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Fishing Lily Pads With Topwater

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In 2004, I fished a lot more lily pads than ever prior to? Why? Nicely, due to the fact I caught fish in them. I most likely caught over 100 fish in the lily pads this year alone. Two were more than 5 pounds and a single over 6 pounds. So what did I do different this year?

I'm glad you asked......I employed a lure called the scum frog, green and white, not only that but i fished it distinct than ever just before. You see, I used to go slow, I imply actual slow, my way of thinking was that even although the bass is a quick swimmer, he would have a difficult time catching up with the lure throught the pads, if I retrieved it quick. Not only that, but, I wanted to put it in his face a lot longer by going slow on my retrieve.

Nicely, then I watched this guy and he was running it by means of the lily pads almost as rapidly as any buzz bait I have seen employed. I was utilizing the exact same lure except slow. The outcome? Properly, he was obtaining strikes, I mean lots of strikes, I was getting none.

So, I went back more than the same location I just fished and guess what? Yep, I began acquiring strikes, but I was missing them as the lure would get previous the fish. I believed perhaps I ought to compromise, so, I slowed down my retrieve just a hair and bingo, I started catching fish. That is the way I utilized the scum frog for the rest of the fishing season. Rapidly, but not rather as fast as a buzz bait, when they would hit and miss I would cease the bait and just twitch it a handful of instances.

This was one particular of my very best fishing years in over 40 of fishing for bass, all due to this new retrieve.

As Mikey says "Attempt it you may well like it".