For the record, the muskies in my tank WOULD NOT eat the injured ones. I’ll be writing an article about that experience and what I believe they are triggered on when we think they’re going for “injured baitfish”.
I personally believe that it’s not the noise of a DC that triggers fish so much as it’s the “water profile” they create (here comes a BST along with a term that could be a Bucherism). By water profile I mean how much water the bait displaces/pushes.
Try 2 things:
1. Throw a DC and then throw an Eagle Tail back to back. You’ll notice that there’s more “thump” with the single bladed ET. Now try it with a single 10 if you can and tell me which should throw the larger lateral line disturbance.
2. Bulge a DC and you’ll notice the wake is HUGE. That’s water being displaced. Now think about how much water a big sucker/baitfish displaces.
I personally think that this large water profile that the DC creates is the draw to that bait. We all talk about muskies wanting to eat fish 1/4-1/3 their size, but we can’t physically fish baits that big effectively. With the DC you are creating that large water profile in a bait that can be fished. Who knows, but it seems logical to me.
BTW Cady, give me a call and we’ll go booze-cruzing on tonka.
