Fish That Love Topwater Lures

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Striped Bass (Striper)

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World Record 81 lb 14 oz
Gregory Myerson / 2011
Long Island Sound, Connecticut

Signature Fact Their eggs must stay drifting for about 48 hours-sink once, and the entire spawn suffocates.

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Redfish

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World Record 94 lb 2 oz
David R. Deuel / 1984
Hatteras, North Carolina

Signature Fact Males literally drum-low booms you can feel through the hull on calm spawning nights.

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Bluefish

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World Record 31 lb 12 oz
James Hussey / 1972
Hatteras, North Carolina

Signature Fact They practice brutal "surplus killing": slashing dozens of baitfish even with bellies bulging to the gills.

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Peacock Bass

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World Record 27 lb 0 oz
Gilberto Fernandes / 2010
Rio Negro, Brazil

Signature Fact That fake eyespot on the tail is a piranha decoy, drawing bites away from the brain.

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Northern Pike

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World Record 55 lb 1 oz
Lothar Louis / 1986
Lake of Grefeern, Germany

Signature Fact Unlike most fish, they launch with an S-start burst-arrow-straight acceleration that nails prey with sniper precision.

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Muskellunge

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World Record 67 lb 8 oz
Cal Johnson / 1949
Lake Court Oreilles, Wisconsin

Signature Fact A shocking number of hookups explode inches from the net during boatside figure‑eights-pure cardiac fishing.