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| On your favorite body of water, when you say you fish DEEP, just how deep do you actually fish. On my river, although 25ft is common deep water and 40 can be found, I can only find catfish, stergon, and some panfish below 15ft. So 15ft is deep water to me and this is along the channel edge, not like it bottoms out at 15ft. | |
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| I believe your question is how deep the lure is and how deep should I fish, rather than how deep the water is, so I will give you my opinion and will also get off track a little:
When I was serious into Bass fishing (since the early 70s), 15 feet was considered deep. I can remember (and still see) guys throwing white spinnerbaits up on the banks in 90 degree weather. I think that most of the TYPICAL anglers I see fishing for Bass have this shallow water thing. Of course, most of these guys end up with the typical "yearling fish." They try to pattern themselves after the pros they see on TV fishing for numbers, rather than quality.
Interesting...now that I got into Tiger fishing (not many naturals here in Maryland)I find that the TYPICAL Musky guys (including myself) quite often fish too deep rather than too shallow. Most of my fish seem to be caught somewhere around 15 feet of water (generally speaking).
It didn't take me long to realize that if the "fish ain't there" and in deeper or shallower water" - "you ain't gonna catch them." As book Perry sez' - the fish are either deep, shallow or somewhere in between," and that "deep water is the home of the (big) fish."
I've taken Bass and Muskies (while fishing for Bass) in water as deep as forty feet deep and right up on the banks. Generally speaking, I fish between 15 - 20 deep with crankbaits and plastics. I consider that deep.
No expert here, but it appears to me that the same tactics catch Bass and Muskies. The difference seems to be in the tackle that we use. I've read the opinions that Muskies eyes are on top of their heads and will not go down for a bait. This may be true. However, they do hug the bottom in very deep water (40'+)and suspend at 15-20' deep over very deep water (60'+ in my lake) in the dog days of summer.
This brings up the fact that you have to change tactics to get to them when they are very deep. However, should we doing that considering of the ill effects (much harder to CPR successfully) it may have on the fish?
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