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| Thanks Ross, the resale value of my Tuffy just went down... |
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| Junk man I saw that boat too,very cool. |
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| I don't believe color has anything to do with it. I have caught fish boatside in a figure 8 in a shiny alum boat as well as black bottom and white bottom boats. My biggest fish came while fishing in a runabout that was all white.
The only thing i don't do is wear bright colors when i fish in tournments. Not sure why, but i always try to blend in mainly because of movement. |
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| Junk man I saw that boat too,very cool. |
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Location: deephaven mn | I fish with a guy who thinks the stainless steel prop spooks fish.
too much flash! |
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| Just to throw a curve into this... Wouldn't a white bottom boat be the ideal color? The boat would look like a big white cloud in the sky? Right?
I wear a white shirt when I fish for the same reason. But, I don't know if it helps or hurts.
Brian
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| Boats??? I like the sparkly kind. Me thinks the fish do too. Keep casting. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | I find that Rangers tend to attract more fish to the boat |
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| Since you started, I think Rangers attract pretty ladies too.....those particular species of swimmers always seem to like what sparkles. Marty Forman |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | seems like a case closed win-win situation Marty  |
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| thanks everybody my boat is all white! |
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| Should I admit that I have changed the color of my shirt based on the sky conditions?
But I have never changed boat colors.....in the middle of the day. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I've seen the opposite. I run two all white rigs, and don't have any trouble with boatside follows and strikes at all. Last year my rig was black and red polyflake. This year it'll be blue and silver. I bet the muskies won't care much. |
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| I didn't read all the post, but I would change the color of your shirt to gray or light blue. I'm sure they eat bait fish next to the docks with boats hooked up.
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Location: WI | Unless you see the fish leave the area and keep going away from you, I'd keep on figure 8'ing. I've had them leave and come back 2 or 3 turns later and eat.
I fish out of an aluminum and blue boat btw. I don't think anything about the boat scares them away. Definately no sudden movements! 8-9 foot rods help with that. |
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| I forgot to mention one other thing, try and turn off the trolling motor or do the 8 from the back of the boat away from the electric motor unless your on eagle lake or LOW, then they just eat the electric motors. well not all the time. |
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Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | Fished out of a Ranger with a light blue bottom for 12 years, an Alumacraft with a gray bottom for 17 years and now a Tuffy with a white bottom for the last two. I've not seen anything that would convince me that the color had diddly to do with fish eating or being scared off. Fished out of bare aluminum boats too off and on and still no difference. All I know for sure is there are some lakes where the fish are just stupid easy to get on a figure 8 and others where they turn their fins vertical, come to a screeching halt and take off when they are 20 feet out. It has nothing to do with pressure, it's just the lake. On the really tough lakes if you get nasty dirty weather then they lose their caution but on a sunny day you are just practicing 8's for another occasion. |
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| dougj - 2/2/2010 8:30 PM
I like green boats, but it's much more important to keep your movements as still as possible. Doug Johnson
All that being said, I think it is even more important to fish LOW all summer.
And that boat you actually OWN, uhm..........what color is that exactly? |
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| JeffinPickering - 2/3/2010 10:10 AM
Now, that being said, I might consider putting a few perch and sunfish decals on the bottom of the boat. It would be funny to be casting away and then hear a thump on the bottom of the boat.
Startled partner: "What was that?"
Casual response: "Musky hitting the stickers on the bottom of the boat instead of our lures"
Unstoppable laughter ensues.
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| esoxaddict - 2/2/2010 11:55 PM
I scared off 90% of the fish that came to the boat for a few years. It was a combination of factors, actually. First was that I was never quite ready when one would follow -- they'd always catch me off guard. I'd look down and think "aw crap, there's one!" and immediately lean over, and do this abrupt figure 8. Sometimes I'd swear they left a cloud of poop in the water when they took off like a bat out of hell.
Think smooth transitions going onto the figure 8 -- you can startle a fish with jerky body movements, or you can keep them focused on the lure. It's not "reel, reel, reel, reel, CRAP, DO A FIGURE 8!!!" it's "reel, reel, reel, prepare for the figure 8, lead into the figure 8, execute the figure 8, watch the fish, make the fish react to the lure..."
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Wow...as a newbie to this addiction you just descibed most of my fish encounters I had last year to a T. I was getting better towards the end of the year, but I wouldn't exactly call it "calm".....there was always some jerky movements, I just was able to cut back on the instant F bomb that most fish triggered from me earlier in the year...haha. So my question - I know time on the water is the main key to being more comfortable, but how long has it taken some of you to overcome the "muskie fever" you get when you see a follow coming in or shooting up from under the boat? |
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Location: McGuire AFB, NJ | Last year I fished out of my speckled gold 1983 tuffy. It was UGLY!!! So ugly the fish knew it, and would never ever eat boatside So with no other options I had to buy a new boat.
This is what I told my ol' lady 
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| but wait! what about at night...since they can't see color a dark boat would be an advantage right??? lol
the color of the boat will scare fish away? hmmmm I think some people think too much! |
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| Shoot2Kill - 2/4/2010 1:04 PM
esoxaddict - 2/2/2010 11:55 PM
I scared off 90% of the fish that came to the boat for a few years. It was a combination of factors, actually. First was that I was never quite ready when one would follow -- they'd always catch me off guard. I'd look down and think "aw crap, there's one!" and immediately lean over, and do this abrupt figure 8. Sometimes I'd swear they left a cloud of poop in the water when they took off like a bat out of hell.
Think smooth transitions going onto the figure 8 -- you can startle a fish with jerky body movements, or you can keep them focused on the lure. It's not "reel, reel, reel, reel, CRAP, DO A FIGURE 8!!!" it's "reel, reel, reel, prepare for the figure 8, lead into the figure 8, execute the figure 8, watch the fish, make the fish react to the lure..."
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Wow...as a newbie to this addiction you just descibed most of my fish encounters I had last year to a T. I was getting better towards the end of the year, but I wouldn't exactly call it "calm".....there was always some jerky movements, I just was able to cut back on the instant F bomb that most fish triggered from me earlier in the year...haha. So my question - I know time on the water is the main key to being more comfortable, but how long has it taken some of you to overcome the "muskie fever" you get when you see a follow coming in or shooting up from under the boat?
Shooting straight up from under the boat you'll never get used to. Had a 51 do that to me this year that scared the crap out of me. Fortunately the first thing I saw was it engulfing the bait and I didn't have time to mess it up. As far as following fish, especially big ones, it took a few nice ones eating boatside to learn to settle down til they are in the net. You always get excited, it's how you deal with that excitement that can be the difference between a caught fish and heartache.
Being prepared for a follow on every single cast is the best way to ensure you won't make those jerky moves when you see a fish coming hot. That means rod tip under water when the lure is 20' from the boat and paying attention as the lure comes in. Don't just stare behind the lure, look off to the sides and below the lure too. Then it's all about smooth transitions and triggering the fish.
My boat is red with metal flake, fish don't care about that. Had more eat boatside this year than years past.
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