let me start by telling you there is no time of day better than all day to fish a top water...if you look at the post new dam...the second fish in the thread was caught on a topwater.
ask yourself how often do you catch bass as the lure hits the water...be it early morning...midday or afternoon...from experience i can tell you many a time...so then you have to ask yourself why do people always tell you to fish topwaters early morning or late afternoon...time spent on the water will help you to decide when is a good time...you will also find it you are fishing lily pads etc and casting onto the lily pads you will catch bass all day long pulling the lure over the top...sometimes all it takes is a cloudy day.
the trick is the speed and type of lure...up until recently the horny toad was my favourite top water lure...because you can fish it like a buzzbait along the top at high speed...you can slow it down so that it just makes a wake...or you can fish it extremely slowly...then let it sink and boy have i got some nice fish doing just that...
i remember one occassion at inanda around 2 pm in the afternoon fishing was very very slow...we stopped in a bay near s bends to have some lunch and a cold drink...while in the bay i decided to throw the horny toad to the side and retrieve it slowly along the top just creating a wake...i didnt get any hits so i decide to retrieve it back till i knew there was a stump below the surface and paused...i almost lost my rod...i wasnt expecting to hook and land a fish just under 3 kg
my new faourite frog floats...sometimes i wonder if the horny toads is not catching as many fish because there are so many people using it now...just like the crankbaits...we use to catch fish lots of big fish using norman cranks...i believe because there are now so mnay people using norman cranks the bass get use to the sound and look of lures...i have notice on numerous occassion i have changed to the new cranks i have been trying out and i get fish...put the norman crnak on and the bite is slow and small.
out of all the KVD bass fishing dvds...there is one thing that stands out the most for me and thats llure presentation...not the rod...reel...or type of lure...it is how you present your lure...i believe that is what makes him the number one bass fisherman in the world....the next time you watch a KVD dvd take note of his presentation.
remeber the presentation is not only the cast but also the retrieve...the manner in which you present the lure...making sure the bait lands where you intended it to...making sure the crank runs straight...the plastic doesnt roll in the water...sometimes a high cast with a big slash will make the bass hit the lure...sometimes skimming the lure across the water will generate a strike...and sometimes a quiet presentation will suddenly generate a strike...i hope this helps a little...to improve your topwater success...as i have mentioned before...if you live in durban feel free to contact us to spend a day on the water with us...if you are new and starting out rory has alot of experience and has taught me a lot about bass fishing...i am sure guys who have spent days on the water with rory will tell you he knows his stuff...and is always willing to share.
the best part about it...is it is FREE.
ask yourself how often do you catch bass as the lure hits the water...be it early morning...midday or afternoon...from experience i can tell you many a time...so then you have to ask yourself why do people always tell you to fish topwaters early morning or late afternoon...time spent on the water will help you to decide when is a good time...you will also find it you are fishing lily pads etc and casting onto the lily pads you will catch bass all day long pulling the lure over the top...sometimes all it takes is a cloudy day.
the trick is the speed and type of lure...up until recently the horny toad was my favourite top water lure...because you can fish it like a buzzbait along the top at high speed...you can slow it down so that it just makes a wake...or you can fish it extremely slowly...then let it sink and boy have i got some nice fish doing just that...
i remember one occassion at inanda around 2 pm in the afternoon fishing was very very slow...we stopped in a bay near s bends to have some lunch and a cold drink...while in the bay i decided to throw the horny toad to the side and retrieve it slowly along the top just creating a wake...i didnt get any hits so i decide to retrieve it back till i knew there was a stump below the surface and paused...i almost lost my rod...i wasnt expecting to hook and land a fish just under 3 kg
my new faourite frog floats...sometimes i wonder if the horny toads is not catching as many fish because there are so many people using it now...just like the crankbaits...we use to catch fish lots of big fish using norman cranks...i believe because there are now so mnay people using norman cranks the bass get use to the sound and look of lures...i have notice on numerous occassion i have changed to the new cranks i have been trying out and i get fish...put the norman crnak on and the bite is slow and small.
out of all the KVD bass fishing dvds...there is one thing that stands out the most for me and thats llure presentation...not the rod...reel...or type of lure...it is how you present your lure...i believe that is what makes him the number one bass fisherman in the world....the next time you watch a KVD dvd take note of his presentation.
remeber the presentation is not only the cast but also the retrieve...the manner in which you present the lure...making sure the bait lands where you intended it to...making sure the crank runs straight...the plastic doesnt roll in the water...sometimes a high cast with a big slash will make the bass hit the lure...sometimes skimming the lure across the water will generate a strike...and sometimes a quiet presentation will suddenly generate a strike...i hope this helps a little...to improve your topwater success...as i have mentioned before...if you live in durban feel free to contact us to spend a day on the water with us...if you are new and starting out rory has alot of experience and has taught me a lot about bass fishing...i am sure guys who have spent days on the water with rory will tell you he knows his stuff...and is always willing to share.
the best part about it...is it is FREE.
