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Location: Elroy, Wisconsin | I spent a total of 5 weeks on LOTW this past summer. Started in June on opener and finished the first week of October. As usual wind made a huge difference on rocks where most of my 27 fish boated over forty inches. My daughter joined me for a week in early Aug. She picked out of hundreds of lures on hand a Mepps Giant Killer dressed with a white bucktail. Her first evening out she caught three muskies,42, 43, 45" That was an eye opener. Then a long time resident on the lake mentioned the huge shiner population that was abnormally shallow due to high water. That explained a lot. My best fish of the year came on the white Mepps, 49 1/2".
This was my first year fishing LOTW, so I have a lot to learn,
Here is the breakdown:
June 7 total, biggest 47" bucktails 4, grandmas, two, creeper 1
July 11 total, biggest 48" Bucktails 6, grandmas 2, topwater 3
Aug. 17 total, biggest 49 Bucktails 12, grandmas3, topwater2
Sept. 12 total, biggest 49 bucktails 4, grandmas 8
Oct. 6 total, biggest 46 Grandmas 6 Mudpuppy |
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Location: MN | Perhaps I'm missing the connection. You give the breakdown of 53 fish and which lure style caught them, but you only mention 4 fish caught on a white bucktail. Is that the extent of your evidence that color made the difference in your fishing this year? |
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Location: Watersmeet, Michigan | Wondering about that myself Propster. Can you clarify this Mudpuppy?
Fr. K
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Location: Elroy, Wisconsin | Sorry for the confusion gentlemen. Total of 17 caught on White Mepps Giant killer, biggest was 49. I did not measure any fish I thought were under 40". The interesting point I was trying to make is that a White Mepps Giant Killer was a lure I had never used. In fact I hadn't thrown Mepps lure in years. In my case the old tried and true lures were very effective last year.
I just thought this was very interesting and I wanted to share it with you.
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Location: Otsego, MN | I might be out of line and putting words in Mudpuppy's mouth but when I read his post I took it as 53 total fish caught in the boat, 27 by him...
Either way thanks for sharing your observations and success! |
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Location: Contrarian Island | what % of the time was the mepps in the water?  |
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Location: Watersmeet, Michigan | Interesting. It seems the past two seasons smaller lures have been particularly effective through much of the season. Something to do with lower water temperatures?
Fr. K |
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LOTW 2014 Recap Color made a difference