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| Took a friend out on a lake which his family owns a cabin and set him up with a hot bucktail, loosened his drag and gave quick instruction on the figure 8. After about 4 nasty backlashes I picked out for him I switched him over to a Top Raider and about his 4th cast he had a 34 hit it just nipping at the tail of the bait. He landed her despite a too loose drag and we released her. First time musky fishing, first time with a baitcaster and 30 minutes of fishing during the midday hot sun and he boats a legal muskie. I don't think I would have been happier if I had caught it myself. |
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Location: Racine, Wi | Beginners luck? That is the normal routine for us all. This is the first pattern that we try every time out  Congrats on your first 'ski! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Sounds like my Outfitter friend from Wyoming, Jack. He asks,"What should I be throwing?" I tell him to toss a Musky Buster bucktail. He says, " I never have thrown a bucktail." I tell him, throw it out, reel it in, pretty fast. BOOM. 48.5". |
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| Beginners luck? Naw, that happens to be the way muskies suck alot of us into to this game. Catch one right off, and you're hooked. Next thing you know, you've got a bunch of new equipment, and way too many lures! You lay awake at night, wondering when you will get your next fish. You start considering riding yaks, resort to eating PayDays and drinking Cokes, looking for silly birds, throwing good money into the water, and then you begin to hate Slamr! |
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Location: Pardeeville, WI | Some guys have all the luck. Me? I have been fishing for 4 years, have spent thousands and thousands and have 4 fish to my credit. One for every year and nothing over 36.5 inches. 
Im starting to think Im cursed. I even went out and bought a different hat this year hoping it would help. |
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Location: ashtabula ohio | flipping topraiders, i throw those muthers every nite out and, skank...along with 8 other topwater baits... |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | WTG nothing better then popping a cherry. Last weekend I guided 3 generations from southern WI, the 10 yr old never caught a muskie and dad and grandpa had a 43 and 44 inchers as their biggest fish. You can see this one coming LOL the kid nailed a 46 incher on Saturday and on Sunday dad caught a 45 and grandpa a 47. You won't be able to wipe the smile off of his face, well not untill the week after labour day when school starts. |
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| A few years ago I taught this guy how to muskie fish. I bought a rod for this guy and the next day he bought a rod for his girl friend. They had only been fishing for about 15 minutes or so and she caught a 53 inch muskie on a very short cast. Last year I was muskie fishing in Canada. I only saw one muskie in about four days. The first day I was there a guy caught a 49 inch muskie on a night crawler while fishing walleyes. I wish I was a beginner sometimes. |
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Location: Kawartha Lakes, Ontario | These things seem to happen all too often. A few weeks ago I took a friend out for his first muskie fishing experience. I decided to begin by trolling a weedline and set him up with a rod. He let out some line and I showed him how to use the clicker. He said "How do I know when I have a fish on?". I told him "when it starts clicking and...." I didn't even get to finish what I was saying and it happened. The clicker drag started screaming and my friend said "you mean like this?" We hadn't trolled 20 yards and he boated his first muskie. A rookie in the boat almost always guarantees a fish. |
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Beginners luck?