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| I was out today and missed 2 fish about 10 minutes apart and after that couldn't move any fish. Are cold front conditions like today similar to the fall in that the feeding windows are short? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Especially if the 'window' is a solunar minor, or barometric slight shift. Lots of negative factors can shorten what should be a feeding window to a very short period of activity, sometimes minutes. |
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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Phil,
Steve described it pretty well. My experience under these types of conditions is that the active feeding windows can be short in length and often they may only produce follows instead of strikes.
Just a suggestion but during these times think about a little slower presentation. These weather conditions are not the times you want to be burning a bucktail back to the boat.
Good luck |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | The other day I fished for nine hours, had a lot of follows and then bang....two fish within 20 minutes. Then only a couple of more follows. |
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| Mark...who you callin Phil? Funny thing is I threw slow gliders and slow twitchers and nothing. Put on a small bucktail which I hardly ever use then bam-totally against the rules probably. Thanks for the input. |
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| I've caught many muskies under cold front conditions on bucktails. Theres no rules when it comes to muskie fishing. Preconceived notions and storybook fables should not go on the water with you. |
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Location: Rice Lake,WI | ONCEBIT-
I could'nt agree more in fact during short feeding windows you
should cover as much productive water as possible so I totally disagree with the slow down theory, give me my hair! Stay where the fish are and work em'! Today was clockwork on my lake the window being 10:30am-11am
and 2 hot fish showed up off the same edge about 50 yds. from each other.
Once you figure out the window,this being a major piece of the puzzle,spend your time smartly in productive areas and you will find fish
you are also one step ahead of everyone else! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I believe the comment was that it may pay to slow down under restrictive forntal conditions that cause the windows of opportunity to shorten. There was no suggestion that a bucktail won't catch fish then, only that it may pay to slow the retrieve a bit and not burn it back to the boat. I agree there are no rules, but there are general guidelines to follow. One of those guidelines would be slowing down the overall approach and covering the water more carefully where you are certain the fish reside on cold front/high pressure-no wind-bright skies days. If that doesn't produce, then try something else! |
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| I just checked the moon charts and moonset was within 30 minutes of the activity I had the other day. I may focus more attention on being on known productive areas at that time in the future. But then again, I would hate to break the illusion that I hold which is I should be able to catch them at any time of the day. A few years experience will likely also tarnish that illusion. |
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