| Of all the types of fishing an angler can experiment | | | | the lure! |
| and perhaps become extremely proficient in, top | | | | Tactics For Topwater Fishin' |
| water bass fishing is without a doubt one of the | | | | Most anyone, despite their angling skills, can attempt |
| most exciting and enjoyable. Most fishing goes | | | | and even master the basics of topwater fishing. It's a |
| unseen, in terms of the exact moment a fish strikes | | | | bit of work, but it's really worth the effort. The |
| a lure. Yet, with topwater fishing there is a distinct | | | | concept is elementary, and basically involves being |
| action advantage and visual stimulation involved. This | | | | able to fish on the surface on freshwater bodies of |
| added visual appeal and response that comes with | | | | water. The trick though, is being able to manipulate |
| topwater fishing is priceless in terms of angling | | | | the way one's lure acts, floats and reacts atop the |
| pleasure, even if the result is a missed strike where a | | | | water's surface. |
| bass swims away. | | | | Mainly, what's required here is a decent ability or |
| It's certain, if one is seeking an ultimate bass angling | | | | coordination, specifically hand eye coordination. |
| experience, topwater fishing is exactly what should | | | | Topwater fishing starts with one's eyes and ends |
| be sought to disrupt calm and mundane fishing | | | | with one's wrists. Using one's eyes to watch the lure |
| waters. | | | | (particularly the way it reacts) is foremost. Secondly, |
| Float On With Style and Functionality | | | | using ones' wrist to control line pull, tug and twitch, |
| Using bait and/or lures that float on top of the water | | | | and thus lure action, atop the water's surface is the |
| is what makes top water fishing more of an exciting | | | | enticing element fish beneath the water's surface are |
| angling experience than other style of fishing. Lures | | | | fully drawn to. Techniques for fishing in a topwater |
| are primarily used, specifically ones labeled, suitably | | | | manner can vary from popping the lure to walking it |
| enough, as 'topwaters.' These types of lures are | | | | or twitching it. |
| quite fancy looking, produced in realistic, true-to-bait | | | | Keeping Line In Mind |
| fish fashion with lifelike appearances and patterning | | | | All the above cannot be done with out proper line |
| to appeal to fishes sensory receptors. Most | | | | tension. A topwater angler's best bet to reel in |
| topwaters are hollow-bodied and made from hard | | | | massive amounts of bass, both trophy worthy and |
| durable plastic or wood with a standard tail treble | | | | average size, are to keep their line reasonably taut at |
| hook, and in some cases, two belly-bottom trebles. | | | | all times. Without doing this, the way the lure tied to |
| The key with such topwaters is being able to cast | | | | the end of the line reacts will not appear natural or |
| out as far as humanly possible. This in mind, topwater | | | | act in the correct manner which it was intended. |
| lures are designed with aerodynamics to stream | | | | Thus, a slacked cast will yield sloppy and non-realistic |
| through the air and reach far off distances, whether | | | | topwater fishing. And keeping as realistic as possible |
| casted from within a boat or from the coastline of a | | | | with one's topwater lure presentation and action is |
| water's edge. Once a far distance cast is achieved | | | | crucial, especially since bass react to lifelike lure |
| the best aspect of topwater fishing follows, working | | | | movement. |