Over the course of a day, this enables you to get more hooks into fish by covering more water. Knowing that topwaters are the bait of choice during fall does not necessarily guarantee more muskie photos in your bragging album. A few other items must be considered before you begin to wildly throw noisy floating plugs. Location Location is the primary consideration in any fishing effort, and topwater muskies are no exception. I cannot begin to cover all of the possible variations of fish location in each and every potential body of water.
Some fish relate to rock while other fish are weed oriented.
This in not only true between different lakes and reservoirs, but also within the same body of water. Fish location in general at this time is roughly the same as it has been since water temperatures reached their peaks in late June to mid July. Main lake weed beds, rock piles, humps and sunken islands are the obvious places to be targeted, until the water turns over in the next few weeks. Main lake pieces of structure can be huge on certain lakes. Look for the best possible areas to cast your topwaters, minimizing fish-less casts or low potential water.