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| So in early season at what temp does water need to get to b4 blade baits will be effective? Bucktail and spinner baits mainly even to slow roll them |
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| I rarely throw blades in the spring until water reaches 60 degrees, I just have more confidence in other presentations. In the fall I'll slow roll blades with water temps in the 40's and fish chew them.. no hard rules with muskies, can you catch a muskie on blades at ice-out? Sure why not?
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| 33 and soft. |
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| Fishysam - 3/11/2017 7:26 AM
33 and soft.
soft?? mind expanding? thanks |
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Location: Madison, WI | Soft water - meaning not frozen |
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| As always, you don't want to look at what is "possible" as much as you want to look at what is "likely." If a hundred guys on the water opening day are tossing big blades and 3 get a fish, you can certainly, and correctly, point out that three fish were caught on big blades. And, if five other guys were tossing some sort of smallish twitch bait and got two fish, you could correctly point out that the blades out-fished the twitch baits by a 50% margin. And, you are also perfectly within your rights not to validate that 40% of the twitch bait users got fish compared to only 3% of the blade tossers. That's because we have a right to believe anything we want to, seeing only our particular way of interpreting the data to suit our preconceived notions. For me, I'd just tell the guy to put the big blades away until the water gets warm, and then put them away again when the water gets cold. It's not a fool-proof assertion, just decent advice! |
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| My number one bait on opening day in Wisconsin is a bucktail
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Location: Scandia MN | Junkman - 3/11/2017 9:51 AM
As always, you don't want to look at what is "possible" as much as you want to look at what is "likely." If a hundred guys on the water opening day are tossing big blades and 3 get a fish, you can certainly, and correctly, point out that three fish were caught on big blades. And, if five other guys were tossing some sort of smallish twitch bait and got two fish, you could correctly point out that the blades out-fished the twitch baits by a 50% margin. And, you are also perfectly within your rights not to validate that 40% of the twitch bait users got fish compared to only 3% of the blade tossers. That's because we have a right to believe anything we want to, seeing only our particular way of interpreting the data to suit our preconceived notions. For me, I'd just tell the guy to put the big blades away until the water gets warm, and then put them away again when the water gets cold. It's not a fool-proof assertion, just decent advice!
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Location: North Central IL USA | esoxriebe - 3/11/2017 10:16 AM
My number one bait on opening day in Wisconsin is a bucktail
What's the water temperature typically at that time? |
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| It appears you can slow roll a revolution slower than any other bucktail. |
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| 50-60 degrees we catch them burning small bucktails sometimes even when they are still spawning. Not just a few either every guy in the boat throws a bucktail. Where ever there is a closed season for Muskie bucktails work from the first day till the last day |
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| when is opening day in wiscon |
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| 12:00 am Saturday on Memorial Day weekend |
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Location: Detroit River | On Michigan inland lakes I'll be using them on April 29th & on LSC, DR & SCR I'll be using them on June 3rd. |
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Water temp for blades