Go Getter... WHAT??

[TJQ]

OK.. this is gonna sound a lttle stupid.. but someone asked me if i could add go getters to my store... for walleye.... whats a go getter... is it like a walleye harness?? Ive never used them.

[irishfield]

It's a female companion, that you send for beer, when the fishing is too good to leave the lake!

[Tayzak15]

Yeah they're spinners like the ones in the link below

 

http://strikezonetackle.com/Go-Getters2010.png

[bare foot wader]

only go getter i've heard of was kinda of a modern day replica of an older plug..plastic body with metal lip you can bend to adust the diving depth

 

or i think i've heard somebody refer to a lure retriever as a go getter too

[bare foot wader]

here's the link

 

http://www.bittentackle.com/index.php?categoryID=5

[TJQ]

So really a single hook and spinner walleye harness.

[Fang]

Think of a basic pre rigged Snell hook but add a red bead and then a small gold or silver blade on the line right above the hook. A Quebec mainstay for trout and walleye. Sold boxes upon boxes way back when I worked at lebarons

[HTHM]

It is a younger brother: source - I was the youngest in my family

[Tybo]

Dad had a go-getter. His name was Paul.

[misfish]

Dad had a go-getter. His name was Paul.

 

[Musky or Specks]

Oh God Growing Up fishing with my Grandpa in the 70's thats all we ever used on Golden Lake and any where else walleye could be found. Standard worm harness.

[Sinker]

One of my go to's......

 

S.

[Rod Caster]

We always referred to go-getters as speckled trout spinners...but it's the exact same as the ones Tayzak posted. My go-to specky lure.

[TJQ]

Thanks guys... Ill get to work! (rather ill get my kids to work.. lol)

[mike rousseau]

They are easy to make TJ...

 

I make my own for walleye so they can handle what I throw at em... Store bought ones for some reason are made with light mono and garbage hooks... I use 40lb flouro...

 

With supplies from cabelas and using 40lb flouro leader material it costs about $1 per spinner... That's paying retail for materials... And they would easily sell for $2+ per spinner...

[TJQ]

Ya.. they dont look too hard thats for sure... can you guys post your favorites so i have a better idea of what us northerners use.. i picked up a couple at CT for examples... what size blades do you use Mike??

[Nipfisher]

Here are some more pictures T.J. Almost all we use for drifting.

[mike rousseau]

Size 4 blades... Size 2 hook... 5mm beads...

 

And I use the plastic quick change clevises so I can switch blades instead of changing rigs all day...

 

And I tie em short to fit in a tackle tray nicely...

 

 

 

 

 

[mike rousseau]

And we get walleye of all sizes on those...

[TJQ]

Seriously.. you guys are the best.

[mike rousseau]

And by tying them short and tying a leader with a swivel and snap swivel... You eliminate that anoying line twist tangle that can happen with spinners....

[adempsey]

I always associated Go Getters with what Nipfisher posted. A single hook harness with a #2 or #3 Indiana blade for trout fishing, not a #4 Colorado blade for walleye fishing. That's just me though =)

[adempsey]

And by tying them short and tying a leader with a swivel and snap swivel... You eliminate that anoying line twist tangle that can happen with spinners....

 

Not to mention saving $ on fluorocarbon. I noticed you burn the tag end as well. Is that just extra insurance? or do you find it necessary?

[Rod Caster]

These have been a staple for brook trout fishing in my family.

 

Red beads, gold colorado or indiana blade.... usually a #4 baitholder hook.

 

[Sinker]

Yep, what mike posted is pretty much the same as what I do. I use 20lb fluoro, and prefer them short like that.

 

For specks, smaller blades, smaller hooks, and 12lb fluoro.

 

S.