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Location: Southern Ontario | Hi guys im a rookie muskie hunter. As we head into the fall season does everyone's blades find there way back into there box. Or are they still an effective tool in the fall season. Is there a water temp where they tend to decline in being productive. Thanks. |
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Location: Merrill, Wisconsin | Fish blades all year round... I love big spinnerbaits in the fall |
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Location: Southern Ontario | Thanks for the quick reply. All of my fish have come on Blades but not in the fall. Does anyone else want to chime in? |
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Location: The desert | Blades all year |
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| My largest fish have came on 10's right before turnover. I switch over to rubber after turnover as i feel that utilizes my limited time more. |
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| All year thorw big jerks and rubber to and you will snag a few fat ones |
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| four strikes last night, three of them on blades, one on towater. two on 10s and one on 9s. Two other follows on blades too. One of us was throwing a bucktail the whole time while the other rotated through other baits.
Bucktails are great all year in a lot of conditions. I might say they're especially good right now. |
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Location: Alex or Alek? | 2 fish in the bag and another follow on sunday morning in the cities. all fish on double 8 blades. Blades are great from opener to freeze up. |
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| My $0.02. Yes, blades will catch fish from opener to freeze up. Pretty much all baits styles do, under the right circumstances. But in general, bucktails are a better tool for quickly and efficiently covering shallower structure. It's true that on any given day, no matter what time of year, muskies can still be relating to shallow structure. But generally, as water temps drop, fish tend to relate more to steeper dropping structures and will generally hang out in deeper water. A quick-moving bucktail zipping well overhead probably isn't the best choice in those circumstances, unless the fish are extraordinarily active, (which certainly does happen from time-to-time). Deeper presentations (cranks, rubber) and baits that can "hang" in the strikezone (jerks, gliders) are better tools when the fish aren't up shallow.
I don't think there is any magic temperature range/gauge to follow, and also, the answer to your question can depend heavily upon the lake you're fishing. A shallow lake with extensive weed flats and without any pronounced steep breakline is more likely to have fish relating to shallower structure year-round, such as the weededge. A bucktail is a better choice later in the season on such a lake, as compared to, say, a deep and steep-dropping lake with lots of rocky structure (where it is less likely that fish will be up shallow later in the season--with certain exceptions, such as fall-spawning pelagic baitfish).
A spinnerbait is different because it can be effectively fished vertically, as well as horizontally, and can get down into the strike zone when necessary. A spinnerbait is the ultimate crescent wrench. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | like Matt said not the best tool for fish relating to the depths.... if fish are shallow tho, say in 10 feet or less...they definitely work...if it moves it's food... |
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Location: Southern Ontario | Thanks Matt DeVos. I will try to apply this knowledge to my local lakes. |
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| we have been doing great the last couple weeks slow rolling double 8 blades with gold tinsel tail ---- jimjimjim |
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Location: Brampton Ontario Canada | Like stated before blades all year. Fast and smaller early in year big and slow later in year works for me. |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Granted it's not a bucktail, but I find the fall is a great time to throw a heli-dawgs and heli-medusas. |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Another vote for blades and spinnerbaits year round. They just work! Can't argue with success. |
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Location: Ashland WI | dami0101 - 10/19/2015 8:09 AM
Granted it's not a bucktail, but I find the fall is a great time to throw a heli-dawgs and heli-medusas.
If you like these, try the Bondy Royal Orba. |
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| The royal orba and hot orba are great tools for the fall. For one you can fish them deep if you want. Another thing I love about them is they cast awesome into the wind. If I want to cast blades and get them deep, or cast into a stiff breeze, a vomit shad hot orba is what I go to. You can fast crank it, rip it, slow roll it, and it works on the drop too. Doesn't get much better than that for a fall bait. |
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| What many of you are missing is that bucktails are not just a shallow water lure. Grab an extra heavy spanky bait, cowgirl or supermodel and get to work on any of your breaklines. Cast ahead of the boat, reel slow, you might be surprised. |
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