Topwaters in Tournaments

"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?


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!
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