07-28-2005, 04:25 PM
This time of year is when it starts to get good. the bigest this to remeber is, from now until late fall, BIGGER LURES FOR BIGGER FISH. Now I'm not saying you can't hook a tiger with a 1/4 jig of something. But think about it fish "should" be getting bigger now. How big? well the biggest I use will go 12" but most of the time I use lures around 6" long. Now I know what your thinking what lures,how, and when? this is what I do and use from here until late fall.
In the early mornings I'll tie on a 6" to 9" steel leader then buck-tail spinner "see pics"or a bigger bass spinnerbait "1/2oz" or a big topwater bait like a spook. Then cast it up into shollow water 2' deep by weeds,tree,or big rocks. I'll do this for the first 2 hours or so first light. After that I'll start fishing a little deeper 10' or more and tie on a big 1 oz spinnerbait or a big jig-n-pig "like for bass" or I'll start to troll a 4" to 6" crankbait. something like a j11 rapala or a grandmas lure. colors I use are Firetiger,perch,orange,chrt,and brown trout. "most the time it's perch and firetiger" I'll troll in 10' to 15' of water most of the time but I have be known to fish deeper if there are lost of boats close to shore or people fishing from shore.
I'll troll from spot to spot and cast those same cranks or grab my other pole and cast a bucktail. the spots I cast into are flooded brush, weed lines, shollow humps, and off the islands or over them when the flooded. I'll do this all day long
As it get late say an hour or so before the sun goes down I go back to hitting the shollows with bucktails and top water baits. I'll fish right until 11:00 pm "when I can" after it gets dark I stay with topwater baits ones that make lots of noise, like spooks, jitterbugs, prop baits, or big jerk baits will work at times. If you try this at night, have at least one other guy with you 2 if you can. Have a spot light, and other lights if you can get them, for when you do hook a tiger at night.
On a side note if you can use smaller spinners close to shore and get bass also, and musky but the bigger ones seem to keep the small bass off.
So you know the lures in the pics can only be found at hooked fishing I dont have my website up so thats the only place to find them right now. these colors were made for pineview.
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In the early mornings I'll tie on a 6" to 9" steel leader then buck-tail spinner "see pics"or a bigger bass spinnerbait "1/2oz" or a big topwater bait like a spook. Then cast it up into shollow water 2' deep by weeds,tree,or big rocks. I'll do this for the first 2 hours or so first light. After that I'll start fishing a little deeper 10' or more and tie on a big 1 oz spinnerbait or a big jig-n-pig "like for bass" or I'll start to troll a 4" to 6" crankbait. something like a j11 rapala or a grandmas lure. colors I use are Firetiger,perch,orange,chrt,and brown trout. "most the time it's perch and firetiger" I'll troll in 10' to 15' of water most of the time but I have be known to fish deeper if there are lost of boats close to shore or people fishing from shore.
I'll troll from spot to spot and cast those same cranks or grab my other pole and cast a bucktail. the spots I cast into are flooded brush, weed lines, shollow humps, and off the islands or over them when the flooded. I'll do this all day long
As it get late say an hour or so before the sun goes down I go back to hitting the shollows with bucktails and top water baits. I'll fish right until 11:00 pm "when I can" after it gets dark I stay with topwater baits ones that make lots of noise, like spooks, jitterbugs, prop baits, or big jerk baits will work at times. If you try this at night, have at least one other guy with you 2 if you can. Have a spot light, and other lights if you can get them, for when you do hook a tiger at night.
On a side note if you can use smaller spinners close to shore and get bass also, and musky but the bigger ones seem to keep the small bass off.
So you know the lures in the pics can only be found at hooked fishing I dont have my website up so thats the only place to find them right now. these colors were made for pineview.
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