Witnessing the blowup of a big sow speck can be the most impressive or underwhelming thing an angler can witness. Sometimes they strike with such vigor they force the lure into the air causing the heart to skip a few beats. Many times, the signature of a super-sized sow will be a simple “slurp” and the disappearance of the hard plastic plug. The challenge in both scenarios is in the hands of the angler.
Do not let a blowup fool you. Specks, even huge ones, can miss a plug and anglers probably miss most of them by attempting to set the hook before the fish has its mouth on it. Big predators push up a lot of water when they are hitting at something on the surface. It is best to get hit, count to two, and then set the hook.
And if you miss the fish, it can pay to let the plug sit there and then gently twitch it.
Capt. Jim Onderdonk, a Baffin Bay guide said he often rigs up clients inexperienced with topwaters with a topwater/Bass Assassin combo. He rigs the Assassin as a trailer for the surface lure and most of the time when the trout comes up toward the surface it takes the Assassin first. Trailing a topwater with your favorite soft plastic can help you score on big trout.
“It works really well, especially for people who just don’t have a lot of experience fishing topwaters. It’s exciting for people to get a blowup but heartbreaking for them to miss one of these fish because down here it really could be the trout of a lifetime.”Adjusting topwater tactics to include a plastic can pay big dividends.
TF&G Staff
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Would have been interesting to see how he rigs it
Ref: Topwater/Plastic Combo For Big Trout….did y’all forget to attach the video?
Would have been beneficial to me……j
ust saying ..thanks
Would have been helpful if you would have shown an example of a combo rig.
Agree with above
Let’s see the rig setup please…
I just received a message that TF&G had posted this. I had written a story about this topwater style rig up many years ago that was published and it had pictures attached. I called Donk’s dangler L.O.L. I will see if I can get one rigged and get posted. It was a 16″ fluorocarbon 30 lbs. leader tied to the front hook snap ring, with a 1/16th oz jig head, soft plastic attached. I use bass assassins and devil eyes back then.
Kind Regards
Capt. Donk
Thanks!
I used a Trailer Rig for years, still have a few made up & ready to go. Take a large topwater lure, tie a 1/16 oz or lighter jighead to a 20″ 20 lb leader line & attach it to the front hook split ring ( center hook on a super spook ) try a gulp jerk shad or other soft plastic on the jighead. Work it just like a topwater retrieve, just a tad slower. I doubled up on 25″ reds one time in POC, that was a trick corralling both of them w/o getting a hook in the finger.
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