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Old 06-10-2009, 03:32 PM
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Default Top water lures at Wabamun??

Did anyone have any luck with top water lures for pike at Wabamun??

thinking about picking up some and give it a try this weekend.

my only experience with top water lures was a pike swallowed my slip bobber 2 ft away from me

any advice?

thanks.
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Old 06-10-2009, 03:53 PM
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I've used topwaters at wab among other places. I have the best luck with jitterbugs as they can be fished with a slow steady retrieve and fish seem to have an easyer time hitting them. I find the most efective "Topwaters" are spinners and spinner baits retreved quickly so that the blades bulge or chop up the water surface. Regular floating plugs make great topwaters as well, they can be fished like poppers, just let them float on the top and give them a sharp jerk and they will throw a bunch of water and make some noise. You can "tail" them by retrieving them very slowly with the tail sticking out of the water or pull them under and let them float back to the surface. Balsa wood pulgs work better than plastic ones for both these tecniques. Although topwater fishing is fun it can get frustraiting watching a large pike miss your lure multiple times in one retrieve and then vanish. With spinners or floating plugs if a fish misses it I can imediatly change my retrieve so that the lure is behaving more conventionaly and the fish have an easyer time striking it.

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Old 06-10-2009, 03:57 PM
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I have tried the top water frog in 5 feet of water .Had no response . I beleive you have to get down to where they are at or fish realy shallow where there is lost of weeds just a foot under the water.
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Old 06-10-2009, 04:03 PM
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Caught a 14 pounder a couple weeks ago on a top-water lure. How has the fishing been lately?
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Old 06-10-2009, 05:56 PM
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I was just using top water lures for pike yesterday . I love the frog patterns , or bumble bee . They work great but the frog pattern in the weed beds work best , if you slowly reel it in and the coolest part is watching a pike chase it down .
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Old 06-10-2009, 06:01 PM
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My shallow-diving crankbait of choice at Wabamun is the Perch pattern Rapala XRAP (with the redish colored til).... works awesome whe trolling and casting.....
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