10-17-2008, 10:33 AM
"That's exactly the same spot where I spent some of my time fishing on monday trying exclusively for tigers with some jigs and rattlin' rapalas with no luck. "
[cool][#0000ff]That spot has become a known hangout for late season tigers. They go where the groceries are and the panfish gravitate there as the waters cool.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, it is a two sided coin. Tigers follow the food, but if the food is too plentiful they do not hit lures as readily or as often. With all of the bitty bites in shallow water still, I suspect that most of the toothy critters are well fed.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That is a good area to try for tigers through the ice too. If you have good sonar, know how to use it and have a rod properly rigged with a big tube you can watch for a tiger to appear somewhere in the water column and then send down your "tiger tamer". But, as we both know, it is more common for someone to either hook one on a small lure being fished for other species...or to have the top predator decide he wants your struggling perch or crappie more than you do. Tigers usually win those disputes.[/#0000ff]
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[cool][#0000ff]That spot has become a known hangout for late season tigers. They go where the groceries are and the panfish gravitate there as the waters cool.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, it is a two sided coin. Tigers follow the food, but if the food is too plentiful they do not hit lures as readily or as often. With all of the bitty bites in shallow water still, I suspect that most of the toothy critters are well fed.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That is a good area to try for tigers through the ice too. If you have good sonar, know how to use it and have a rod properly rigged with a big tube you can watch for a tiger to appear somewhere in the water column and then send down your "tiger tamer". But, as we both know, it is more common for someone to either hook one on a small lure being fished for other species...or to have the top predator decide he wants your struggling perch or crappie more than you do. Tigers usually win those disputes.[/#0000ff]
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