For the last couple of years I have been fishing Muskies in the Midwest. There seems to be a lot of crossover between Muskies and Trophy Largemouth fishing for what I have experienced. One thing that the Muskie guys do when there is high pressure and no wind is to burn bucktails (inline spinners) to create a reaction strike from the fish. If you are using a standard, steady retrieve, all you are going to get most of the time is a follow (sound familiar?). When I say burn... I mean crank as absolutely fast as you can. The fish have no problem turning and eating the bait as I have seen it first hand.

During the post spawn, I have had some success on swimbait largemouths putting a little speed on the baits but I haven't tried burning them. Has anyone tried or had any success really getting on it and burning baits? It seems in So. Cal... no wind is really tough fishing. You can still get the fish to follow but rairly commit. There have been exceptions but the vast majority of the time the fishing is really tough. Northern Cal is somewhat different where lakes up there actually bite better in the flat calm, high skies. What are yout thoughts on this. Let me know what you have experienced.