Well today i hit the lake for the final time this fall, it was a bad day but great day LOLOLOLOLOL i got bite off 4 times with jigs so decieded to try a leader and a spoon WOW i had 2 if the hooks off a trebble hook on a new dardevil red and white spoon taken off and not one fish LOLOLOLOL was 75 deg here in wyoming today and a wonderful day Life member since 09-01-09

Like I've said numerous times here on the BB....fall is the time for big fish to fatten up for the winter.

 

IF you fish waters with toothy critters....start out with a wire leader. IF you don't get any actionin the 1st 20 minutes....then fish the same spot for OTHER species

 

Pike...and muskie to a certain extent...will shut down a bass / walleye / panfish / perch bite in a HEARTBEAT

 

IF they stop biting...then they have either moved...or toothy critters are in the are

Life Member David BB Linkmeister US Army '78-'85 West Central Wisconsin

I have learned that if the water you are fishing holds Pike and Muskie, it's a good idea to keep a rod rigged for them handy at this time of year no matter what you are fishing for. Just about a year ago I was fishing for crappie with a Matzuo Prism Grub and hooked a 25" Northern. I keep what is left of the lure on my fishing workbench to remind me. Tom
Fishin' fool in N.E. Illinois

Hey Tom ur so right thats what i did with the dare devil was just retired it to a collection ive got of tore up stuff, but this is the 1st time ive ever had a spoon gets teeth marks on it ive had numerous cases of hooks getting straightened out or bent or plastic lure being tore up , i was just awed buy the way it marked up that paint on steel

That Daredevle will probably still catch fish even with some scratches. My Prizm Grub is only half it's former self, the back half is just gone. Tom
Fishin' fool in N.E. Illinois

Oh Tom there is no doubt in my mind it will but i always have kept a collection of stuff like that just reminders of what should have been at the end of it lololololololol i have a glass case full of stuff like that BILL

That's fine, just remember to replace it in your tackle box with something similar if not identical. Tom
Fishin' fool in N.E. Illinois

Sounds like you have your own "One That Got Away Hall of Fame".
Be Fishers of Men, You catch, He Cleans Trophy Life Member

I don't often lose fish. The northern that took the back half of my grub was landed, measured and released. I would have posted a picture, but I was out Crappie fishing and didn't have the camera! Tom
Fishin' fool in N.E. Illinois