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| This is my first year chasing musky. I am looking for a general guideline of what bait to throw during certain times of the year. I am guessing on my past bass fishing experience I would start with jerk baits and gliders, as the water warms up switch to spinners and bucktails, in the heat of the summer throw rubber in deep water and finish the year with live bait. Does this sound right or are musky their own beast and throw all logic out the window? Also I am fishing in mid Michigan if that helps.
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Location: Minnesota | For me it's all in what lake I'm fishing |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | I think you have the right idea there, though muskies won't necessarily be deep in the heat of the summer. |
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| You have the right idea, those are general rules of thumb. |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Maybe a few good ideas: http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/videos/01.10.2009/1334/MuskieFIRST.... |
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Location: Wisconsin | Like people have stated, that is a good general rule of thumb. Another general rule would be smaller and slower baits in colder water tems, or during cold fronts, and in warmer water faster baits can really shine. |
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| There's a lot of mystery surrounding muskies and how they are supposedly elusive and difficult to catch. With a solid foundation of fishing for other species, you will do just fine. It's not all that difficult or complicated to catch them like most of us make it out to be. The lures are bigger. The concept is the same. The thing to remember is that there just aren't that many of them. You can be doing the right things in the right places and still not catch anything. |
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| In the early season I tend to really downsize a lot. My hot lure last year was a copper Mepps #5 actually and I caught my personal best on it. I also like to use phantom softails. But let the fish tell you whats up, those lures treated me well for a couple days and then all of a sudden the weather got hot and double 8's were the answer. I fish up in Canada so my situation could be different then yours but I like to fish really shallow in bays in the early season.
Edited by Leck9 3/11/2015 3:51 PM
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| great. thanks. it is good to know that I am on the right track. also good to hear success with small baits by musky standards, I have many #5 mepps that I have used for bass. |
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| top water: Pacemaker, topraider
Bucktails: Dream catcher, Mepps
the suick is gold too
small baits are good
watch the moon, fish like the full and new moon all year round |
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Location: deephaven mn | consider crankbaits they can be fished alot of ways, as in slow steady in cold water
to fast in warmer water. rip pause can be good as well creating a down-up presentation
Edited by kap 3/11/2015 8:56 PM
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Newbie, what baits to throw when.