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thanks for the tips on filleting bluegill only caught one and then messed up on the fillet by piercing the intestines. So any way do any of you guys have any experience with using a mouse lure, if so did you like it, catch any bass.
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The biggest fish caught in my pond are caught with mouse lures. I have a certain corner in the pond full of lilly pads and cattails. I just cast on the shore and bring it down into the thickest stuff I can find. Pause it every so often on top of the lilly pads. Most of my strikes occur during these pauses.
mouse lure friggin rock
Ive never used a mouse lure but ive used a frog which is pretty much the same thing. Caught some huge bass on that sucker flippin it over like a 6in thich bed of algae in a pond. Its fun to watch them explode all over em' too. I've also heard of guys using live mice in canada just on a hook for trout. It has to be a full moon though at late night like midnight. They just hook em' and let them swim from the boat to shore and they catch MONSTERS! Like 16lb brown trout and stuff. Give it a try.
I've had some great luck with mouse lures, bass love them. I've even gone as far as to catch mice in live tap and use as bait, talk about running on water. The bass chase em all over our pond. I've gone up to the bronze eye frog or a ZOOM frog, they both drive bass grassy. the ZOOM speed craw makes a great topwater also, they're a little smaller and you'll get great hook sets. good luck and good fihsin...
Thanks guys I got a pond by my house with huge bass in it but they are very reluctant to bite so I was making sure it wasn't that they didn't want the mouse and mc I will be sure to try that trout trick when I am at a lake that has trout, not many of those in ohio.
I love the a mouse lure on in a really brushy or mossy part of lake or pond. I have an uncle who catches them live and super glues a hook to there back and lets them go. I have never seen a more vicious strike than on one of those live mice. Really exciting way to get those bigs to to come unglued.
In regards to the mice and frog artificial lures, what's the trick to setting the hook? I know I have heard alot of people say when the bass takes it to let it go for a second or two before setting the hook. Despite doing this, I still miss hooksets more often than I would like. Can anyone give me advice to better my technique? Thanks alot.
Most misses on these lures I believe come from too small a hook or the hook being imbedded too deeply into the lure. I solve this by using oversized hooks and by threading the hook 1/4-3/8's inch then lightly skin hook the hook on the side I want to be the bottom. it takes less rod sweep to set this hook than the hook being double threaded. most of these new frogs are very dense/thick and require heavy sting and a heavy hookset, a larger hook helps here. lastely I down size to the speed craw or simular bait, alows me to use smaller hooks and I finesse these lighter lures over brush and lilly pads drwing lots of strikes. Hope this helps
I have had good luck with the hollow bodied frogs and mice. I have fished some of those frogs that are rubbery all the way threw and my hook up percentage went out of the window. Let the Fish take it until you can feel the pull on the line and then let him have it. Upping hook size would help a lot. Try the Dean Rojas Moss Frog it is a really go getter. I have had good luck in open water with it also.
Yup... the mouse lure is deadly if you have 4+ pound bass around. Smaller bass don't seem to hit it so well but the big ones come unglued over it. For example, one AM my buddy and I caught about 40 bass each averaging about 1 1/2 pounds each and none over three pounds. His dad used a mouse during that same time/location and caught four bass over 4 pounds.
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Ive never used a mouse lure but ive used a frog which is pretty much the same thing. Caught some huge bass on that sucker flippin it over like a 6in thich bed of algae in a pond. Its fun to watch them explode all over em' too. I've also heard of guys using live mice in canada just on a hook for trout. It has to be a full moon though at late night like midnight. They just hook em' and let them swim from the boat to shore and they catch MONSTERS! Like 16lb brown trout and stuff. Give it a try.
I've had some great luck with mouse lures, bass love them. I've even gone as far as to catch mice in live tap and use as bait, talk about running on water. The bass chase em all over our pond. I've gone up to the bronze eye frog or a ZOOM frog, they both drive bass grassy. the ZOOM speed craw makes a great topwater also, they're a little smaller and you'll get great hook sets. good luck and good fihsin...
The biggest fish caught in my pond are caught with mouse lures. I have a certain corner in the pond full of lilly pads and cattails. I just cast on the shore and bring it down into the thickest stuff I can find. Pause it every so often on top of the lilly pads. Most of my strikes occur during these pauses.
mouse lure friggin rock
Thanks guys I got a pond by my house with huge bass in it but they are very reluctant to bite so I was making sure it wasn't that they didn't want the mouse and mc I will be sure to try that trout trick when I am at a lake that has trout, not many of those in ohio.
I love the a mouse lure on in a really brushy or mossy part of lake or pond. I have an uncle who catches them live and super glues a hook to there back and lets them go. I have never seen a more vicious strike than on one of those live mice. Really exciting way to get those bigs to to come unglued.
In regards to the mice and frog artificial lures, what's the trick to setting the hook? I know I have heard alot of people say when the bass takes it to let it go for a second or two before setting the hook. Despite doing this, I still miss hooksets more often than I would like. Can anyone give me advice to better my technique? Thanks alot.
Most misses on these lures I believe come from too small a hook or the hook being imbedded too deeply into the lure. I solve this by using oversized hooks and by threading the hook 1/4-3/8's inch then lightly skin hook the hook on the side I want to be the bottom. it takes less rod sweep to set this hook than the hook being double threaded. most of these new frogs are very dense/thick and require heavy sting and a heavy hookset, a larger hook helps here. lastely I down size to the speed craw or simular bait, alows me to use smaller hooks and I finesse these lighter lures over brush and lilly pads drwing lots of strikes. Hope this helps
I have had good luck with the hollow bodied frogs and mice. I have fished some of those frogs that are rubbery all the way threw and my hook up percentage went out of the window. Let the Fish take it until you can feel the pull on the line and then let him have it. Upping hook size would help a lot. Try the Dean Rojas Moss Frog it is a really go getter. I have had good luck in open water with it also.
Yup... the mouse lure is deadly if you have 4+ pound bass around. Smaller bass don't seem to hit it so well but the big ones come unglued over it. For example, one AM my buddy and I caught about 40 bass each averaging about 1 1/2 pounds each and none over three pounds. His dad used a mouse during that same time/location and caught four bass over 4 pounds.
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