Rick wrote:Seems early for the chinquapin to be dying. (And odd, to me, to see duckweed flourishing under them.) But I've been seeing beans starting to turn, which seems early, too. Maybe I'm late.
Darren wrote:Rick wrote:Seems early for the chinquapin to be dying. (And odd, to me, to see duckweed flourishing under them.) But I've been seeing beans starting to turn, which seems early, too. Maybe I'm late.
Leaves on my big poplar tree are falling. It's usually on the early end of those in my yard, but seems a lil antsy for fall
Deltaman wrote:"chinquapin" always thought this was a cajun name for a Shellcracker?
BGcorey wrote:kazillion mph spooks,, that’s funny.... it was very difficult for me to not set the hook very hard as I usually come out of my shoes for bass ..Rick wrote:Or serious trout. Hard, hard, hard to get it through to folks that they shouldn't set the hook until they feel the fish, but making that case beats ducking kazillion mph flying Spooks.
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Rick wrote:Or serious trout. Hard, hard, hard to get it through to folks that they shouldn't set the hook until they feel the fish, but making that case beats ducking kazillion mph flying Spooks.
Deltaman wrote:Most fisherman that have never done it and try, usually quit after about 5 minutes of "walking the dog", due to constant jerking, and don't feel like it is worth it it they don''t catch a fish pretty quickly. Once they do, it is on!!!!!! I caught my biggest Speck to date (7 lbs 10 oz), on a topwater about 5 years ago, and it sold me on using it when the conditions are right.
Deltaman wrote:Most fisherman that have never done it and try, usually quit after about 5 minutes of "walking the dog", due to constant jerking, and don't feel like it is worth it it they don''t catch a fish pretty quickly. Once they do, it is on!!!!!! I caught my biggest Speck to date (7 lbs 10 oz), on a topwater about 5 years ago, and it sold me on using it when the conditions are right.
Deltaman wrote:Topwater can be a PIA, and as mentioned before, lots of "trouble" hooks to contend with, but if you ever catch a fish using one, it will change the way you fish!
SpinnerMan wrote:Deltaman wrote:Topwater can be a PIA, and as mentioned before, lots of "trouble" hooks to contend with, but if you ever catch a fish using one, it will change the way you fish!
By trouble, I assume you mean missed fish. I wonder about that. If the fish takes a swipe at your bait and misses underwater, you probably never know it. However, if they miss on a top water, you are going to know it.
Missing a fish that hits underwater is not nearly as frustrating as missing a big fish that busts your plug on the surface.
I had a 50"+ muskie come nearly full out of the water after a buzzbait. He missed clean, but I went home and bought a bigger rod Zero chance of landing that behemoth on what I was fishing. If he did that underwater, I would have had no clue that anything exciting had just happened.
I'm not convinced that you have any more trouble hooking fish on the topwater. I just think you are aware of how many fish slash at your bait and you do not hook.
The only exception is that pulling the bait away from a fish that slashed and missed and not giving them a chance to come back for a second whack at it, which you wouldn't do underwater since you wouldn't know it happened most of the time. Maybe different for some species of fish, but then again I just love top water. I've even caught carp on topwater Although, slurping stuff floating on the top is not exactly the same as a muskie flying full out of the water chasing a buzzbait bouncing in the turbulence below a low head dam.
Darren wrote:From an all-topwater trip we did a few years back:
Had one bigger than that top one that we lost because it straightened all the hooks it had buried in it
Deltaman wrote:SpinnerMan wrote:Deltaman wrote:Topwater can be a PIA, and as mentioned before, lots of "trouble" hooks to contend with, but if you ever catch a fish using one, it will change the way you fish!
By trouble, I assume you mean missed fish. I wonder about that. If the fish takes a swipe at your bait and misses underwater, you probably never know it. However, if they miss on a top water, you are going to know it.
Missing a fish that hits underwater is not nearly as frustrating as missing a big fish that busts your plug on the surface.
I had a 50"+ muskie come nearly full out of the water after a buzzbait. He missed clean, but I went home and bought a bigger rod Zero chance of landing that behemoth on what I was fishing. If he did that underwater, I would have had no clue that anything exciting had just happened.
I'm not convinced that you have any more trouble hooking fish on the topwater. I just think you are aware of how many fish slash at your bait and you do not hook.
The only exception is that pulling the bait away from a fish that slashed and missed and not giving them a chance to come back for a second whack at it, which you wouldn't do underwater since you wouldn't know it happened most of the time. Maybe different for some species of fish, but then again I just love top water. I've even caught carp on topwater Although, slurping stuff floating on the top is not exactly the same as a muskie flying full out of the water chasing a buzzbait bouncing in the turbulence below a low head dam.
Spinner, I am referring to the treble as "trouble", because I hate dealing with them, and they can be flat dangerous. They are "trouble" when trying to unhook the fish, they are "trouble" if you get hit by one, they are "trouble" when you net a fish and try to get the lure out of the net From what I have seen, if a fish blows up on a topwater lure and I don't catch him, most of the time he wasn't actually hitting it, and the blowup is his tailwash as he turns to leave. Have watched this happen up close, in clear water, and it made all the more sense as to "why"I didn't hook the fish. Don't get me wrong, you can set the hook to soon, especially in clear water, and lose a fish, but I believe most of the time, the fish just didn't eat it. But dammit man, it is exciting!!!!!
Deltaman wrote:Spinner, we use Hildebrandt Snagless Sallies (inline spinner) to great effect on Redfish (and Bass), and the Redfish Magic (clothespin style) works pretty good on them as well.
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