Thread: New to muskie fishing. HELP!

I don't fish for muskies very often, but you have been given some good advice. If you're gonna use treble hooks, it's best to stay with baits with one treble only, large inline spinners, as an example. I know pike like spoons, I don't know if muskies like them or not, does anyone know? Big swimbaits or big spinnerbaits only contain single hooks, and it's much easier to release one alive that way.

Son in law caught a 30" "ski" on Cave Run this weekend
fishing off a houseboat. He was using a 7" motor oil
worm, texas rigged. He lives 15 miles from Cave Run so
expect to hear a lot more

Up north (Wisconsin) I fish em with big spinnerbaits off
points with deep water. Ocasionally I throw a Suick, which
is an old bait still in use.

Here on Lake Wisconsin I usually don't fish for them, however
have taken many on regular bass plugs while fishing for smallies.

I agree with slab slayn fool about the figure 8 trick. Like he said in his coloumn
green river lake is a great lake to fish also I have caught several 40+in fish here. I throw a jerk bait A LOT. I also throw a spinner bait alot. I don't throw those 10 to 14in baits that often. I use mainly a bait slightly bigger than a normal bass bait.My best fish have come from ledges and point's.

Originally Posted by slabkid

i havent muskie fished so i dontknow

great

This fish come off a point with a 5in blue xrap jerk bait. Maybe there will be one in your near future.:D

big spinners with flashabou

Up north (Wisconsin) I fish em with big spinnerbaits off
points with deep water. Ocasionally I throw a Suick, which
is an old bait still in use.

Here on Lake Wisconsin I usually don't fish for them, however
have taken many on regular bass plugs while fishing for smallies.[/QUOTE]

Another WS guy here, like this guy said,big bass baits will get the muskies. I caught a few on a big Rapala--7" or so. Bulldogs are hot now up there. A Mepps muskie killer gots to be part of your arsenal!

a Black tallywacker, Black 10" sinking Suick, Large spinnerbait with copper colorado blade, 6" Grandma in Sucker color!! I have over 150 baits and these are my favorites after 22 years of chasing the beast!

Time on the water!!

Great fish, good information i see them all the time on Kerr lake, but have yet to get one to bite.