THE DEADLY TWITCH
A Fantastic Way To Fish the Baby ShallowRaider
I've made this statement before, and it's definitely worth repeating -- "No lure triggers more strikes from shallow cover muskies, conditioned from repeated casts, than the twitched minnow bait". I've also made the claim "no other lure is a more efficient tournament musky bait than the twitched minnow bait". Statistics prove my claim to right on. The minnow bait has proven to be the best trigger bait, on pressured muskies, by far.
In my estimation, the perfect minnow bait for twitchin' pressured fish is one that has flat sides for higher flash, low buoyancy for slower speed twitchin', a strong vibration to draw fish out of thick weeds, a durable hard-body finish, and an …show more content…
But right now, let's explore one of the very best all around tactics for all big gamefish species -- The Twitch. Nothing triggers a "cover tight" predator quite like a twitched minnow bait. More bass tournaments have been won lately with this tactic (they call it "jerkbait fishing"?). And the twitch minnowbait tactic has literally dominated musky tourneys for over a decade.
What's less known is how deadly twitchin' is on big pike. Twitch big minnow baits for reluctant cover-tight pike can really score big. One of my last Canadian pike trips proved this tactic was as worthy on the spotted member of the pike family as it is on muskies. Perhaps even moreso. Big pike can't resist flashy minnow baits, twitched along shaded banks, weed patches and woody cover.
One of the keys to twitchin' is simply -- Trying to get as much action out of the minnow bait while twitching it near cover without moving it forward. This is a key to drawing fish out from underneath brushpiles, fallen trees, and thick weed clumps. The best minnowbait twitchers I know are masters of this technique. They can fish behind the fast casting, run & gun caster, and literally clean up, if the fish are reluctant to
A Fantastic Way To Fish the Baby ShallowRaider
I've made this statement before, and it's definitely worth repeating -- "No lure triggers more strikes from shallow cover muskies, conditioned from repeated casts, than the twitched minnow bait". I've also made the claim "no other lure is a more efficient tournament musky bait than the twitched minnow bait". Statistics prove my claim to right on. The minnow bait has proven to be the best trigger bait, on pressured muskies, by far.
In my estimation, the perfect minnow bait for twitchin' pressured fish is one that has flat sides for higher flash, low buoyancy for slower speed twitchin', a strong vibration to draw fish out of thick weeds, a durable hard-body finish, and an …show more content…
But right now, let's explore one of the very best all around tactics for all big gamefish species -- The Twitch. Nothing triggers a "cover tight" predator quite like a twitched minnow bait. More bass tournaments have been won lately with this tactic (they call it "jerkbait fishing"?). And the twitch minnowbait tactic has literally dominated musky tourneys for over a decade.
What's less known is how deadly twitchin' is on big pike. Twitch big minnow baits for reluctant cover-tight pike can really score big. One of my last Canadian pike trips proved this tactic was as worthy on the spotted member of the pike family as it is on muskies. Perhaps even moreso. Big pike can't resist flashy minnow baits, twitched along shaded banks, weed patches and woody cover.
One of the keys to twitchin' is simply -- Trying to get as much action out of the minnow bait while twitching it near cover without moving it forward. This is a key to drawing fish out from underneath brushpiles, fallen trees, and thick weed clumps. The best minnowbait twitchers I know are masters of this technique. They can fish behind the fast casting, run & gun caster, and literally clean up, if the fish are reluctant to