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| Isn't the traditional thinking that the angler should put away his bucktails by mid-autumn? I ask this because there is a Big Fish photo posted today of a 51" ski taken on a bucktail on 11/13/10 during a snow storm. Wow. When this group had its fall outing at Vermillion I watched the videos on it and wondered why these guys were still throwing double tens. Why weren't they using jerks and big cranks? Aren't those the traditional baits of autumn? What do people think? That the bucktails can work, but jerks and cranks would work better? Puzzled. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Bucktails work fine every day of open season. The traditional thinking is the fish slow down in the fall, which is true of their metabolism, not ability to swim 36 MPH. |
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Location: MN | They will work from the begining of the season till ice-up. We were catching fish in my boat last year on Supermodels well into November. The presentation is different in the late fall versus how I normally fish bucktails in the summer. In the late fall typically I add weight and fish them much slower, similar concept to slow rolling a big spinnerbait.
Regarding if they work better, it's debatable. Depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Normally I view bucktails as good search baits that help me locate fish. If slow rolling, typically I wouldn't expect to get hit out on the cast but rather nail a fish in the figure-8; this is when I can trigger the strike. Honestly, I do use jerks, cranks and rubber more in the fall, but I definitely don't put the blades away.
Edited by Mak51 11/16/2010 9:18 AM
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Location: Kodiak, AK | I caught a fish on the blades in December last year when I'd been throwing plastic and cranks all day without a look, and put them on to end the day and third cast was a 47. I carry them all year long. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | 43 degree water 2 weekends ago most action we had was on a hawg wobbler style topwater.... always let the muskies tell you what they want....all baits can work any given minute of the day, every day of the season. never say never when it comes to muskies.
Edited by BNelson 11/16/2010 12:58 PM
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| Agreed-let the fish tell you what they want and don't tell them not to eat a bucktail in the fall. It never hurts to experiment when you are on the water. |
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Location: Canada | I had a big fish follow me up last Saturday on a JR Cowgirl and my partner boated it a few minutes later on regular dawg. Water temps were probably mid 40's.
Edited by CU301DSV 11/16/2010 5:57 PM
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Location: Brainerd, MN 56401 | That 51 was my fish. My friend Ryan and I discussed this as we fished that day. They work! BTW, I just dumped a high 40's fish tonight on the same Super Model, different lake. The 51 came on the end of the cast, and that high 40's I lost tonight ate on the 8.
Edited by jranderson 11/16/2010 7:50 PM
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| Bull Dozer's, Cow-a-dusa always work great in late fall. Don't see why slow rolling 13's or 10's wouldn't do the same. Great fish. |
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