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Location: Maplewood, MN | What lure do you always start the day on to cover gound fast? I'm gonna guess that 60% will be bucktails, 25% topwaters and 15% other. I backed off on bucktails last year a bit in favor of shallow crankbaits. |
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Location: In a shack in the woods | Depends on the terrain. Either a dbl bucktail, pacemaker, or krisco |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Bucktail or prop bait |
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | spoonplugs. |
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Location: Bemidji, Lake Vermilion | I have a couple Salmo baits that were not ever released for sale in the US, I guess they weren't popular enough, they fish real fast, move tons of fish, love them. Kind of a combination between those Fatso's and the slimmer twitch baits they have. Blue back/white silver sides, its a popular pattern with them, I have other baits from them with it, but only 2 of that "prototype" body shape, and I'd give my left "one" to have more of them!! One basically has no paint left on it and the body is so ripped up it barely looks like a lure at all anymore!! |
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| This question is fairly vague, dictated upon weather and time of year, but I'd say that 80 percent of the time I'm throwing a shallow crank or 'tail fished in a few different manners that almost (i stress almost) lead to strikes or follows (which I can see because of the style) that lead to clues upon presentation, and then occasional specific holding clues. Most of the lakes I fish and when I can fish them have shallower structure and I don't have to chase too far into open water or off-shore structure. I'm ready to get blasted for this, but.. musky holding structures hold musky, have confidence as each body of water is different. |
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Location: Eagle River, WI | gliders. worked real fast and high in the water. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Weagle's, at Sun Rise and at Sun Set or a phantom and hellhounds
Others in the boat will throw a bucktail of sorts, or twich baits.
IS IT SPRING YET!
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Location: Ames, Iowa | 6 inch Slammer twitched fast or an orange/orange short arm spinnerbait. Last year I caved in to the cowgirl/showgirl mania without success. |
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| Casting: Spring--Glitter Bitch spinner or twitched Shallow Baby Raider
Summer--Stud Dog spinner or Latiano Ready Eddie(black)
Fall--Sledge or 10" Jake twitched
Trolling:
Spring--Wiley Jtd 5 1/2" in brown perch
Summer--Legend Perchbait in firetiger
Fall--Hi-Fin Magnum Trophy Diver Jtd w/Big Niagara Lip in black w/hot pink belly |
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Location: syracuse indiana | musky mayhem "baby girl" or sneaky pete's
manta's or 6 inc phantoms
pacemakers or doc's |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I try to put a lure I think the fish will eat out there. Unless I'm on new water, I don't have a search lure in the boat. |
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Location: Rhinelander. | Arn't they all search baits when you really think about it? |
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Location: lake x...where the hell is it? | Don Pfeiffer - 1/31/2010 11:58 PM
Arn't they all search baits when you really think about it?
i am with you on this, i am sure that no one on here throws a bait and hopes that a fish just follows it so they can throw a diffrent one at it. |
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| slow moving lure are not search baits
why? its simple they dont cover a lot of water
ask to any sm bass tournament fisherman what kind if lure they are using first.spinnerbaits!
its fast and cover a lot of water in a short period of time,after that they can play finesse if they have seen something happen,that the exact same thing for musky.
so bucktails or spinnerbaits are imho the best search lure to locate fish
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Location: Rhinelander, WI | I think the real question is what lures are you using when you want to fish FAST, and it’s a great question.
I find that the last few years my go to bait has been a Suick, Spring(7”), Summer(9”) and Fall(10”). I fast twitch it when we are covering water and I slow twitch it when we need to finesse them up a little. I just haven’t had the confidence with blades lately. Even the Double 10s I only use situationaly, I think because so many people are throwing them, I just have more confidence in other presentations.
Nail A Pig!
Mike
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Location: Cohasset, MN | The "search lure" concept doesn't quite make sense to me. If you use a bucktail (for instance) and they aren't following bucktail's today you're going to be searching for a long time. |
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| Obviously there are variables with time of year and weather.
I will mostly throw blades and second would be prop style topwater.
I am usually not searching though, i fish where i know there are fish. |
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Location: Maplewood, MN | All great points and responses. The more specific scenario I was referring to in the qusestion is this. Given your favorite lake and say 10 different spots you know have produced. All spots have different structural elements (points, flats, mid lake reefs, saddles, bays, inside turns/outside turns, rock piles, reeds, breakline drops, etc). All spots vary in depth from say 2 to 30 feet of water. You get the point. So, you are unsure where the fish are holding and are tryiing to identify a pattern. Your primary intent is to move fish but you certainly want to put them in the boat too. "Search" in this question is what you throw to most efficiently cover your 10 spots to figure out a pattern |
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| For deeper stuff like breaks and suspended fish, I cast a Bondy Bait. I throw it out on a long cast, and after hitting the water I engage the reel. By the time I jig the rod up once (from 9 to 12 oclock) the bait has already sank 10 ft, jig it again and let it drop and it's down 20 ft. I can cover alot of the deeper breaks fast with it, and alot of times the fish swim to it before you bring it to them. Best deep water bait I have that covers alot of water. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I would use the presentation best suited to each area. That's pretty much what I meant in my original answer. If I had to choose one lure, it'd be a spinnerbait, especially in light of the reeds in the equation. |
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| Blades work best for me at any depth. If it is bright and sunny, sometimes counting down a dog is my go to bait if i am on a deeper spot. Either way, any spot. Blades have a very good chance of showing a fish. Topraiders work pretty good too. Seems in deeper rocks i will use the 3 mentioned plus a suick set to run deeper. |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | Dog whistle. |
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Location: Sycamore, IL | Spinnerbait: Nutbuster or a Grinder...
Matt |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | Bucktails in non pressured waters
Gliders in pressured waters.... |
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| I want a bait that is LOUD, as in vibration, color and/or actual sound. Depends on the body of water, but I want a bait that will MAKE 'EM MOVE!! If they're around, they WILL at least show themselves. I was amazed at the # of smaller(under 40")Wisconsin fish that came to investigate/eat the Mayhem Super Model this past season.Oh yeah, I was always 2nd or 3rd in the boat. Muskie Crack, bitches! |
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