I need a definition of this. I keep reading posts about these but I have no idea what it is. It kinda seems like opposite is the key word. Opposite meaning same lure/different color, different lure/same color, surface/subsurface, fast/slow, etc. Am I close of this or am I way off? If I get a follow on a Doc, what should I use as a throwback?
A throwback lure can be ANY lure, really. If you were tossing a Doc, that's topwater, WTD. Maybe try a small bucktail burned back to the boat. If you were throwing a bucktail, maybe a twitchbait could be the throwback. I can think of 2 instances right off hand where I didn't have time to switch lures for the thorwback, and I didn't have my other rod rigged either. So my throwback was the exact same lure, only fished waaay differently. I had a hot follow on a crankbait. Missed on the L-turn. I tosed back to her, and snapped the rod a few times. I watched her turn and eat it. Then, just my last missed a bucktail at mid-retrieve. I tossed back out, and ripped, jerked, sped up, and slowed down the retrieve. She came in, and nailed it on the 8.
As mentioned above its whatever bait you immediately throw back. I personally make that decision based on how the fish is behaving when it follows: here’s a couple of examples: For Simplicity let’s say I’m initially throwing a Bucktail when the fish comes in
1. Nosed up tight to the bait and follows thru an 8 but doesn’t fully commit and turns away – I throw back the Same Bait but I may change up the speed/direction on the next retrieve.
2. Hot on the Tail of the Bait but doesn’t follow into the 8 and disappears below/under the boat – I will generally go with something rubber that I can keep down for the entire retrieve. My reasoning on this – It’s a skittish fish, and likely returned to a depth of comfort, and hopefully if something to eat comes by again that stays/hangs in the comfort area (out of direct site of the boat) she will go.
3. Fish comes in several feet below and or trailing a ways behind the bait and has no reaction to the 8 – To be honest this scenario for me has been one of the toughest to convert on a throwback regardless of what I use. Generally I only make a single cast back and it’s usually going to be something completely different than what I was initially throwing. If nothing happens on the throw back I back off the spot, and return when there’s a change in conditions.
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