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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"go-bassn" wrote in message
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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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