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Long wired Bait-
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Walkers are being
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stick plugs and
crank baits for any number of bottom-hugging
species such as largemouth bass, walleye,
smallmouth, stripers and certain
species of trout. The longer, higher wire system
elevates the lure enough off bottom to
allow proper action and helps prevent snagging.
Catfishermen find this rig helps when
straightlining down stream for finicky feeders.
The most popular sizes for both trolling
plugs and straightlining for
catfish are the 1 1 /2 oz. and 2
oz. sizes. To learn more about
straightlining, pick up a copy
of Dan Gapen’s Catfish book.
(See page 157).
The Long Wire Bait-
Walker sinker was added to
Keeps l
the Gapen line to give the
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angler who works plugs over
the re
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mossy and stick-riddled bottom
an advantage. The higher arm holds the lure up just high enough to prevent moss from
fouling the hook. It likewise increases the sense of ‘fallback’ for the catfisherman when sensing
the catfish bite while straightlining.
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RIGS
Bait-Walker
LONG WIRED
“WARNING”
This product contains lead, a chemical known to the State of California to
cause cancer and birth defects and other reproductive harm.
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FLUORESCENT ORANGE
UPC &
Order # Size Price Each
14103 1 oz. $2.95 $3.00
$3.50
14104 1 1 /2 oz.
14105 2 oz. $3.95 $4.00
14106 3 1 /2 oz. $4.95 $5.00
“HOW-TO” USE THE BAIT-
WALKER AS A SLIP SINKER
Add
Swivels
By adding a swivel to the front eye of the walker you
have created a near perfect slip sinker rig. Unlike the
usual lead style slip sinkers which create drag when line is
pulled through them, eyelets of the stainless swivels allow
unrestricted movement. This application of the Bait-
Walker might best be described as a “Trolley-Tram”
effect. Suspended like a Trolley-tram on a cable this new
application of the Bait-Walker Sinker enables the
fisherman to double the uses this “NEW” fishing rig has
to offer for the live bait man.
14104 1 1 /2 oz. $3.45
Small split shot used
as a stopper
Fish Gapen’s
FLUORESCENT ORANGE
UPC &
Order # Size Price Each
14060 1/4 oz. $3.00
14061 3/8 oz. $3.30
14062 5/8 oz. $3.80
14063 1 oz. $4.00
14064 1 1 /2 oz. $4.30
14065 2 oz. $5.00
14066 3 1 /2 oz. $5.30
14070 1/4 oz. $3.00
14071 3/8 oz. $3.30
14072 5/8 oz. $3.80
14073 1 oz. $4.00
14074 1 1 /2 oz. $4.30
14075 2 oz. $5.00
14076 3 1 /2 oz. $5.30
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RIGS
Bait-Walker
Plus Sinker
CHARTREUSE
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“WARNING”
This product contains lead, a chemical
known to the State of California to
cause cancer and birth defects and
other reproductive harm.
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Gapen’s Bait-
Walker PLUS
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was added to Gapen’s
line to fill the gap for those anglers
who find using spinner snell rigs a
problem. With the addition of a spinner
blade on the Bait-Walkers upper
arm, the angler attains all the flash and
attractiveness of a snell rig without the
problems created by same. In the larger
1 1 /2, 2 and 3 1 /2 oz. sizes you now can
troll your favorite stick plugs or crank
bait and add the attractor used while
live baiting. The color chartreuse has
come of age in the last 15 years and
we’ve seen fit to add it to our entire
Bait-Walker line. This color is particularly
effective in the PLUS series of
Bait-Walkers . Dirty, muddy or dingy
water is the best target for chartreuse.
If you use live bait and troll, or drift
fish, the addition of a Bait-Walker
PLUS to your tackle box may be the
tool to help you fill your live well.
STRAIGHTLINING: for catfish is best done via
a Bait-Walker PLUS sinker. Cat picks up bait
(always in 70 degree water), then walks forward,
which causes the spinnered Bait-Walker rig to fulcrum forward and stop
vibrating. Angler waits to the count of three, then sets hook. This will hook 90% of the finicky
biting cats of summer. Straightlining is best done by casting directly down-stream with current
force. See Dan’s catfish book for
further details.
(Dan’s books can be found on
pages 151-155 of this catalog)
(Straightlining Tips on page 62).
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