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Location: Waukee, IA | I am heading to a relatively recently filled reservoir this weekend and need some ideas for what lures to throw. The lake is riddled with mature oak trees that are firmly rooted in the bottom still and there is little chance of avoiding them. What could I throw other than topwaters and spinner baits? Water temps should be around the mid fifties, fairly clear (unless it's turning over) and deeeeep. I would love to toss dawgs and squirkos, but can't stomach losing a dozen lures. Any ideas? |
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Location: SE, WI. | Jig and Creature, might need a weed guard for sure! JD |
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Location: Sycamore, IL | A believer goes through the timber remarkably well. |
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Location: Waukee, IA | I actually fished a believer there last year with great results (snag wise.) Jig and creature completely slipped my mind, I may have just the ticket. I also thought about making up some weedless single hooks and making a harness of sorts for a bulldawg and taking the stock trebles off. I'm just not sure if it would hook a fish effectively |
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Location: West Chester, OH | Party Crasher is very popular locally for just that scenario. Big lip & very buoyant. |
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| drop shot one of them huge 16 inch broom handle worms wacky style |
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| Bondy. |
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Location: 15 miles east of Lake Kinkaid | Jointed Depth Raiders, SS Shads, and Krushers also deflect very well, and draw a lot of strikes in timber.
Edited by MuskyMATT7 11/5/2015 9:36 PM
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Location: Minnesota. | Yeah, towards evening-time I'd have trouble not tossing a Hawg-Wobbler or a Creeper.....you know...!! Sorry I can't be of more help other than the obvious.
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| I love 10 inch hogy double wides. Rigged weedless you can throw them into pretty much any cover and they're heavy enough to get down deep. You mentioned topwater as an option. Do people do well with topwater this late in the season? |
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Location: oswego, il | I fish a similar lake. I don't fish it this time of year because it is too hard to fish deep. I prefer to fish it when I know the fish are shallow and high in the water column. I find other options this time of year. |
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| I fish a lake stacked with standing timber so I feel your pain. I have learned a few things that may help. I like crankbaits that rise on a pause, they tend to float out of trouble when you encounter a snag or if you miss your target on the cast and find too many trees between you and the lure. My biggest success has actually been with phantoms. I consciously shorten my length of casts and be very aware of the wind and speed in which the boat is drifting. It helps to think where your boat will be 20 seconds in the future because you need a lane between the trees back to the boat. I have fished this type of lake heavily this fall and when the water temps were around 55 degrees I have found fish stacked up on the shallower end of the lake in the channels that feed the lake. I'm not sure your lake is the same, but I'm assuming there is a feeder creek or two. If there are, don't be afraid to get up in the mouths of the channels. Just a week ago, we moved 5 or 6 fish in pretty skinny water and the channel wasn't any wider than 15 feet. Also note that we slowed down with the cadence when bringing the lure back. Every fish we have seen came off of the timber. |
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| Do a search for "never snag" hooks. Musky shop used to carry them. When put on a lure they can be fished in anything. I have put them on dawgs and are able to fish in lay downs and trees very well. They do not affect hook ability, but do affect the action of crank baits do the the mass and profile. |
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| Spinnerbait ! Colorado blades shallow. Willow deep. |
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| 1) You are vertical
2) You use your electronics
3) Fish will move 10-20 to feet to eat a bondy
4) Timber is one of the few places I like bondy's in IA
5) A dozen or so 45"+ Iowa fish are in the net with this technique the last few years (45" is a big Iowa muskie)
6) By being vertical you rarely snag, you can see the timber and bait on your electronics, but get a good lure retrieve until you get dialed in
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