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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Over the past week I've had four fish miss on topwater baits. Two were on a topraider and two were on a giant jackpot. All were at night when lure visibility was challenging.
What can I do to increase the odds of a hookup ?
Thanks in advance for the advice ! |
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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | Drop the walk the dog bait and slow down the topraider and/or use bigger topwaters. Even by doing that you're going to have some issues as muskies have the worst aim of any predator in the animal kingdom. Stupid fish... |
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| Me personally, I wouldn't be using a jackpot or any walk the dog at night....Stick to a straight retrieve and larger profile.... |
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | what esox1750 said
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| For walk the dog baits, I wait until I feel the fish, then wait a couple more seconds before setting the hook. Then there are times where the fish will have it and you wont feel a thing, so your sight comes into play. So, like the guys stated above, walk the dog topwaters are not your best bet at night. Visibility is low for both you and the fish. Slowly, straight retrieving topwaters are easier for the fish to find and easier for you to feel a fish hit since you always have tight tension on the line. I'm sure guys have done well using walk the dog topwaters at night, but I usually switch when the sun goes down due to better confidence in other lures.
Goodluck! |
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| on Vermilion a couple weeks ago we had 7 misses in one hour at night on a giant creeper and a slow-moving pacemaker.
sometimes they try and miss, but i think sometimes they aren't really trying and are just blowing it up without eating.
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| In the last week I have had 20 + blow ups and no fish in the boat. Most were on topraiders and pacemakers. Went out with one of my buddys last night he boated 2 on weagles in the pitch black. I think top waters are more for show then boating fish  |
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| muskysucker1 thats because most of those fish you are catching from the chain are still too small to fit a normal topwater in its mouth |
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| A lot of the fish being caught this year are from recent stockings, but there are some big fish in the Chain... |
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Location: Minnetonka | Also, during low light levels or in murkier water, black baits have a darker profile and, therefore, are a more visible target.
Topwaters are the ultimate heartbreakers. |
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| They don't miss that much. Pressured fish, smart enough not to hit, but to dumb not to get excited by the bait. |
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