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| The past few years I've had quite a few fish that were following hot turn off before I even get a chance to go into the 8. I looked through the discussions of boat color and one of the suggestions was to go deep earlier. Does this seem to work, and how early do you go deep with a shallow presentation (topwater, burning bucktails etc.)? |
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Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | If you're not sure, start deep and work shallow. The last thing you want to do is start right on top of the fish. |
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Location: Des Moines IA | I think alot of problems are created with movement inside the boat when anglers or co-angles get excited about a fish and start making to much noise or moving to fast. It's all right for hell to break lose after you hook the fish but not before. Musky's can spook just like a whitetail deer and leave waving their big red tail at ya... |
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Location: Appleton, WI | Another trick is to change the speed and direction of you bait before you go into the figure 8. I usally change it up about 8 feet from the boat. It can trigger a strike from a chasing fish. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | I wouldn't worry about boat color.... To transition, like others have said, change direction, and or speed up before the bait gets to the boat. I like to pull up on the rod with a bucktail to almost break the surface about 10 feet from the boat while speeding up. Then power into the first turn of the 8 with your rod. That gets them fired up. With deep running baits like bulldogs, I also like to rip the bait hard and bring it to the boat fast when its getting closer. Gotta remember that you can't make them all go into the 8 either. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | sometimes fish will come in flying and then seemingly dart away very quickly. On certain lakes I fish, they seem to only dart back a short distance, go deeper, and spin around still looking for that bait. I have caught quite a few fish the last few years by going really, really deep on 8's if I see this, to the point you can't see your bait. If the water is dark enough you'd be surprised how many big girls will come back, and sometimes once they get really glued on eating the bait they will forget they even saw you... |
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Location: Plymouth, MN | I agree that they can be spooked by movement. Last year I realized that as I started my 8 I moved my feet and fish darted away. Now I keep my lower body still and I see much less fish dart away. It's just a matter of staying in the proper position as much as you can. If you need to make a lot of movement to get your rod in position for the 8 you should consider a longer rod.
I also work lures in a way so that when it gets back to me the lure parallel to the boat. This way a fish is not charging directly towards the boat at the start of the 8. |
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Location: E. Tenn | Adam42 - 10/11/2013 1:13 PM
I agree that they can be spooked by movement. Last year I realized that as I started my 8 I moved my feet and fish darted away. Now I keep my lower body still and I see much less fish dart away. It's just a matter of staying in the proper position as much as you can.
Hmmm.. that's what I've been doing wrong all these years!! Thanks! |
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Location: Leech Lake, Walker MN | People say oh she saw the boat and spooked well it's your body movement against the sky that spooked the fish they are looking right at you when you bring them in just a thought it's you moving that does it |
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