Top water plugs.

General Fishing Discussion
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Change your presentation.

Stonoman

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Stono, I normally try to jerk,wait jerk wait ect.Sometimes multiple jerks and no consistant pattern of wait. I try the dog walk too. Could you elaborate on your presentation advice. If I am inquiring to much I understand

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A lot of times,trout will hit several times.I think they’re used to wounding bait first slash and then coming back.Keep walking it with as little fwd motion as poss.Don’t strike until you feel the fish.With sharp hooks you don’t need to yank hard.If you keep missing reds,use a little smaller lure that the back floats lower in the water.Sammy types.I agree with Capt Newman on lure choices.skitterwalk is easiest to work,followed by top dog/and jr and spook.Caught most of my biggest trout[between 25-30"on top].

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Thanks Captian,…As you know when they hit it kind of excites ya…And I do snatch like heck most of the time…I guess I need to learn patience or take a couple of valium…where can I get skitterwalks? And oh just curious are thier any soft top water choices like freshwater floating worms?

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I try and present all top waters with the flow of water.Injured bait will not be trying to swim up stream or away from cover.I throw as far as I can and let it flow with the tide towards me.Also I feel a bait will head to the grass not away from it.So I anchor up in guts and throw out to deeper water and reel shallow.I anchor as close to the grass as i can get and throw against the current.It is hard to do with the Sea Hunt.I miss my Alumacraft.

Stonoman

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Great tip thanks…I also have Sea hunt but still have 14’Alumcraft

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This post was in a different forum here on CF that doesn’t get as much exposure, but is relevant to this topic. I just thought that it might be helpful to some of you guys that are trying out topwater for the first time if you could see some of the lures used. It’s really just a few pictures, but coupled with the good information discussed in this post, I think it could help someone out who is just getting started. You can also get some clues about tide and habitat from the background in the photos. Heck, those guys might even give you the GPS coordinates of their locations if you ask nice!!
Here is the link to the topic:
http://old.charlestonfishing.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=110849