let. If I'm in a area full of those two things, I know there will be some
monster specks around. It's hard to find any better way to catch a
speckled trout than a topwater. One thing that will definitely help
you catch more fish on a topwater is to be very patient. Those fish
sometimes come up and miss your topwater three and four times,
and get it in their mouth on the fifth. I see it so many times when
someone is fishing a topwater and on the initial hit on their topwater, they pull it away trying to set the hook; they miss the fish and
pull it out of the strike zone, as well. Let the two treble hooks do
the work. Sometimes you can just continue to walk it, and they
come back and crush it. Another way I find that works great is to
pause that rhythm at which you were working your topwater and
just barely twitch it. Sometimes it makes it look like the fish just
wounded the bait, and they can't resist coming back to finish what
they started. One of the best ways I've found to break the habit of
pulling it away too soon is to just close your eyes and work the bait
until you feel the fish pulling back on the line. It's hard to have so
much self control, but it will teach you to not take it out of the strike
zone prematurely. One thing that really helps with keeping the
specks on the line is a pair of good hooks. When the new Matrix
Mullet prototype was created, the first thing we wanted to do was
to use the best and sharpest hooks we could possibly find. Sharp
hooks can save your day when throwing topwaters for specks
mainly because that soft mouth may break on the hook, and the
hook will get lodged somewhere else on his mouth and keep him
on the line.
Keep these crucial tips in
mind this March, and you
will surely see some big
specks come over the side
of your gunwale. Be on the
lookout for the new Matrix
Mullet topwater, and check
out DocksideLa.com for all
of our videos on the Lake
this spring. If you’re looking
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