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Topwaters in Tournaments
Do you guys throw topwater lures in tournaments? I try my darndest to avoid
them, and only do it when I'm convinced nothing else will work. Nothing
frustrates me more during competition than seeing a fish try to eat my lure
& missing, or worse yet "dropping" a fish. My feeling is that the
encounter/boated fish ratio is just far too weak with topwater baits.Your feelings?
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go-bassn
Nov 6
2004
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| Topwaters in Tournaments
Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Sat, Nov 6, 2004, 11:46pm (CST+1)
From: dropshotordie@comcast.net (go-bassn)
Do you guys throw topwater lures in tournaments? I try my darndest to
avoid them, and only do it when I'm convinced nothing else will work.
Nothing frustrates me more during competition than seeing a fish try to
eat my lure & missing, or worse yet "dropping" a fish. My feeling is
that the encounter/boated fish ratio is just far too weak with topwater
baits.
Your feelings? |
jbkbub
Nov 6
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| >them, and only do it when I'm convinced nothing else will work. Nothing |
Dan
Nov 7
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| In a tournament where there are musky in the lake, NEVER, bass, from my
experience, are quite shy about there willingness to take topwaters where
the El Jumbino live. Where there are pike, forget it! You will be wasting
time taking pike off your hooks. Depends on the time of season and
water temps. This time of year? If it was to cloud over quickly and you
think the weather pattern is about to change and you think they might move
up to feed, every third cast might be a good idea? If bass are at the top
of the foodchain then I might throw one, but on second thought when I am
driving home after the tournament I would have to ask myself, wot were ya
thinkin' man? Then I would say, well, you did have those four six pounders
after all, didn't ya? Then I would say, well I tried everything.
When you're on the winners stand tell 'em you got them in the thirty foot
with a chug-bug ;-) What is it about top waters that get us to use them,
they sometimes work. No guts no glory! (agreement big time with you here
Warren) One tournament, last year on a day two, while only in lunker hopes,
I spent an hour using a top water because I saw a bass jump a couple of
times in a good spot where I know big ones live.
If you hate to lose fish, like me, then I would use a smaller, slow sinking
soft plastic like a salty, garlic, pheromoned up, Dupont packed, light
flashing, scent enhanced, rattling, red bellied, metal flaked, with a
forkated tail, on ten pound floro carb, double wacky rigged fluke/senco near
some cover or structure. Oh and don't forget to sharpen your hooks and fish
it slow!
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Steve
Nov 7
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| I would assume you are only talking day tourneys Warren as night tourneys
are a great place to throw top waters. I have had so many topwater catchs this year, it probably adds up to all
topwater catchs I have had. I started using the speedworm this year, mostly
as a topwater bait and it has really produced. Remember Dave won the
Southern Classic fishing that worm the same way. Fish have hit it in deep
water, cold water warm water, near cover in open water etc etc. I also
started using the zoom horny toads after you posted on them and Ronnie
followed up stating they had speedworm legs.. Ask a few others on the group
if they wouldn't just keep one tied on now and throw it at just about any
given time.. I have lost quite a few fish on topwaters this year. I have
also caught some really nice fish that I think I would never have caught if
I had not presented the topwater bait. I will always have a topwater or two
tied on, no matter what time of day. I think it's a matter of confidence.
I'll take off ten toothy critters for one nice tourney bass. |
alwaysfishking
Nov 7
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| I'll use buzzbaits/rats when necessary. Other than that, for largemouth
I'll go with a surgically sharpened Rapala F-11G (their original balsa
stickbait) worked at, or very near the top in the early spring period. |
Eric
Nov 7
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| Wether I'm in a tourney or not I allways have a topwater ready on at
least one rod. Which one depends on the lake I'm fishing. I do agree
that the hook-up rate is a little less, but there are some big fish that
I've caught on top. |
bassintheweeds
Nov 7
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| I'm probably not supposed to post with this kind of link here, but just
wondered if anyone mght take a look and let me know if the topwater part
is of any value?
Little John fishes topwater quite a bit in different tournaments, and
did a video for Western Bass.
I havn't seen it...can't get it to play on this webtv. http://www.westernbass.tv/videopage?0000128 I appologize if this is inappropriate. JK |
jbkbub
Nov 7
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| always, not to sound defensive here but I almost always have a minus one on
one rod. great lure just before the weeds start to go horizontal. And I
always take a fish or two with it and always wonder if that was the best use
of time. I too have caught a tremendous amount of biggies on top but I
always drive home with that nagging feeling. At night.... you are
absolutely correct!!!! Without a doubt in my opinion.
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Steve
Nov 7
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| Some of the recent big fisha round here have come on topwater. I usually
throw topwater from launch until they stop hiting topwater in the mornings.
I have done two things that have drastically improved my hook ups and
putting them int he boat on topwater. I switched over to Excalibor rotating
hooks on almost all of my topwater baits, and I switched to a medium light
rod. When they lunge the rod gives instead of the fish lips.
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Bob
Nov 7
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| One of my single greatest tournament wins came throwing a Pop-R in a
tourney. 10 keepers between my partner and I - no lost fish. Over 20lbs,
in Indiana no less... Second place was 13lbs, third was 2lbs. Guess no one
else was throwing topwater... I would do it again, if the fish were on a topwater bite... I have never
noticed a significant drop in boated fish because of topwaters. You just
gotta try and keep em from jumping! |
Andrew
Nov 8
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