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Topwaters in Tournaments(correction again)
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 15:30:36 -0500, "alwaysfishking"
sent into the ether: http://www.westernbass.tv/videopage.php?0000128 I agree with Randy, thanks for sharing and what frog was that??? :} Remove the x for e-mail reply www.outdoorfrontiers.com |
Topwaters in Tournaments
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. -- Steve "alwaysfishking" wrote in message ... 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. "Steve & Chris Clark" wrote in message ... 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! -- Steve ;-) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/04 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/04 |
Topwaters in Tournaments
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. -- Steve "alwaysfishking" wrote in message ... 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. "Steve & Chris Clark" wrote in message ... 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! -- Steve ;-) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/04 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/04 |
Topwaters in Tournaments
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. -- Steve "alwaysfishking" wrote in message ... 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. "Steve & Chris Clark" wrote in message ... 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! -- Steve ;-) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/04 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/04 |
Topwaters in Tournaments
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. -- ** FREE Fishing Lures ** Weekly drawing ** Public Fishing and Boating Forums ** www.YumaBassMan.com "go-bassn" wrote in message ... 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? -- Warren http://www.warrenwolk.com Http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com 2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions |
Topwaters in Tournaments
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. -- ** FREE Fishing Lures ** Weekly drawing ** Public Fishing and Boating Forums ** www.YumaBassMan.com "go-bassn" wrote in message ... 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? -- Warren http://www.warrenwolk.com Http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com 2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions |
Topwaters in Tournaments
"go-bassn" wrote in message
... 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? 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 Kidd http://www.amiasoft.com/ - Software for the rest of us! http://www.rofb.net/ - ROFB Newsgroup Home |
Topwaters in Tournaments
"go-bassn" wrote in message
... 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? 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 Kidd http://www.amiasoft.com/ - Software for the rest of us! http://www.rofb.net/ - ROFB Newsgroup Home |
Topwaters in Tournaments(correction again)
Not much but all fishing is worth watching (unless the Steelers are on GO
STEELERS).. but those legs seemed really long couldn't make out the color but it definetly was not a horny toad,,legs were way to long and it had some really fantastic action and noise. I would love to try some. I liked the way he fished it with the popping action. I'd love to see one "John Kerr" wrote in message ... Topwaters in Tournaments(correction again) Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Sun, Nov 7, 2004, 3:30pm (CST+1) From: (alwaysfishking) Thanks for sharing John,,what kind of frog was that. the legs look really, really long ======= John hand paints the frogs...brown/yellow, with a green stomache, and chartreuse legs, and often uses two trailer hooks out the back leg ports. I havn't seen the video...did it have anything worth viewing on it. I can't load the program on ths thing. :) JK ======= "John Kerr" wrote in message ... I'm really a "dunce" at cut and paste stuff! Actually, I'm still extrememly fascinated by the radio...so have a long way to go in the electronc age :). Not even sure if this right. Sorry...... http://www.westernbass.tv/videopage.php?0000128 |
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