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Location: APPLETON, WI | ...anyone throw a Weagle or other WTD-type surface bait during mid-summer like this with high 70-degree surface water temps? An individual that I fished with this season from another forum indicated to me during an outing that he only throws "straight-retrieve and/or prop style" topwater baits during the peak summer months. He doesn't use WTD-style baits except during Spring / Fall...
Anyone else have this thought process...? Or is there any truth to this?
Or are they way off base...?
I believe this method of thinking was that the warmer water temps and higher metabolism of the 'skis mean they want something moving a bit faster and not so lazy / lethargic like that of a WTD-type bait.
Thoughts?
Edited by PSYS 7/21/2010 6:26 PM
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Location: Bloomer, Wi | from what my boat partner and i saw last weekend , its wayyyy off base, considering every musky we saw on top was on a homemade 10" walk the dog. |
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| I think maybe in general faster moving baits might be more effective during mid summer. But you have to remember that the fish don't read the book that we write. There are so many different variables and every fish will have a different mindset. The only way to find out on a given day is experiment and try different things.
Edited by 619musky 7/21/2010 6:47 PM
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Location: Racine, Wi | I typically don't throw them as much during the mid summer, unless I'm going back on a big fish that is set up on a shallower spot, or that I think I can get to commit to something on the surface. It's not that they won't eat them, but I'm targeting a different group of fish this time of year (deeper water and deeper structure), so it doesn't fit what I'm throwing at.
April, May, June, late August - November, they're getting wet all the time. |
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Location: central illinois | My experience with WTD topwaters specifically the Weagle has not been as good in the summer in Illinois. But early spring and early fall especially when water temps are 55-70 degrees these lures are one of my top choices! |
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Location: APPLETON, WI | OK... so aside from one scenario mentioned, there may be a little bit of truth to this. Or it's simply the fact that some of you choose not to use this style of bait during the mid-summer months. |
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Location: central illinois | PSYS-you have a PM. |
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| The only way muskies would hit our topwater in canada a few wks ago was if we worked our weagles super slow.. Temps were easily in the 70's, pro style caught nothing.. |
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Location: APPLETON, WI | Thanks for the reply... I'll keep that in mind. |
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| I havent had any wtd action this year like usual! the only thing I can get to even follow is going back over a fish that I had seen earlier! |
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Location: In a shack in the woods | I've been seeing a few fish on them. nothing is too excited about eating it though except for the little 35" that did a summersault over the bait last week. I think he was too excited and completely missed.lol |
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| wtd work during high temp
last week water was at 81 and a 51 have choose to hit a satisfer. |
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Warm Water - WTD Baits...?