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Location: Chippewa Falls Wisconsin | Name the size and bait.
Mine was 48.5" on a hawg wobbler.
Edited by Jason Smith 2/9/2003 2:05 PM
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | 42.5 caught on "Crunch N' Munch" (the very beat on Jackpot) in 45ft. of water in 48 degree water temps. So much for going by "the book"! Nice fight, then she attacked the boat!!!
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Location: mount prospect illinois | I have 2 at 45" (about 1/4" apart). One on a boogerman buzzbait and one on a jackpot. Both were of the flyin walenda acrobat kind which was very cool. |
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Location: In the slop! | I've caught a few right at 40" on various baits, but no big ones. Had some good ones follow and scare the crap out of me. Maybe this year. |
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| 46" on a creeper. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | I don't get many topwater fish, I try and fish more and more topwaters every year. My biggest was a 51 incher on a topraider. Never got the big top water hit the fish came from underneat and sucked it in, when I saw the bait was gone under I set the hook then the fight was on.  |
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Location: St. Germain, Wi | a 50 incher on a thunderhead and a 50 1/2 on a giant jackpot...Jim |
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Location: Kentucky | Black trutail topper, silver blades, Pelican Lake, 17' of water, 50". |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | My biggest, so far, has been a 47" brute on a "Headbanger" which is like a small Slammer Thunderhead.
It gave a classic topwater chase and strike after pushing a wall of water, the last 40'!
It was caught on the Winnipeg River, above Minaki, ONT.
Edited by Steve Van Lieshout 2/8/2003 9:51 PM
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 52" on a Tally Wacker, 52" on a Dog Turd. |
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| 45in A musky buster top walker. |
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Location: Madison, WI | 49 on a Jackpot. Had a Chamber of Commerce fish take two "water flying, knee knocking" swipes at the same bait... but since I wasn't playing horseshoes or hand grenades (tough game by the way) I guess it's just a good story! Craig |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | 44" Tiger on DuBay with a Topraider. |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | My biggest was a 9 1/2" bull blegill on a popping frog!.....Oops, this isn't BluegillFIRST.com!?.......Oh Well! |
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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Mine was 47" on a Hawg Wobbler. |
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| 52.5 Magnum Hog Wobbler, 2 feet of line out boatside blast. |
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Location: God's Country......USA..... Western Wisconsin | Mine was a 47.5 incher on a twitched Rapala. However I was the net man on a 55 incher on Cass that ate my partners Jackpot. |
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Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota | Mine was a 40 incher on a Giant Jackpot. |
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Location: Alsip, Il | My biggest was a fat 48 incher caught on the morning of 4 of July on a jackpot a couple of years ago, it truely was explosive!!!!! (Get the play with words). Good Fishing, Al |
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Location: Wausau/Phillips WI | A 46" on a jackpot on Scattering Rice Lake (Eagle River). Picked up another earlly model Jackpot just like it at the swap meet at Magoo's. The early Jackpots were 1/2" longer and slightly larger in diameter than the ones made the last several years. The old models just seem to pop up higher on the rod snap and also ride higher in the water and I get better results from them.
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Location: oswego, il | I rarely throw a topwater because when it's a good time to throw one my dad always does so I throw something else. His biggest is a 46" 27lber on a topraider. |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Only one on a Grim Reaper Buzz Bait...awesome strike...41" |
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Location: Musky Tackle Online, MN | 49.5" on a top raider right at sunset. |
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| A 47" on aLeLure tail prop bait. An awesome fight which took place mostly on top or out of the water. |
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Location: Belgium | do you think the muskies that are caught on topwaters are larger ones? (I mean the average size) |
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Location: Musky Tackle Online, MN | divani,
I don't have a lot of top water catches to support a very good arguement. Only 6% (8) of my total muskies have been caught on top water. But the ones that I have caught on top water have averaged 4" longer.
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | A 47" caught on everybodies favorite---The Awaker. Anyone else looking to get rid of their awakers send them to me. |
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| That baby to the left is a 53 X 22 = 32.5 pound Tonka prize from last year that creamed a Joe Bucher Super Top Raider.
It porpoised below the lure on the first cast and then imagine a basketball size chunk of cement hitting the water from a 15 foot drop...
That's how it hit that STR on the second follow-up cast...
I still have wonderful dreams about that hit...
Edited by ddfenner 2/10/2003 2:55 PM
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| 46 on a Hawg wobbler |
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Location: Chippewa Falls Wisconsin | Bill...Didnt you catch a 4 footer in the Eagle River area on that same Hawg Wobbler years ago..
I know your Hawg wobbler "MOTHER" as you call it...has gotten a couple more pigs beyond 46", well...at least it looks like it..hahaha
All around guys.........this is a fun post.
Goes to show that BIG FISH love topwaters! |
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