How cold of water before you don't throw a too water? Water was mid 40s and this fish smashed a hollow bodied frog.
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How cold of water before you don't throw a too water? Water was mid 40s and this fish smashed a hollow bodied frog.
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Nice! I have heard of folks slow rolling buzz baits in low 50's.
Usually 60 degrees. Definitely 55 degrees is the lowest I go with a topwater.
I have caught fish on a buzzbait in the mid to low 50s. Much below that I have never tried topwater.
55 is my magic number. Every May on Canada trip if it turns 55 them smallies will smash a spook and I mean smash!
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That fish woulda probably hit a dog turd if ya got it out there.
In my state, I have never found it successful under 62°. But I always try almost 90% of the time I'm on the water.
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+10000!!!!!Originally Posted by Phoenix Jim
I've caught fish on a small wooden topwater in my Dad's pond when there was ice covering part of it. There was a drain at the shallow end where warmer water was pouring in from a winter rain. The fish there would eat that topwater bait.
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They’ll hit it year round here as long as it isn’t stupid cold out in my experience. But I normally stop throwing top water regularly when the water gets in the 50s.
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Walking it slower with the colder water temp?
58 degrees is my magic number. Not to say that I won’t throw it a few degrees lower in the right situation.
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No, not for me, anyway.
It has more to do with the position of the fish than anything. 55 degrees is a benchmark temperature in pre-spawn smallmouth movement and seasonal progression.
55 and rising, it's on with topwater. 55 and falling from 57 or 58 or more, put the topwaters away, and put on a hair jig.
Depends on if it is spring or fall. In the spring I usually don't throw them until the water temp is in the low 60s in the fall, all the way down to the low 50s can be a good bite.
Not exactly top water but I remember Baisil Bacon waking a big blade spinnerbait when it was snowing.
Caught a few 55-58. But not enough to count on a bunch. 60 gets more consistent. Caught topwater fish February- November. Stripers year round
I'm usually not picking up a topwater until post spawn. Having said that, I have buddies that beat them up on buzzbaits when the water is still in the upper 40's to low 50's.
I never have any luck with topwater when water temps are below 65, so I stopped fishing that way.
This time of year it depends on weather not water temp if on a warming trend I'll throw topwater because fish are usually moving up shallow.
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I’ve caught them in 47 degree water on LOZ with spooks, buzzbait and ploppers
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