hey guys. Got a question on creepers. When is the best time to throw them? Anyone got any good tips when using them? I have been throwing them on flat calm nights and all i ever got was nice lg mouth bass on them.
Posted 12/19/2008 6:15 PM (#350567 - in reply to #350554) Subject: RE: creeper question
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A few years back, my brother & I were out with Dave Dorazio on a lake near the Chip. It was early September and the air temps were still in the mid-80s. We fished from about 5 - 10 PM. We threw a Top Raider and Bootail until dusk. At this point we threw the Top Raider and the Creeper. It was a warm flat calm night. I had a musky hit the Creeper 3 times on the same retrive. First swipe ~ 20' from boat. Second swipe ~ 10'. Then I brought it in to an "L" and walked it around the nose of the boat where the musky blew it straight up in to the air. It was unreal, but I new felt any weight at all. Since it was dark, I never really saw anything either.
The only time I've ever thrown one is when it is flat calm and overcast or low light.
Posted 12/20/2008 9:40 AM (#350639 - in reply to #350554) Subject: Re: creeper question
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Location: Madison WI
I got 2 fish on creepers this year, one was a 41 inch muskie at about 7 am just after sunrise off a shallow point. The other fish that I caught was a 5 inch bass, no joke. That was caught on a calm night about 3 days before the full moon cycle. In the past I have caught a lot of fish on the creeper at night on calm days in stump fields.
Posted 12/20/2008 11:00 AM (#350648 - in reply to #350639) Subject: Re: creeper question
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Location: Yahara River Chain
muskyhunter24 - 12/20/2008 9:40 AM
The other fish that I caught was a 5 inch bass, no joke. That was caught on a calm night about 3 days before the full moon cycle.
Are you sure about the moon phase and time of day??? I want to get in on some of that bass action and need to be clued in to get those results. Please double check that for me. he he
Posted 12/20/2008 2:39 PM (#350671 - in reply to #350648) Subject: Re: creeper question
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Location: Madison WI
muskie! nut - 12/20/2008 11:00 AM
muskyhunter24 - 12/20/2008 9:40 AM
The other fish that I caught was a 5 inch bass, no joke. That was caught on a calm night about 3 days before the full moon cycle.
Are you sure about the moon phase and time of day??? I want to get in on some of that bass action and need to be clued in to get those results. Please double check that for me. he he :)
I am positive about when that bass was caught because it was 3 days before I caught my last fish of the season on wingra which was on 06-18-08 which was the full moon. If you want to catch small bass just go hit up wingra they are all over the f***ing place. If only we could use 8-10 inch bass for bait I would have caught tons more skis out of wingra.
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