When a storm is approaching there is nothing that beats the sound of a topwater muskie lure plopping and splashing through the water. Perhaps no other muskie fishing lure on earth elicits more emotion and feelings of excitement than a topwater! Plain and simple, there is no denying it, topwater muskie fishing is just awesome! In this episode Mike Richardson and I capture a nice muskie that hit my TopRaider after going 10 hours without seeing a fish! An incoming storm was all we needed and the switch to the TopRaider got the job done!
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http://www.joebucheroutdoors.com/topwater/topraider
When you are hooked up with a big musky and the battle turns close-range around the bow, you need a long rod to help fight the fish so that you can avoid tangles with your trolling motor. The longer rods also help to make large sweeping figure-8’s and make bombing TopRaiders out a long distance easy.
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