02-19-2015, 09:55 PM
[#0000FF]Ya never know on any given day. But there was a brief flurry of wiper action on trolled hardbaits last week...when the water temps were a few degrees warmer.
This is a transitional time and a crazy weather year. Best to go prepared with anything you might need and keep watching temp and sonar to find fish. Then keep switching around until you find something the fish vote for...if they are in a voting mood.
As a general rule, wipers do not get active enough to chase lures until the water temps are well over 50 degrees...and another 20 degrees even better. But they act and react according to THEIR schedule and not to ours. The lower the temps the slower the fishes' metabolism...and the slower you have to show them your offerings. This is not the time of year to drag cranks at warp speed. But they will often hit a slow crank that has a good wiggle at the lower speeds...or a scented plastic (Gulp).
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This is a transitional time and a crazy weather year. Best to go prepared with anything you might need and keep watching temp and sonar to find fish. Then keep switching around until you find something the fish vote for...if they are in a voting mood.
As a general rule, wipers do not get active enough to chase lures until the water temps are well over 50 degrees...and another 20 degrees even better. But they act and react according to THEIR schedule and not to ours. The lower the temps the slower the fishes' metabolism...and the slower you have to show them your offerings. This is not the time of year to drag cranks at warp speed. But they will often hit a slow crank that has a good wiggle at the lower speeds...or a scented plastic (Gulp).
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