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Location: Davenport, IA | Honestly, are they just messing aroudn when they miss a topwater or are they that stupid? Today I had one jump completely out of the water without even touching the doc. Do they really have that bad of aim? |
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Location: oswego, il | Schuler, apparently yours do!;-) Moores sells a hook spreader, sould be able to double the amount of hooks on all your lures.
Schuler, look at it this way. Your seeing fish and last year at this time you were not. |
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Location: Sheboygan Falls, WI | When a muskie opens its mouth to hit a bait on the surface, it can no longer see the bait. The position of their eyes causes them to lose sight of it right before the strike. That is why a steady retrieve that doesn't swing far out to the sides is so important. Most guys make the mistake of letting their lures glide to the side instead of holding a tight side to side motion on the surface. This isn't a problem with submerged baits because the fish can strike from the same level as the bait. |
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| Hi Zack,
I have read the same thing, some how when they strike, they lose sight.
If there so stupid what does that make us ???????????LOL
RonP |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | There are many factors that cause the muskie to have problems hitting a surface bait, many of which are out of your control. The tighter the pattern of retrieve the better, but they will still miss. Some conditions the fish can't see the bait at all and are trying to hit the signature without sight, a fromula for a miss, most times. Sure is exciting, though!! |
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Location: Holly, MI | I sure hope you didn't think it was too stupid to offer another chance at the bait. Nothing more exciting than topwater action except topwater action that hooks up. |
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| I know that sometimes muskies flat out miss lures, but I think that is a very rare occurance.
I still believe that most of the missess on topwater lures are muskies simply slashing at the lure to chase it away.
Why do I believe this?? Well if you have ever spent any amount of time watching muskies in tanks when they are feeding, they almost never miss what it is they are trying to eat. I still think that if a musky really wants to eat a lure the lure is going to get eaten. God bless.
John Stellflue
www.oneidaesox.com |
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