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BienveWho · #1 08-21-2013, 11:35 PM

Well, to be honest, i've only started using topwaters within the past couple months. The first handful of times yielded absolutely zero results which is not a very good way to establish any confidence in a new bait.
Kept at it and finally, when prefishing for the LA1 tourney, was able to land my first red on top. Then another, and another. Within a 30 mins had landed 3 of them. (White with red nose Top Dog Jr)

This week, I went down to pecan island to hunt for some redfish and the water was very clear at the top but had lots of green algae and growth underneath. Any subsurface bait i tried using came back covered in green mess. Decided to go with the topwater again. Whipped out the smaller pink skitterwalk and lets just say, to my surprise, these fish couldn't resist it.

Went on Sunday and landed two reds, an 18' (on the very first cast of the day) and a 25".

Returned today, Wednesday, and had better success.
Landed 5 Reds, photo'd one for an online catch, photo, release tourney (had three spots), kept the other four.
18", 19", 21", 28"

Lessons learned from the "topwater only" day:
- most exciting way to catch a fish is on topwater while standing in the kayak
- you WILL MISS A HANDFUL OF BLOWUPS (super frustrating sometimes)
- bring spare treble hooks to replace damaged ones (happens more than you'd think)
- don't give up during the retrieve during the last 10 yards just because you're ready to recast. Had two huge blowups less then 5 feet from the boat.
- try different sizes. I had much better success with the smaller one and my buddy had trouble getting hook ups with larger trebles.

This broken hook costed me a very nice massive bull red. Fought for a good 10 minutes, got near the kayak, then broke off...

fishinpox · #2 08-22-2013, 03:32 AM

I find myself fishing top water almost exclusively nowadays.. I an throw that thing all day , I love watching them blow up on it!!

BassAssasin · #3 08-22-2013, 07:38 AM

heck yea!!! So much more exciting

Fishmaster19 · #4 08-22-2013, 08:50 AM

Where did you get that measuring board? I can't find any that length.

marshrunner757 · #5 08-22-2013, 09:03 AM

Pink SW is my go to. I'm about 95% top water for the past 3 years. She dogs and skitter walks. Depends what they want on any given day. Nice catch BTW

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Gottogo49 · #6 08-22-2013, 09:59 AM

Nice fish, good job. Been there, done that, Topwater fishing is very addictive. Used to be all I fished with, I have caught a total of three hardheads on topwater baits - that's fishing too much topwater. Now that I am into kayak fishing I may have to refocus back to topwater. Pink SW is very good, Bone is a close second. Be careful with big fish and treble hooks in a kayak, that big dude is awfully close to your legs. Good use of your boga but those guys can wrestle the boga away from me when they are green. Catch 2000 and MirroDine is almost as fun as topwater. Hooked a shark from my kayak the other day, cut the line. No way that rascal was getting in the kayak with me. HaHa!

Sightwindow · #7 08-22-2013, 10:06 AM

Second that on being careful with trebles on a red in close quarters. More than a few times I've ripped the gills out of one with pliers from the other side and let it bleed out after almost having it impale me while unhooking. Big country strong bastiges!

BienveWho · #8 08-22-2013, 01:08 PM

The measuring board is from pack and paddle. It's a "hawg trough" brand I believe.

Thanks for the warning about the the trebles. I'm already about to change nets to a rubber one bc the stupid trebles cause too much chaos in the "rope" net.