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Location: Ashland WI | 169sportsman - 10/31/2016 5:38 PM
If we could use two lines in mn I would soak a sucker. Until than mostly casting for me. Get too bored watching a bobber.
Don't watch a bobber. Put the sucker right under your transducer. Move slow and lift it up and down over weeds as needed. Kinda like watching the vexilar. |
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| happy hooker - 10/31/2016 2:17 PM
Personally I don't fish suckers but I do believe that below 50 degrees water temp they do "trigger" bites better. But you definitely cover more water casting and trolling in a fall smaller window season.
It would be interesting to have a late fall tournament where live bait and lures are allowed on a premiere lake.
Wouldn't be the least bit interesting! Livebait would completely dominate the leaderboard. The one chance I would give casters of trollers would be on a cisco based lake with very few weeds (parts of Vermilion or Mille Lacs). Tonka, Pelican, Detroit, West Battle, Miltona would all be dominated by those fishing live bait. |
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| 14ledo81 - 10/31/2016 5:46 PM
169sportsman - 10/31/2016 5:38 PM
If we could use two lines in mn I would soak a sucker. Until than mostly casting for me. Get too bored watching a bobber.
Don't watch a bobber. Put the sucker right under your transducer. Move slow and lift it up and down over weeds as needed. Kinda like watching the vexilar.
I honestly have thought about doing that. For a short break anyways lol. |
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| we slo troll 10 inch chewies. right till ice up. big fish at 2.8mph.
Edited by woodieb8 11/2/2016 5:34 PM
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| 47" and 45" ..4 hrs on the water....got to love November topwater 
Edited by IAJustin 11/4/2016 10:35 AM
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Location: St. Lawrence River | IAJustin - 11/4/2016 11:33 AM
47" and 45" ..4 hrs on the water....got to love November topwater :)
really though? |
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Location: Contrarian Island | yah water temps in Iowa are probably low 60s right now!  |
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| mid 50's.. get them down to 43-44 with "right" conditions.
Edited by IAJustin 11/4/2016 11:37 AM
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Location: Contrarian Island | huh, heard madison was upper 50s figured it would be warmer there. |
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Location: Ashland WI | Wow! I had 52-53 on a clear water lake in Northern WI yesterday. |
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | Couple week ago in N WI I had 49 degree water and caught 2 on topwater and 2 other follows. Stained flowage BTW |
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Location: Walker, MN | We are still catching nice fish on bucktails, 46-51 degree water fwiw. |
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Location: Forest Lake, Mn. | In past years I've caught muskies in late Nov and early Dec, before they started closing the season on Dec 1, trolling crankbaits at 2 to 5 mph in temps from the upper 40s to the mid 30s right before ice up. You don't have to use suckers in cold water. |
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Location: SE, WI. | ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ What he said! JD |
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