Do I throw a big bait or small?

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Do I throw a big bait or small?
Topic Started: Mar 29 2008, 10:02 AM (357 Views)
go-fer	Mar 29 2008, 10:02 AM Post #1
Minnow Posts: 60 Group: Top Users Member #101 Joined: Feb 29, 2008	I Throw big and this is why! musky Because they eat big!



renegade	Mar 29 2008, 10:08 AM Post #2
Administrator Posts: 885 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Jan 24, 2008	Listen to Go-fer she knows what she is talking about! Look at that avatar. Isn't it amazing how fish, reptiles and birds can eat things almost as big as they are....lol.



GET R DONE	Mar 29 2008, 04:40 PM Post #3
Fishin' for Loch Ness Posts: 817 Group: Global Moderators Member #12 Joined: Jan 31, 2008	for big pike and musky I use big baits. As mentioned above, Big fish eat Big...



buckn'rut	Mar 30 2008, 03:37 PM Post #4
Larvae Posts: 8 Group: Regular Member Member #123 Joined: Mar 30, 2008	I don't know about the hole throwing big baits for big fish thing. I go more with the match the hatch theory....Seems to work for me....I like smaller baits in general but will throw the bigs guys on the right occasion thus matching the hatch... Cheers !!!



fishnhunt	Mar 30 2008, 07:33 PM Post #5
Smelt Posts: 239 Group: Top Users Member #25 Joined: Feb 1, 2008	Every musky I have caught has been on 6" plus baits. 6" being the minimum many come on 8"+ lures. The bigger the better I think. IMHO



chevy man	Mar 31 2008, 06:20 AM Post #6
Walleye Posts: 837 Group: Global Moderators Member #14 Joined: Jan 31, 2008	im gonna use some big bait to catch big pike in my neck of the woods cause it seems to work the best and they love it, mind you i have some huge pike get got on some pretty small lure also, so i guess you never know what you might get.



bigfoot	Mar 31 2008, 10:38 PM Post #7
Smelt Posts: 172 Group: Global Moderators Member #35 Joined: Feb 1, 2008	yup...go big!! big fish don't want to exhert to much energy on a tiny meal,,,it takes them more to catch it than digest so BIG wins in my book...sure you'll catch the occasio9nal big one on small,,,but for consistently big Jack,,,go big baits!



Bassaddict	Apr 1 2008, 11:56 AM Post #8
Bass Posts: 305 Group: Admins Member #52 Joined: Feb 2, 2008	Early season I will tone it down a bit in size due to the new hatch but as the season progresses I bulk the size of bait up.



canucks	Apr 3 2008, 01:48 PM Post #9
Larvae Posts: 24 Group: Regular Member Member #70 Joined: Feb 5, 2008	Go big or go home. I have had tons of big pike grab a 2 lbs walleye more than once in one day growing up in Ignace. But those big pike would not touch a small twister. If I had thrown a big sucker minnow down then its game on. I agree with the match the hatch as well to a certain degree but more for trout or bass, big pike and musky can't go wrong with going big.



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