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Location: PGH PA | I'm about 2 months into this addiction. First of all thanks to all for the great info here. The best palce to learn.
So I have fished this one lake 4 times. Lots of pressure, but there are spots that seem to always hold fish. So far I have landed 2, missed 1, and had follows.....
BUT.... I have spooked a bunch of fish. I will try to explain the best I can. Basically I'm fishing slop..... the kind nobody wants to touch, and so far I have "spooked" about 3-4 fish. I will find open pockets and run topraiders and dawgs throught the holes....the water is stained....little vis 8-10 inches max....
I cant tell you how frustrating it is to see that big fish spook when the lure lands or when it runs past them....they will bolt, big swirl I mean BIG and gone, sometimes I can tell what direction cause the weeds and pads will move in a nice line away from my bait. One was a monster...I must of cast for an hour changing lures like crazy trying to get him to bite....
I have seen follows and misses...this is definetly a spooked fish I'm seeing.
What can I do to change this.....
Anyone got any good sugestions....I'm getting better finding them, but now I'm definetly doing something wrong.
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| take a shower? 
Sometimes you're gonna scare 'em off. The only way I can see to minimize that is to cast past the fish instead of at it, or at the very least try to control how hard the bait hits the water. |
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Location: On your favorite spot | sounds like a good situation for a more subtle bait like a big slug-go or fin-s, or maybe a one of those big musky frogs. i'd try to cast well beyond the holes you're targeting so your bait is doing it's thing well before you get to your holes. good luck |
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Location: Downers Grove, IL | Try a Jig. Lil hustlers, jmac, etc. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | The fish you 'spooked' is now on the move. Come back through a bit later ( you know the general area the fish was in), and you may get her to go. I did exactly that last night, and it worked....twice. |
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| I am with Steve on the "come back later" concept. Its hard to do I know but the theory is that you will only make things worse if you stay there and thrash the spot with baits.... |
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Location: Nebraska | Do you all suppose that very limited visibility has something to do with it? What I mean is, as opposed to one hammering it when it hits the water like has been known to happen, it can't see what caused the commotion (splash) and it bolts as opposed to nailing suddenly available food? |
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Location: north west wisconsin | it sounds to me like they could be CARP i have seen the same thing alot of times fishing petenwell and I got sick of it one day and got the oars out just to see if I could see one of these fish Im spooking I gently slid in and low and behold figgen huge carp. I know what you mean when you say huge boil when they take off do you see a line of bubbles maybe???? |
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Location: PGH PA | Thanks for the suggestions. I also thought it might be the fact that its murky and they cant see the bait....I will try leaving them alone and come back later....
Its definetly not carp... on several occasions I have seen the fish or at least parts of them...
If I went with a giant sluggo...anyone know where I could get LARGE quality hooks for them. The ones that come with the bait stink
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Location: Ames, Iowa | By your post I'm getting the picture that your boat is close to the hole in the weeds. Maybe I am wrong. Even in stained water your approach to the spot may need to be more subtle, quiet, more distance. Longer casts to these holes with a more subtle bait. Sounds like a nice challenge to have.
Good luck,
don |
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| I would try throwing a bucktail and engage the reel and start the retrieve as the bait enters the water so that the spinner is spinning on entry. This might provoke a reaction strike. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Don't 'leave it alone', give it 10 minutes and refish that area while she is on the move. I fish slop ALOT and see this often. Last night I spooked a mid 40ish fish in 3' in the slop, and got her to follow and slap at a Weagle 5 minutes later. Just changed tha angle and put that lure in the area I thought she might be.
To the Goon tomorrow....... |
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Location: PGH PA | Thanks for the suggestions.....
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| Going to the goon' again! You are one lucky man, Good luck.
All good advice, just try and be stealthy as possible and the rest is up to the fish. Hope you get her, but keep in mind that its the memory of the ones a person failed to catch that keeps em comming back for more. Thats my excuse anyways. |
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