[c hook]

https://fishgame.com/2023/06/topwater-tactics-for-speckled-trout-and-reds/?_fl_id=013784e7-41e1-451d-87a4-c86d9d8221ca&&em=Y19ob29rMjBAeWFob28uY29t&utm_campaign=TFG+Newsletter+For+Nov.+02%2c+2023

i disagree with about 80% of this but here it is anyway.

 

[Angrycast]

I agree with not stopping after a miss. Keep working as nothing ever happen or maybe even a little faster to mimic a started bail.

 

[TXanalogkd]

This is a sore subject for me. I have missed so many fish by watching the blow up. I fish soft plastic 95% of the time, so I always want to set the hook on the first reaction strike.

For the ones that I land on a top water, I have to look away from the lure and sing a song.

Both, top water and a swim bait strike is a darn good feeling.

 

[STOVE]

I heard on a podcast recently that they had video of specs repeatedly coming up to and headbutting baits with a closed mouth. Almost looking to shock them and come back for the easy eat. I like to keep a fluke or soft bait to throw right behind a missed topwater cast. Easier in a boat than wading.

 

[Toby_Corgi]

Check out this underwater footage of trout strikes. As you would expect, they strike from under and behind the bait, but do it in a way to flip the bait so they can eat it head first. Fascinating to see in slow-motion.

 

[c hook]

Check out this underwater footage of trout strikes. As you would expect, they strike from under and behind the bait, but do it in a way to flip the bait so they can eat it head first. Fascinating to see in slow-motion.

cool video nothing surprising, they come in from behind analyze and suck it down. they will follow tops the same way until they decide to smoke it.

 

[Toby_Corgi]

cool video nothing surprising, they come in from behind analyze and suck it down. they will follow tops the same way until they decide to smoke it.

I've often wondered how they go about eating the bait head first during an aggressive attack from the rear. Now I see that it's a very deliberate technique to flip the bait and suck it in, all in one precision move. Amazing footage.

 

[agonzales1981]

I heard on a podcast recently that they had video of specs repeatedly coming up to and headbutting baits with a closed mouth. Almost looking to shock them and come back for the easy eat. I like to keep a fluke or soft bait to throw right behind a missed topwater cast. Easier in a boat than wading.

If you’ve ever fished for trout with croaker this is exactly what they do. Most of the time there’s a thump first and then they come get it head first and run with it.

 

[habanerojooz]

I heard on a podcast recently that they had video of specs repeatedly coming up to and headbutting baits with a closed mouth. Almost looking to shock them and come back for the easy eat. I like to keep a fluke or soft bait to throw right behind a missed topwater cast. Easier in a boat than wading.

Fish do this as a test. They sense that your lure is fake and possible danger but it is still tempting. They charge the lure and interpret the reaction, some will instead nip or bump the lure to test it. Gar do this often with lures.

If the trout really thought your lure was real, do you think that it would only swipe at the bait and miss it?

 

[STOVE]

Fish do this as a test. They sense that your lure is fake and possible danger but it is still tempting. They charge the lure and interpret the reaction, some will instead nip or bump the lure to test it. Gar do this often with lures.

If the trout really thought your lure was real, do you think that it would only swipe at the bait and miss it?

Hard to say, all kinds of fish do different stuff. I’m sure there are tons of different factors. One of the coolest things I saw last year was porpoises taking turns rushing in from 5-7 foot of water into 1-2 foot, they would come in full head of steam turn 180 and slam their tails on the bait pods to stun them then gobble em up . Ruined the whole bank for fishing but was a sight to see the speed and maneuverability.

with the trout I really don’t don’t know.

 

[Sgrem]

Fish do this as a test. They sense that your lure is fake and possible danger but it is still tempting. They charge the lure and interpret the reaction, some will instead nip or bump the lure to test it. Gar do this often with lures.

If the trout really thought your lure was real, do you think that it would only swipe at the bait and miss it?

I think they aren't always actively feeding. I think they could be just territorial or aggravated at the presence in their space when they are setting up waiting on next feed. This is when you hook them on the outside of the fish. Some days on funky conditions with no tide movement you might catch 90% of your fish hooked outside the mouth for example. If they were actively feeding you catch em hooked deep. Nothing in nature misses a feed on purpose. They are just pushing the bait away on purpose. When they are for real eating there is nothing you can do to keep it away from them.