Have not posted on here in quite some time. Been living in Florida for the last year, but I missed muskies so much I had to return to Michigan… Anyway… My question.
I am a big fan of glide baits, both because they are fun to fish, and because I have had success on them in early and late season. However, what I have noticed is if the water clarity begins to decline, either from algea bloom or just sediment, glide baits just plain dont work for me. Is this because there is little water displacement, and muskies start to feed with their lateral line when the water is dirty, or is it for completely different reasons?
Also, I have been told to slow my presentation waaay down when fishing in dirty water so the skies will have an easier time locating my offering, but at the same time, have seen people have exellent success speed trolling suspended fish. This doesn't make sense to me. Do muskies make an exeption to the "slow it down" rule if your trolling, as oposed to casting a weedbed? The whole dirty water thing on the particular water I fish a lot has always baffled me.
I wouldn't say that dirty water makes fishing with a glider poor. There was an article a while back in musky hunter about muskies lateral lines and how they feed.
In the article it discussed a musky caught in murky water and the fish also had a disease in both its eyes so it was blind, yet still hit the author's glider.
In stained murky water like in canada, gliders tend to work well for me
Probably more of a seasonal thing than water clarity but gliders are a visual bait for sure and clarity could be a factor. Like any lure they're just another tool and maybe not the right tool for summer. I don't carry a glider in the boat from mid/late-June until October.
As far as speed goes… it's a trigger in any water color especially when the water is over 60 degrees. Burning a bucktail in an algae bloom has accounted for tons of BIG fish across the muskie range. If you've had success going slow keep at it for sure but don't think that you have to go slow.
lol, I have one but I ruined it and am trying to figure out how to make it work again. I bought it at a lure swap and it was a proto-type supposedly worth like 80 bucks or somthing, but it floated and didn't sink. (it could have been a topwater proto, and I didn't know it) anyway… I took the drill to the bottom of it to place some lead in it, but drilled all the way into the rattle chamber, so I ruined that part of the bait. Now I just gotta get enough lead in to make it suspend right. The paint job is awesome on those things though.
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