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| During your day on the water,you had a big fish follow up to the boat near your favorite weedbed. You pull out with the idea that you will fish the area near last light. When you return,two other boats are already working your drift in front of you. You have sharp ears and you can quickly determine clanking of the blades of the tens those other guys are throwing. Now what do you do? Your determined to fish that area,so what would you start throwing and why? |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | LOL- On the lakes I fish, nobody is working "my spots" - so I don't get the question! Are you waiting patiently for them to move on? If you can hear a double tens, you are already invading their space or you obviously have bat ears like my wife!
Have fun with that! If its prime time and one of my big fish spots - I just might wack you up side of the head with whatever I'm throwing!
Have fun!
Al
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Location: oswego, il | If you pulled up on them, let the spot be. Its nobodies spot. Fish it another time. |
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| I know EXACTLY what you mean. Happens to me quite often. Given the specific scenario you spelled out, I would keep my distance from the other boat (hundred yards or more) and stay behind them on the same drift, heading for the exact spot you saw the big girl earlier, and throw top water. I'd throw a walk the dog type bait.
Your mindset should be: They don't know that you saw a big fish and they don't know where it is. There's a good chance they won't cast right over her. They won't work the spot as well as you are going to. |
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| Bcram555,I agree with your idea!! Go to the surface bait.I would also go big profile like a super top raider or a magnum hawg wobbler.
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| They are either fishing there because they saw you raise the fish earlier, they happened by and raised the fish on their own, or they just plain decided to fish there for no reason at all. You can pretty much tell by the conversation in the boat and by watching if they've actually seen anything there or not. If they're working a fish? She's done for the day. Move on. If they're just fishing their way through and haven't seen anything there, give it 15 minutes and go through with something slow and erratic. If you can hear the double 10's clanking, you're probably wasting your time throwing that same lure. If the fish was going to eat, they'd have caught it. You know where she lives. Wait until sunset, hit it at sunrise, wait for a change in wind or clouds, wait until something changes. |
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Location: oconomowoc, wi | Pewaukee lake? Bone right in between em!! Knowbody will bat an eye.. |
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Location: South Central Wisconsin | All depends. If the wind died down during the afternoon, she could very well be there but, she could have moved deeper. I'd still fish the spot after the other boats passed but, I'd start 40-50 yards out deeper and work my way in slowly. She could be laying where the other boats went right over top of her and she never saw a bait. Either way, if they didn't catch her, I'd fish for her. |
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| Sounds like the everyday routine, on the Big V. Get in line, on every spot.
If you see a big fish, you better hope she eats right then, because she will get pounded on at least two or three times, an hour.
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Location: central Wisconsin | I would drive right by like I had absolutely no interest in the spot. Come back later. |
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Location: Walker, MN | Yup, move on. What else can you do?
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Location: The desert | Pulling out is no fun. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | I've gone back on big fish at sunset hoping too get it to eat, but she never shows. Sometimes prime time for that fish is in the middle of the night, so if you can go back on her then, you might still have a shot. |
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Location: Aurora | Here's a little number I've been throwing around -
If you know exactly where the biggie spot is in relation to where they're at, time it so you're able to mosey up all friendly like & ask them how they're doin/if they've had any action, etc right when their boat is on the spot.
Once they pass, I'd hurl my rusty but trusty nimmer swimmer cuz pigs dig it.
Use it wisely my friend..
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| I guess I`m different as I never return to following fish unless they were super hot and we just blew it. Somewhere out there is a fish that wants to bite now. That's how I look at it. I will get the followers another day. Can you get the followers to bite later in the day? Sometimes but like Doug Johnson says it`s a low % game. |
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Location: Elgin, IL | A big black hawg wobbler.
And crank up some:
1. AC/DC
2. Barry Manilow
3. Anything by Kid Rock.
And sing along....loudly. That should do it.
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Sidejack - 2/8/2014 8:22 PM
Here's a little number I've been throwing around -
If you know exactly where the biggie spot is in relation to where they're at, time it so you're able to mosey up all friendly like & ask them how they're doin/if they've had any action, etc right when their boat is on the spot.
Once they pass, I'd hurl my rusty but trusty nimmer swimmer cuz pigs dig it.
Use it wisely my friend..
I would bet most guys would see right through this...
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Location: WI | If there's one thing I've learned from tourney fishing, it doesn't matter how many people fish a spot it take a the right cast at the right time with the right action. Give them space then slowly an thoroughly pick it apart at a moon phase. I have popped fish in tourneys surrounded by people every year.
And if they are throwing blades I will not. I probably don't throw blades half as much as other guys so as to give fish something different.
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| ^^^yup I'm usually real short with "friendly" strangers on the water. Usually just a "nope haven't seen any"or we've even kept our backs to em and ignore that they exist. If I'm not at the boat launch and I really don't know you your wasting my precious fishing time and invading my space.We did stick a pig this year and lose it to come back an hour later and watch someone else we know snapping pics of a beauty 53.5"er.That hurt. I always keep my baits hidden too,when ppl come near us.And always keep casting, I have nailed fish in front of an audience. |
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| Brozz88 - 2/9/2014 9:41 AM
^^^yup I'm usually real short with "friendly" strangers on the water. Usually just a "nope haven't seen any"or we've even kept our backs to em and ignore that they exist. If I'm not at the boat launch and I really don't know you your wasting my precious fishing time and invading my space.We did stick a pig this year and lose it to come back an hour later and watch someone else we know snapping pics of a beauty 53.5"er.That hurt. I always keep my baits hidden too,when ppl come near us.And always keep casting, I have nailed fish in front of an audience.
Cool story bro! |
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Here's an interesting scenario....