Last Minute Trip -SUCCESS!

[ElectricChicken]

Got to Big Lake about 1:30 pm and took off out of Hebert's with about a 15mph wind blowing. Saw some birds working on the west side and quickly landed 3 big reds on plastics. Took about 5 minutes to get each one in. Fantastic fighters! We saw reds blowing up the water quite a few times and twice had reds swim by the boat while we were fighting the ones that were hooked. They had to be chasing fish because you couldn't keep up with them with the trolling motor most of the time.
Went south after that and worked some birds with specks and white trout causing the ruckus. The wind was blowing pretty hard so we started with plastics and were catching quite a few with about 40% throwbacks. I could not stand it anymore and decided to throw my brand new, straight from the brand new academy in Lafayette, translucent shad colored, sharp hook toting, Skitterwalk. After SaltyShaw told me to throw it till my arm fell off, I figured wind or no wind I needed to try. Was I ever glad I did. It would take them 3 or 4 hits to grab it sometimes in those waves but what a blast! Quality went up bigtime compared to what we were catching. My partner, Rockfish, ask if I had another and he proceeeded to catch his first ever trouts on topwater in his life! That is very cool. We ended up with 26 specks and 3 nice reds. We also each caught our first seagulls. Five gulls actually scooped up our baits off the water and tried to fly away with em. Thats a first for me. I have had them hover over my topwaters before but never actually pick them up. I think this color was so realistic they couldn't stand it. The Academy did not have the colors that a bunch of you guys suggested so I got the one I thought might work. Thanks to all who gave the topwater feedback and especially SaltyShaw, Gerald and cduhon for your advice yesterday. I wish you could have seen my buddies face when those trout starting hitting his Skitterwalk. Priceless!

[Shawn Braquet]

good job

[SaltERedneck]

nice trip man. always fun to get em on topwater

[msu-tfrancois]

good job sounds like yall had a blast...if ya tie yaself a loop knot on that skittawalk it'll give ya more action....it allows that head to go side to side more....you can google loop knots there's buncha diff ways to tie em

[noodle creek]

good job sounds like yall had a blast...if ya tie yaself a loop knot on that skittawalk it'll give ya more action....it allows that head to go side to side more....you can google loop knots there's buncha diff ways to tie em

X2 on loop knot

[SaltyShaw]

Awesome man glad yall got on them!! Thats not a bad lookin topwater bait at all, now you aint gonna want to throw anything else haha

[SaltyShaw]

I use Norton Quick Twists with out the swivel on my plugs seems to work pretty good.

[cmdrost]

Don't like the norton products. Had too many break on bigger fish.

[ckinchen]

Nice job, nothing like topwater fun....

[SaltyShaw]

Originally Posted by cmdrost

Don't like the norton products. Had too many break on bigger fish.

Hasnt happened to me yet . . . . . lol nor do i want it to i may need to put em down i would kick my self in the rear if i lost a fish due to laziness of not wanting to tie a bait

[ElectricChicken]

I will definitely tie the loop knot. I have used a king sling knot before that is really good. In fact, I am going tie it on right now and throw it in the pond and check it out. Maybe one of my bass will like it too.

[fishmaster911]

Nice job !

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by SaltyShaw

I use Norton Quick Twists with out the swivel on my plugs seems to work pretty good.

When I buy a new Top water bait, I add a split ring to it to give it more action in the water.

[all star rod]

Originally Posted by Gerald

When I buy a new Top water bait, I add a split ring to it to give it more action in the water.

X2.....

BTW, nice mess of fish!

[Country Boy]

Not bad at all,nice job

[jldsc]

Hey shaw..I use the gomakatsu quik latches and have had good luck with them so far..but no real big big reds yet with them..

[SaltyShaw]

Originally Posted by jldsc

Hey shaw..I use the gomakatsu quik latches and have had good luck with them so far..but no real big big reds yet with them..

I'm gonna have to check those out

[inchspinner]

Caught 10 lb reds with nortons, no prob...