| Because of my fishing background I have a huge tendency to fish shorelines a lot and tight (love fishing the reeds). One lake I fish it works as it has steep break at shore. I have no problem fishing deep weedlines (i.e. ballard lake) but I rarely ever fish the breakline unless weeds are present. I have seen it work for others on the site. How do you distinguish a good breakline from a bad? Wind, bottom transition, baitfish? Is it a good idea to follow the 12-15 foot breakline all the way around the lake (say a small 500 acre lake). Is the primary breakline enough of a structure on its own or do you need points, inside turns or secondary structures like weeds, cribs, etc.? Thanks for any replies. |
| Fish on,
A breakline is just that, a break between two different water depths or weed edges. The things you listed like stumps, weeds, inside turns, points, etc. are things that you here about called a spot on a spot. These all have something to do with making that particular structure even better. Wind, baitfish and structure are all things that you have to take into consideration when you are setting up to fish a particular spot or break. A spot that has produced in the past might not be producing today because of a number of variables (ie. wind, baitfish, weeds etc.), that is why they are ALL important things to consider when approaching a spot to fish. The wind will even play a key role on how you approach a spot, like which direction you will set up to best fish the structure. There are many elements to consider when you hit the water for the day of Musky fishing.
I think these are some of the things that separate people from just wetting a line and putting fish in the boat. |
