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Personally, i dont switch all that often as i am constantly just trying to cover water and spots. I would say i might switch lures after 1-2 hours. I feel like i need to give the lure a chance to be effective if i am just not on fish.
How long does it take you to switch lures if you dont spot any fish or are you moving to a new area? When you make a lure switch, is it drastic like going from a crank to a bucktail, or just a size or color change? In a day how many lures do you use? |
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Location: Lake St.Clair | I change as I feel most of the time every 50 casts or so maybe less.
I try to bang threw them until something moves between me and my partner. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | I change colors every couple spots until I contact some fish. I change styles of baits often depending on the spot characteristics. |
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Location: Perryville, MO | Depends a whole lot on the season and weather conditions.
For instance, in the early Spring I'm rather sure of my selection most often and will usually cast the same bait or two all day long. Later in the season I generally follow a progression not unlike that suggested by Heiting and Saric. Assuming the blade bite has been on, that's where I'll start. If a change has occured and it isn't working I'll normally opt for a crankbait or glider a couple of hours into an outing (which one depends largely upon whether I believe the fish are seriously inactive or just a bit moody - most often weather related). In the Fall, when the blade doesn't or hasn't been working it's a pull-bait option next, then cranks and glides. While it's not always true by any means, topwater for me is usually a low light situation and for working the sloppliest of the slop. If I discover a better selection chances are I'll go back and fish previous areas.
Of course, an outing the day before or since any significant noted change and I'll start where I left off in the progression. So, in the Fall the pull-bait option is often the first to hit the water.
All that's overly simple I suppose, but I'm starting to buy into the "five bait mentality." For better or worse, I think I'm starting to get a handle on the water I fish primarily. (Of course, all that will change now this year after having said that! LOL)
So to answer your question, I don't change baits all that often. At the same time, I know guys that change constantly who out-fish me too, so what do I really know?
Edited by hawkeye9 2/23/2014 12:08 PM
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Location: Eastern Ontario | If casting I most often have a Suick on one rod and a spinnerbait on another and go with it. Trolling is another story
Edited by horsehunter 2/23/2014 11:38 AM
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| Kinda makes you wonder why we have so many baits!
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Location: Perryville, MO | horsehunter - 2/23/2014 11:30 AM
If casting I most often have a Suick on one rod and a spinnerbait on another and go with it...
I write a book (without enough wisdom on the subject) and Horsehunter offers the best suggestion! LOL |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Juhas - 2/23/2014 12:34 PM
Kinda makes you wonder why we have so many baits!
Most of us have 2 hobbies fishing and lure collecting.
I have a friend who spent 3 days with a big name Montreal guide he was given a bucktail that he fished for 3 days. He caught lots of fish and 2 personal bests.
Edited by horsehunter 2/23/2014 11:44 AM
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| I`m going to troll the same lure all season until I lose it or the fish destroy it. I may run some other stuff with my main bait or cast some different stuff but #1 stays in the water until it is toast. Then I find a new #1 that always stays wet. |
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| Horsehunter are you the guy they call Firetiger Frank? Think I saw you fishing one day. Somebody said (Oh that's Firetiger Frank.) |
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Location: Detroit River | Generally I keep the same lure on through a drift then change it for the next drift through an area. It also depends on who I'm fishing with. My one buddy has limited gear so I change more often when fishing with him. If I'm fishing with my other buddy I don't switch as much because he has twice the tackle I have & he changes often. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | muskyrat - 2/23/2014 1:19 PM
Horsehunter are you the guy they call Firetiger Frank? Think I saw you fishing one day. Somebody said (Oh that's Firetiger Frank.)
Probably been called a lot of things.
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Location: WI | Personally I try to stick to a few baits that due a job. I have three rods set up. One has a jerkbait/twitchbait. One a search bait such as a blade or top water. And another with something deep. As I move along a weed edge or piece of structure I can cover any part.
I'm not saying it's right or wrong but if you have ever fished with a pro angler they do not switch much in a normal day. They have a plan and stick with it unless a major change occurs. My thought is the more time focused on working a bait properly rather than thinking about the next bait to use and then taking the time to change the better. You can make a good lure do so many different things that you can fill almost any void. Trolling is different but that's my way.
My thought is its more about putting a bait in the right spot with the right action is far more important than color. Take a grandma for example. You can burn it , twitch it ,ripp it, bang it off rocks. Take a perch pattern grandma and use it properly and I guarantee you can catch a fish on any lake, in almost any condition.
Edited by Trophyseeker50 2/23/2014 1:48 PM
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| LOL me too. |
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| I am mainly a bass fisherman, so those habits made their way into my musky fishing. I will have 7 or 8 rods rigged up with different lures in the boat and I may run through all 8 lures on a spot in a hour. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | If I'm in a good spot, I might go back thru with 4-5 different lures...even if I just caught a couple on a certain lure. Muskies are very picky when it comes to size and color. If you stick to the same lure, you're missing out on a lot of fish. |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | I don't think there is any method to my madness. Early season its smaller baits like Our Little Claws and 205 Cranes. I mix in some small buck tails and gliders but don't really throw many different lure types however I will swing through the colors until I find one that clicks. I am a twitch bait fisher most of the time. Some days I seem to toss one or two baits all day others???? I go through the whole box just to see them work.
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Location: Aurora | Depends on the following:
- Changing/stable conditions
- How the fish are acting, reacting or, not
- Spot differences/conditions/depths
- New water/familiar water
- # of people in the boat
- Communication/what others on the water are throwing
- Pressure or lack thereof
- Which set-ups I brought
- Lunar conditions
- Previous day's action
- Presence of jet skiers/pleasure boaters
- How much time I have that day
- What kinda mood i'm in
- How cold/warm the beer is
- How sore I am
- How much ibuprofen there is
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| Trophyseeker50 - 2/23/2014 2:39 PM
My thought is its more about putting a bait in the right spot with the right action is far more important than color. Take a grandma for example. You can burn it , twitch it ,ripp it, bang it off rocks. Take a perch pattern grandma and use it properly and I guarantee you can catch a fish on any lake, in almost any condition.
Well put. This is a great bit of advice.
I've had times where I couldn't find a color they wouldn't eat.
Edited by bryantukkah 2/23/2014 11:44 PM
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| I usually start with 6-7 rods rigged and I'll switch thru all of them for the first few hours and see what the fish tell me. By the end of the day I'm usually down to fishing 2 or 3 baits depending on the water I'm fishing. |
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