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| They dont make much sound and they dont look the main forage of most lakes.
What could they be thinking?
This one should draw Worrall in for sure.!!!!
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| I could tell you why but then I would have to shoot you. I willgive you a hint however. Check with your local, or the best known taxidermist in your area. Ask him about stomach contents, this couldbea clue.
Let Em Go...Let Em Grow......Mike |
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| That drew Worrall, alright!
Jigs are one of many lures that are called 'jump lures'. Spoons and similar lures fall into the same group.
The Creature falls throughout the total water column in most cases, and is a great 'impulse', or strike response system. Matching color to conditions can be critical, as vision is generally accepted to be the primary/final sense used to take a creature.
If properly used, a jig will 'hop' as much as 4 to 6 feet vertically and travel up to 6 feet forward with each burst with the reel. Current science accepts that the burst of visual stimuli through the muskie's strereoscopic vision field causes a strike response, so one needs not be fishing for 'feeding' fish.
As you are well aware, Jason Smith, Sir, I do not believe the muskie is 'thinking' anything. Too stupid. No cerebral lobes, no ability to reason, etc.
The muskie hits it out of a response to a strong stimulous.
Also, jigs make a fair amount of noise and vibration. I was able to actually record the sounds a jig makes. Although certainly not as noisy as a bucktail, one could actually hear the sounds recorded on the tape I did clearly. Obviously, more noise than a Perch sliding along through the water.
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| They eat jigs because they are hungry!
Doug Johnson |
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| One may always count on Doug to keep things in clear perspective.
Outstanding response, Doug![:bigsmile:] [;)] |
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| Doug,
If muskies eat jigs because they are hungry, why do they eat bucktails? I thought they would have been full from all the jigs they are eating.
Dan[;)] |
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| I love Jigs for 1 reseaon. They stay in the STRIKE ZONE. A muskie will strike at anything that moves in its strike zone (if the right buttons are pushed at the right time).
But they are soooooooo boring. Yawn. That is, until you cross the eyes of a 30 pounder.
MUSKY ILLINI
"If I say its safe to surf this beach, its safe to search this beach!"
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| I agree with Worrall. Jigs have the same "triggering" aspect as does a good jerk bait! Sorry Professor Johnson.
Muskie regards,
Larry Ramsell |
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| Sorry......finger fart [:0] [;)] |
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| There is something about the slow, undalating movement of a jig that can trigger virtually any kind of fish. In my fishing experience, if you could only pick one lure and be put down anywhere on the planet to fish, you'd have to pick a jig.
I've caught so many different species on them....from panfish to halibut over 100 lbs.. While fishing in Baja several years ago one of the guys down there was dragging a big, pink "scampi" twintail through a school of tuna and a 150 lbs striped marlin ran in and inhaled it. Scientifically I'm not sure why they are so deadly for so many fish, probably cause they get right in the fishes face and don't move off rapidly, but anecdotally they are great universally difficult to beat.
Which brings up an interesting question...with the exception of certain types of bass fishing and offshore fishing in California I rarely use jigs. Go figure. I think it's our nature as fisherman to find something that moves more quickly, or we can see, that prevents us from using something as mundane as a jig....except of course, for Steve who has evidently wised up.
Jigs Away,
BrianW[:p] [:bigsmile:] |
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| If you think about it. Still or slow moving jigs probably represents a bait fish right before a muskie stikes better than any crank or glider. The baitfish is normally still, sitting there minding its own business, then BANG its gone.
MUSKY ILLINI
"And just like that "PUFF" he's gone" |
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| ...... but how often do you see baitfish ON THE BOTTOM? Suckers perhaps? |
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| Are you saying that baitfish dont relate to the bottom? All fish relate to the bottom at one time or another. I am not sure of your point please expand on you last post jlong.
MUSKY ILLINI
"Whats up BIG PERRRRM........ I mean BIG WORM!" |
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| Most of the presentation in Creature fishing has the lure ripping near vertically, and then sinking. The muskies always take the jig on the fall, never off the bottom. If one is working the jig properly, it is not on the bottom longer than a split second.[:bigsmile:] |
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| Hey jlong, you're forgetting about all that other Muskie dietary smorgasboard stuff- bullheads, salamanders, crayfish, frogs , muskrats, etc. Plus many other fishy type creatures that hang out at or near bottom structure. Plus a jig can be presented all the way from the top to the bottom of the water column. I think many folks are overly focused on baits that simulate a minnow. Don't get me wrong minnow type baits work very well. How about a creeper-How many bait fish have those movements. So what does it simulate?
I have another ancedotal incident: Early spring ~ 11:00PM- flat calm- fishing large mouth bass from shore on a cranberry marsh resevoir w/classic popper type lure-catching a few small fish. Observed many bat's flying over surface of water in the moon light chasing insects. One bat comes in to low & hit's the surface, struggling flapping wings,soft plop, plop, and huge sucking sound as a very large bass inhales the bat ~ 10' in front of me. I switch to gray & white Heddon Crazy Crawler, and over next 1 1/2 hours I catch over 20 large mouth bass w/ many fish in excess of 5 lbs. Biggest was probably pushing 10 lbs. Do you have a favorite largemouth bass lake/resevoir that's relatively free of surface clutter especially in early spring. Try it, it works. Even within 3' of shore, which by the way is my favorite crazy crawler presentation, i.e., cast parallel to bank and twitch it back with short soft pull & 3-5 second pause-> plop, plop, plop-> pause -->plop plop,plop! Hang on- because you're probably going to find out that there are much bigger fish in there than you expected. They usually hammer it on the pause.
Buddy caught a 42" Muskie one spring night will fishing same pattern, i.e., on a crazy crawler. That was a bit of excitement w/ no leader & pitch dark (no moon) + w/o net from shore. Really happened and that's truth! Unfortunately way back then (20 years ago) I wasn't fishing Muskies then and he kept the fish and ate it!!!
Guess what I'm doing on warm spring evenings? - some nights I'll fish for large mouth until daylight starts to color the sky.
Al Warner
www.icantplayfindmyfoot.com |
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