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Location: Plymouth, MN | Say you are raising multiple fish at the weed line in 15 FOW, so you have a pretty good idea that this is the depth muskies are located. What are people's thoughts on casting parallel to this area to cover more ground rather than perpendicular and potentially "wasting" part of your cast in an area not holding fish?
I've done this occasionally but haven't seen any extra benefit from switching angles yet. |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | I've had the best success casting parallel to the weedline when you need to get your lure deeper than the tops of the weeds.... meaning you are working the base of the weedline/breakline. |
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| I think it's a good idea, especially for that approx. depth.
A couple weeks ago I was working an area with my boat in 20', casting up to about 5', where I assumed there to be fish in about 10', based on what I had seen earlier in the day. I didn't move a fish on that particular spot, but really felt like there should be one there. So I moved my boat in to 10' and made some casts parallel to the weed line and had a fish come on to me about mid-retrieve. I actually got to see the fish pick up on the bait from where she lurked. I probably casted on each side of that fish while working perpendicular to the weeds. Unfortunately, I ran out of water in the figure-8 as the wind blew my boat into the weeds.
That's only one example, but I do think it's a good approach. |
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Location: 31 | I think it's best to parallel, especially for deep weed fishing. I take the best angle and pretty much stay right on top of whatever it was I want to fish as a rule when I'm fishing alone. I would also use this same method when the guy in the back could run the boat… basically hog the edge/spot and let him fend for himself. Sounds like a crappy thing to do - right? Not so much, the system was when the guy in the front caught a muskie positions were switched. I just always thought that was the most efficient way to run the boat, and no surprise, the guy in the back would still catch fish. |
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | I have found that the Muskies often hang out on the deep weed edge, but that is not always where they are feeding. When by myself and working a deep edge, I slow the boat down and then alternate casts to send one up shallow, one parallel to the edge and then one out into open water. Sometimes the edge is best and sometimes it isn't. It just seems to depend on what the fish are doing at the moment.
Just my thoughts. |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | If the deer stand is on the deer trail, move the deer stand.....try putting boat in deeper water (right Eric?)
Edited by Cowboyhannah 7/29/2013 7:41 PM
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| Ive picked up a ton of fish casting parallel on the heavy pressured waters of the metro. I would say keep the lure in the strike zone as long as possible. Once you pattern what depth they are at, parallel cast that depth especially if fishing alone. Which is one reason I fish solo almost all the time. Of course CHECK above the weeds and deeper water occasionally. Once you have the fish patterned to a certain depth why waste the majority of your time. Look at trolling! The lure is rarely ran perpendicular to the structure you are fishing. Two guys in the boat then you need to pull out to deeper water a little and allow for both to angle cast ahead of the boat. Picking a piece of structure apart then hit it at all angles and fish it slower. |
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Parallel Casting