Storm Hot N' Tot 2 Orange fire UV

Tonight on the way home from work I made an impulse buy, unfortunately for me, this is the way I roll.  i went into Canadian Tire to meet my wife and accidentally found myself in the fishing aisle, I have no idea how that happened.

I was mooching through the Canadian Wigglers to see if they had any different colors in stock and i came across the Storm Hot N' Tot 2 UV  and they had quite a few different colors.  I was drawn to the one that most resembled a goldfish,  that is the color that drives the fish nuts round here, they seem to go for the dark orange on top, bright orange sides and white belly.

Here is what the blurb says about it:

Storm Hot N' Tot UV Bright Lures in 2" and 2 1/2" lengths (and a bunch of colors). With a finish inspired by nature's most attractive forage fish, Hot N' Tot UV Bright Lures are the pro's choice for realism and color! In typical forage species, the strongest color is found along the back, which gives way to that white underbelly predator fish love. Here, that white underbelly is captured perfectly... and you'll feel the difference! Take a look at the chart below to find the color and size that works best for you. More: Erratic dive action; Painted colors maximize "flash"; Metal lip; External scale pattern; Holographic insert; Red VMC barbarian hooks.; Order yours today! 

Anyway I got it home and I just had to go and try it out so as soon as supper was done I was in the SUV (my fishing car) and heading down to the Ridge (Milk River Ridge Reservoir)

I set up my smaller Shimano FX rod with the Shimano FX4000 reel and a 6lb flouro-carbon line... and of course the Hot N Tot lure.  i found myself a nice comfy chunk of concrete to sit on and cast out a few times to see how the lure worked.

If you look at a picture of the lure you will notice that it has a large metal lip to make it dive when retrieved.  if the lure is allowed to rest on the surface it will float "bottoms up".  I'm not sure how well it would work like that but that's not how I intend to use it so I never bothered.

This lure works great if you just retrieve it in very slowly because it has a very powerful diving action, I found that 3 slow turns on the reel then leave it for a couple of seconds works great.  If you reel in any faster the lure nose dives to the bottom and scoops up all of the weeds.

Now if you are fishing in an area that has both Pike and Walleye there is a way that you can selectively fish for either species.  Walleye prefer slower moving prey and Pike prefer a more aggressive faster moving prey.  The way I translate that is that this lure is more suited to walleye.  If you want to fish for Pike I would probably use a Canadian Wiggler 5 of diamonds.

My prediction was proved correct about 5 minutes later when I landed a Walleye.