How To Catch Fish on Topwater Lures Rigging and Fishing Tips

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4 жыл бұрын

How to rig and catch fish on topwater lures. These tips are targeted toward saltwater fishing in the inner coastal waterway areas of Florida. They can be applied to just about any type of fishing in salt of freshwater though. In this video I show some clips of Snook and Redfish being caught, but the videos linked below will have Jack Crevalle and Ladyfish in them as well.
How To Rig For Fishing Topwater Lures
1. Braided fishing on the main line
2. Six feet of mono or fluorocarbon leader
3. Surface walking lure
4. Connect the lure to the leader line using a loop knot
5. Attach the braid main line to the mono or flouro using an FG knot
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How To Retrieve Surface Walking Baits
When I first started fishing with topwater baits like the Zara Spook and MirroOlure Surface Walker I thought I would have to twitch the bait to the left and the right. This isn't the case at all because these lures actually move left to right on there own. The only thing that the user has to do in order for these fishing lures to work correctly is twitch the end of the rod while reeling the reel. The walking back and forth happens automatically.
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Important Tips For Topwater Fishing
1. Practice casting close to structure by getting out more often to fish.
2. Always cast an area where you just had a strike over and over again. Sometimes the fish will slap at a lure six to seven times before actually getting it.
3. In my opinion the loop knot is better than using an Angler Power Clip because the clip allows there to be too much flexibility causing more tangles and making it harder to get lures unstuck from. structure.
4. The FG knot is a must when using long leaders for topwater fishing.
5. When fishing in very heavy structure heavier leader line is a must.
6. The direction of the tide is very critical to catching more fish with topwater lures. Most fish face into the current waiting for a meal to be delivered to them through the tidal flow. Always keep this in mind when positioning to make a cast.
7. The early morning hours from daylight until the sun rises to a bright morning are best for catching fish with topwater lures.
I mostly fish the SW Florida area. These tips can be applied for this type of fishing anywhere tough...
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@snookcatcher1 4 жыл бұрын

This is real life, time tested advice. No bull - very practical! Love it!

@RadReelingFishing 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and sharing encouraging words.

@donsmith9899 4 жыл бұрын

You a great teacher, and fishermen. You pass on great experiences with hand on knowledge about, taking care of our environment. That we are losing a little bit day by day. Thanks Brother, see you again on the other side of the Sun. Remember Please, Your Good. See YA

@RadReelingFishing 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting.

@NASPELTZ 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial

@ProjectReel 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful information JC. I have a couple of those mirrorlures myself I have yet to try. I’m gonna get on them soon as I can now.

@750gg 4 жыл бұрын

Awsome tutorial brother👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

@charlesmorgan2309 4 жыл бұрын

Another great 👍 video JC !! Thank you !!

@RadReelingFishing 4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome.

@RollieII 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks JC, great Info!!

@Fish-RI 4 жыл бұрын

nice those snook are on my bucket list

@RadReelingFishing 4 жыл бұрын

We have a lot of them here in SW Florida.

@jelly_fishing 4 жыл бұрын

Great tips and great breakdown

@RadReelingFishing 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. When I catch a lot of fish using a certain method I like to make a video showing exactly how I rig things.

@gwddmt1 4 жыл бұрын

*Great demonstration & refresher JC... And you are absolutely correct about that initial smack of the prey by the Snook. I have seen many a big Snook dart out from the dark shadows on a slack tide at night into a dock's lighted area to smack a large six inch live shrimp or mullet hooked in the head. She/they were obviously trying to stun the prey to figure out if it is good eating but then would swim a short distance and mosey around in circle before coming back to swallow the bait whole hog and then get hooked. So your explanation of the out side mouth hook at **13:14** on a lure makes perfect sense... Thanx for sharing, this was a really informative vid...* gw

@RadReelingFishing 4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome. Thanks for being a faithful subscriber.

@tland498 4 жыл бұрын

Good vid lucky 👍🏻😎

@Njmetsfan27 4 жыл бұрын

Nice 👍🏼

@brocktnorman 4 жыл бұрын

Great video JC. I’ve never really had much luck with topwater and snook in the canals I fish. There never seems to be any small snook. I got out and usually see at least 10 snook, all over 30-35 inches but they are so smart they won’t even hit live mullet. I think I’m going to try and focus on throwing big swimbaits.

@RadReelingFishing 4 жыл бұрын

Daylight Snook fishing is always the best for me. Catching thirty five inch Snook sounds like a blast. What do they feed on in that area?

@brocktnorman 4 жыл бұрын

Rad Reeling Fishing they just gorge themselves on mullet. I’ve only caught one 37 inches on a small finger mullet, but all of the others seem too smart. I think I’ll start fishing big shrimp and see if that works.

@brianclark17 3 жыл бұрын

You can get smaller power clips that will allow you to reel the lure all the way up.

@RadReelingFishing 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. That's a possibility for sure, good thinking.

@boz065 4 жыл бұрын

Hey JC, just curious, you ever try a Devil Horse? Love that topwater. I’ve tried that FG knot it’s a great knot but I prefer that double uni. I guess I am just old school and set in my ways lol. As always, Good stuff, my man.

@RadReelingFishing 4 жыл бұрын

I haven't tried the Devils Horse in over forty years. We used to bass fish with them when I was a teenager. I'm sure those Snook I fish for would demolish one though. The uni to uni is a great knot for sure. Thanks for watching and commenting.