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| Seems wherever I read, not many fisherman put alot of superline on their reels. Don't these fish ever take off, or do they just try and throw the lure once they realize they've been had?? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I have never had one get more than a casting distance and a little away, even a pig. Short runs, incredible power, jumps, twists and rolls, and a pretty quick end to the fight (usually minutes) is the standard. Muskies aren't chinook salmon, that's for sure. |
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Location: Holly, MI | We are all so broke after buying the lures that the spool of superline has to go on two or three reels. Oh yea..we have many reels too. |
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Location: Belgium | I have only once experienced that a fish tried to show me the inside of my reel's spool and I bet that was a large catfish, I never saw the fish. But as far as pike is concerned, I never had a pike take a run of more than 10 yards |
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| Glad you asked! Last
Edited by Sponge 6/26/2007 6:10 AM
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| I have had on a 30 pound king salmon, and we had to turn the boat around before the Trilene disappeared from the Penn. I want to know, because it seems a record size fish would tow the boat around. I don't want to be on the losing end if it takes the line down to the backing. I may only get one chance at this fish. Thanks! |
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| A major difference in what an angler considers a run in regards to muskie fishing is evident in the type of tackle being used. Muskie gear is designed not to let a fish get too far away from you. The rods & reels are engineered to prevent a muskie from spooling line out. A lot of muskie anglers have the drag cranked down pretty tight, for a number of reasons. If you have ever a caught a muskie by accident on light tackle (say a crappie or walleye rig) it seems like an eternity before you can get the fish back to the boat or shoreline that you are working.
However, in my opinion, if you go out chasing muskies with anything less than the proper gear, you are endangering the life of the fish. If you choose to chase muskies on lighter tackle, you will have a heck of fight on your hands, and more than likely when all is said and done you will also have a dead fish on your hands.
My motto: "Dont bring a butter knife to a gun fight." |
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| My wife once hooked a huge fish in 25' of water on 6# test line. It must have been a musky, can't imagine it being anything else. She tried to lift the fish off the bottom for 1 hour and 15 minutes. All it did was move occassionally, but it never left an area of about 20'X20'. If it had not moved once in a while, I would have thought she hooked debris. But it was fish for sure. The line finally broke. A few days before that, my wife boated a 42" pike on the same rod/reel/line; we had to chase that one a bit with the trolling motor, but we eventually got it in the net. But that one on the bottom, hoo-boy, I wonder how big it really was. |
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Location: Willoughby, Ohio | "Do muskies run??" Yes, but they look awful darn silly in those little nylon jogging shorts...........:)
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Do muskies run??