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| This one is to everyone who has an answer. Yesterday on the river fishing a hump,I had a beast follow in a spinnerbait. It kept following the figure 8 and left. I then changed lures and put on a small (7inch) crank bait. I reeled it in quick and there she was again. Figure 8 and gone. This happened three times. One time I saw the fish trying to chomp the bait but still not luck....
any suggestions on what the best throw back bait to a follow is and what did I do wrong. | |
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| MuskyJ,
If the fish sat there and looked at the figure "8" or chased it and could not catch the bait,you may have been making your figure "8" to fast and to small.If the fish is Big try just a big deep slow circle,instead of the figure "8",easier for the Big One's to keep any eye on and catch up to your crankbait.I would also have tossed a Creeper back and worked it ever so slow,second choice would have been a Big Daddy,with the tail fin bent straight,up and down Jerkbait action,good hang time with a great three feet backup into their face for a chomp. Capt. Larry | |
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| CApt LArry,
Thanks for the tip. I usually troll but this season I have casted alot more. I will have to work on my "8" skills. Thanks for the tip.
How are things on your end? | |
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| I second the figure eight. If the fish missed the bait, it's probably your fault, cuz it was trying to bite. Also, my fav. pitchback has become the bulldawg. | |
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| I totally agree with the "leave and come back" theory. The hard work has been done - you find a good fish. There is nothing you did wrong. This is just the way that it goes sometimes. One of the reasons that musky fisherman are so reluctant to give up there spots is because once you find a spot that is holding fish - that same fish or others will be working it. When that happens, there are a couple of things to keep in mind.
Was it aggressive? If it wasn't aggressive, I would not sit there and pound the water to a froth. Leave the area. Come back in an hour and see if it will show again. If not, come back during the next light transition phase (sunset, moonrise, sunrise, moonset) and work it with something different. My favorite would be a slow moving topwater like a Hawg Wobbler. You may want to use a Topraider and then have the Hawg Wobbler standby as a cast back bait if you find the fish are moving.
If the fish was aggressive, I would back off the spot. Start about 50 yards away and work your way towards it with the same presentation. If it is aggressive, you can generally get them to go on the second pass. The big reason I do this is because there may be more than one fish working the area at the same time and you could score a bonus fish while working your way to the spot on the spot.
The worst thing you could do is camp on the spot. Keep working it back and forth if you don't want to move very far but don't just sit in one small section.
Another good resource to get would be a Casio Fisherman's Watch. I live and breath by it when I am on the water. You program in your latitude and longitude and the watch adjusts itself to your specific location. It then tracks the peak fishing times throughout the day. Make sure you come back to that spot during a peak time. It is one of the best $40 investments I have ever made (Bass Pro Shops).
Best of Luck!
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| If there is a current you have another option.
Try a natural flavored crane bait drifted down to her on a long cast and then twitched on the surface. | |
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| Try This
I learn something new everyday.
After watching a Joe Bucher show before I left for Wisconsin this year, I learned a valuable throw back techinque. When throwuing a prop type topwater and a fish misses it go back with a side to side topwater, of course Joe said TopDancer (but I don't have any Hint Hint Tom!!!!)so I used a Jackpot, to my surprise the first time I tried it bingo landed a 38 on Rest Lake. Since that fish I have threw back at 4 prop bait misses with the Jackpot caught 2 of them.
I'm a believer Joe.
If throwing back at a bucktail or spinnerbait follow I will throw topwater if see seemed hot and glide bait if a lazy follow.
Jerkbait follows, I ussually go with a bucktail.
Tony Grant kymuskie.com
MuskieFirst Southern Field Editor
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