has anyone had any luck with these?

tunakid · 01-22-2005, 04:47 PM

just a mini jig with a lip ripperz or powerworm trailer, and yes they work great

cst · 01-22-2005, 05:11 PM

and they are overpriced where you live imo

steve33fish · 01-22-2005, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DementedFish

I bought these at Jigstop yesterday, and I had to get them. They look like they would KILL trout at LNL. However they were REALLY expensive. They were 6 bucks!! Anyway, has anyone had any luck with these?

Just make sure to have a pack of powerworms handing, because your going have to replace the trailer after a couple of fish.

cst · 01-22-2005, 05:56 PM

are those megabait jigs in the background? they are in the tackle box under that yellow jig.

DementedFish · 01-22-2005, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by cst

are those megabait jigs in the background? they are in the tackle box under that yellow jig.

How should I know? lol thats a cabelas catalog.

cst · 01-22-2005, 09:20 PM

rofl is it? i was wondering how you had such a nice looking background lol. actually now that im looking at it i wonder how i didnt know lol.

FishSlayer · 01-23-2005, 01:29 AM

I make my own "stingers" with minijigs and Power Trout Worms, MUCH cheaper than buying them...BTW I think these are around $4 at Turners.

WreckinBall · 01-23-2005, 02:42 AM

They DO work. About 2 months ago, I saw a Grandfather and his Grandson catch an 11 1/2, a 10 3/4, and a 10 1/2 in less than two hours, fishing the "Grasshopper" color with a white "Stinger", which was my introduction to the lure(s). After I scored some at Turner's, I took them to the lake and I caught fish with them, but nothing as big as the Old Man and the Kid. FishSlayer is right on both counts, they are about $4 at Turner's, and you can make your own for much less.

FishSlayer · 01-23-2005, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by WreckinBall

They DO work. About 2 months ago, I saw a Grandfather and his Grandson catch an 11 1/2, a 10 3/4, and a 10 1/2 in less than two hours, fishing the "Grasshopper" color with a white "Stinger", which was my introduction to the lure(s). After I scored some at Turner's, I took them to the lake and I caught fish with them, but nothing as big as the Old Man and the Kid. FishSlayer is right on both counts, they are about $4 at Turner's, and you can make your own for much less.

Fishslayer is allways right...

By the way, I make much smaller stingers too using the micro tube jigs and the skinny end of a PTW, I use them on DFG trout because sometimes they dont take the full size jigs.

DementedFish · 01-23-2005, 11:25 AM

The thing about these stingers though, is that the trout worm is stuck inside the mini jig, making it almost impossible to come out unless a trout rips it.

Sloper · 01-23-2005, 09:44 PM

they work greatttttt....have them in my vest right now....i started using those way before i heard about lip ripperz...caught many alpers on them....im sure you will have success...that color is the most productive too

DementedFish · 01-25-2005, 11:46 PM

Hey sloper, long time no see. Where have ya been?

WreckinBall · 01-30-2005, 12:06 PM

I just watched Dennis Yamamoto (on TV) fishing a PTW tucked-up inside a 1" Berkley power-tube with a size 4 mosquito hook on a drop-shot rig, effectively making his own Stinger (sans the lead-head), and using it on the trout at Irvine Lake. He was able to cover a lot more water with the drop-shot rig than with the jighead.

I'm just sayin'.....

FishSlayer · 01-30-2005, 12:25 PM

I dont understand why that would cover more water, dont you need to keep the weight in contact with the bottom when dropshotting?
When fishing it on a jig head it seems like you can work more of the water to me...also I bet the mosquito hook tears out of the jig head pretty easy.