topwater pike

Senor Froggy, top water test pilot for Bass and Pike

by Wayne Mumford June 13, 2011

I’m not even going to say what the uncharacteristic ongoing weather pattern is producing today. I borrowed a friend’s Coleman Crawdad to drag down to the Pike hole (the parking lot is underwater) to go after Mr. Esox  and it’s raining on the parade. I will hold out at the coffee bar for awhile, if [...]

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Zaggin Zook- Walkin’ the Dog Topwater Bug

by Wayne Mumford March 30, 2011

If you have been following this blog for awhile you know that I’m not a purist trout fisherman, that is; I like to fly fish for a few warm water species too, mainly bass and pike and would not balk at sinking into the depths of true brownlining and go after a carp if the [...]

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Top Water Frenzy or, Where have you been lately?

by Wayne Mumford August 10, 2010

It’s no mystery,  it happens to all serious fishing folk this time of year; they go fishing. When you are locked up in hard water and crummy weather for most of the year it’s hard to resist the urge to do nothing but fish 24/7 when the weather finally favors your favorite piscatorial pursuits. So [...]

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Top Water Pike

by Wayne Mumford August 2, 2010

I guess I’m going to have to consider an epoxy coat or a kevlar vest for my top water foam frog patterns. This one lasted about 20 minutes last night, which equated to 3 landed fish and a half dozen attacks. Yes, the top water bite was on. Flipping hysterical fishing. As soon as the [...]

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Foam Topwater Bass Bugs

by Wayne Mumford July 18, 2010

I’m staggering to the finish of ten day absence from the US workforce, vacation in other words. One can never be to prepared for vacation, blown boat trailer tires, boat trailer wiring meltdowns, truck front ends falling apart and such. I’m trying to figure out what nasty thing I did to be visited the the [...]

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Pike Porn

by Wayne Mumford September 15, 2009

Before this summer I really never paid much attention to Northern Pike. That ended when the kids came home from the local lake sputtering verbs  about pike so fast I could hardly understand them. I listened to it for about a week- way to long. If you have never experienced a pike attack on top [...]

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