Berkley's Power Eggs...best thing since apple pie!!!

[troutmasta]

Very cool! Thank you

 

[Trav]

I use a size 8, sometimes 6, eagle claw egg hook. About 3' of 4-lb. leader connected to a barrel swivel. Above the swivel is a bead. Above the bead is a sliding / slip sinker (barrel shaped). And with 2 Power Eggs, it always floats. My main line, btw, is usually 6 pound test.

I have also used small (size 12 or 14) treble hooks with two Power Eggs too. And it still floats.

I'm not sure, minnowmagnet, why your rig isn't floating for you.

I run the same rig. Carolina set up with #8 hooks, two eggs.. they float just fine. They'll also spin and agitate the the fish if you do a medium to slow retrieve with them or a decent length of leader under a bobber on a windy day. There is more to the eggs than letting them sit on the bottom. Play around with them and see what you can come up with!

 

[troutdude]

Very true. Had a large bow follow a very fast retrieve once; and take the bait right at my feet!

 

[Trav]

Gotta love the power eggs! Had some nibbles doing the retrieve method at this spot I've been chasing a whopper at. Time was short so had to move to get some fish for the freezer. Killed em on orange and chartreuse two egg combo over by ramp C at Hagg lake. Picked up some half clear yellow and half solid orange ones at the Lake Stop store, plan to give them a try this weekend.

 

[Lancep51]

Its been over a year since this thread was last posted on. I am mainly a fly fisherman but with this up coming competition against my buddy where we switch rods I found this thread very very helpful in choosing what I could fish with to win this silly competition. I will invest in some of these eggs and a few other things. Its just amazing on how cheap spinning rod stuff is so cheap compared to fly fishing stuff. I just spent $6 on one fly the other day, plus a rod that ran me $600 and a reel for $200. I catch and release except when I am deep sea fishing so I am afraid that using a treble hook will hurt the fish or increase its morality rate too much on some of the spinners I have been looking at. How do brookies and cutts like power eggs?

 

[Netstar1]

Anyone tried fishing the power eggs with crawler?

 

[troutdude]

No idea how brookies and cutties, like the Power Eggs. But cutties DO like worms (so use them, IF bait is legal). Bobber and a worm, is all it takes.

Eggs and a worm? Personally, I see no need. Unless you use multiple hook set ups.

 

[NKlamerus]

I grew up using the "crappie nibbles" which I guess are a precursor to the eggs?

Never ever been a fan of the dough, that stuff is a wreck! Especially in the Florida sun!

I picked up some pink eggs when I very first moved here, maybe I should break them out again, I just can't sit still

My go-to is the Powerbait WORMS! So much better than a real worm, they last 3-4 fish, stand up straight off the bottom, come in more colors, and no mess!

 

[troutdude]

Berkley's Mice Tails are something that you can toss and retrieve.

 

[NKlamerus]

I think I've got some of those too! Pink/white

For awhile i was pinching off the head/egg and just throwing the worm half lol

 

[troutdude]

@NKlamerus yep; there are many different color combinations. But something that I learned in the 80's, from Jed Davis's book Spinner Fishing for Steelhead, Salmon, and Trout highly recommended 2 contrasting colors. With any OFFering that you toss for fish. Because it triggers strikes. So personally I would not remove the heads of them.

 

[Cedonulli]

Berkley's Power Eggs are AWESOME! They taste the same as Power Bait to the fish.

You must have listened to the same study group of fish! I hear the next fish review is going to be Starbucks vs Dutch Bros, LOL How many fish did you interview?

 

[Julialisa]

I was slaying them yesterday with PowerEggs. 2white/pink eggs on a size 8. 2 pinch weights Cast and jig

Where

 

[troutdude]

@Cedonulli ?
@Julialisa if you tag a member in this fashion, it will send them a message. Hopefully he will see my tag and reply to your question. Welcome to OFF!

 

[Davpot]

I think another great bait that doesn't get a lot of use anymore is those colored cheese scented marshmallows. They don't stay on the hook well but they work well and float incredibly good. Plus there dirt cheap! Plus they smell good and aren't very messy.

Im surprised no one has mentioned using flies! That lake has Tremendous hatches
Size 12 wets/dries are quite effective.

 

[troutdude]

Im surprised no one has mentioned using flies! That lake has Tremendous hatches
Size 12 wets/dries are quite effective.

Except that this entire thread is about Berkley's Power Bait, versus Berkley's Power Eggs. Flinging flies, is an entirely different game. So I have no idea, why you even posted that. ROTFLMBO

 

[Davpot]

Except that this entire thread is about Berkley's Power Bait, versus Berkley's Power Eggs. Flinging flies, is an entirely different game. So I have no idea, why you even posted that. ROTFLMBO

Hey Troutdude: Old Age I guess..My Bad! I thot I was on the Hebo Lake thread

 

[troutdude]

Hey Troutdude: Old Age I guess..My Bad! I thot I was on the Hebo Lake thread

Ha ha ha. No worries man. I get it. I'm almost 66.

 

[plumbertom]

Yeah, I always have a couple jars of power eggs in my bag.
But, of late I've been using Berkleys Mousetails. Mostly because of where I've been fishing.
Pretty much the same as power eggs but with the trailer tails.
In the slow moving water of the A-B Canoe Canal, I believe the tails provide a little more attraction due to a slow movement.
I rig them on a #10 hook through the egg portion and run the hook point through the tail to provide a little kink so the the bait tends to twist a bit in slow current.
Might not work as well in faster current or still water.

 

[plumbertom]

Where are you guys finding the Spring Green color? I've found the chartruese, but not the Spring Green and I've looked at SW, Dicks's, and Sports Authority. I'm headed to BM and FM today.

I tried the Orange, pink/white, and one other color out at Hebo Lake on Saturday. I was running a single #8 hook with two different colored Power Eggs up the shank on about 18" of leader behind a red/white water bobber. They'd come up and take a look at it, but no takers. The lady and her son that was next to me were slaying them on worms and eggs, but guess what I didn't have!

I've checked the Berkley Store and they don't offer anything I can find called a Spring Green. They do have the Chartuse and a Lime Green, though.