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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Just wondering where the rest of you are at on this one....I spent about 50 days on the water last year, and only 3 of those days where for fishes other than muskies, 2 for salmon and one for smallies. About what percentage of the time do you spend on muskies vs. other fishes?
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Posts: 32958
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I spent quite a bit of my on the water time chasing Bass and Crappies with Sue this year. We enjoyed the crappies alot, and I have always enjoyed Bass fishing. I usually fish Bass in good Muskie water, so it sort of crosses over. |
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Posts: 20281
Location: oswego, il | I took my kids bass fishing for about 3 hours, other than that it's all been musky fishing for us. |
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Posts: 93
Location: Waukesha, WI. | I was out about 10 times,3 of these I took the kids( 3 and 5) for blue gills found some 9-10". This was a blast. The wife and I went 2 times for bass this is what she likes to fish for and 5 times for musky. I did get my biggest musky this yesr, a 46"er, best part about it is that it was on one of the baits that I make!! |
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Posts: 384
Location: Eagle River, Alaska | I got not a single day fishing for musky this year....very pathetic. Most of my time was spent fishing salmon and trout....also some halibut and during vacation some inshore Florida fishing.
Next summer I plan on an extended musky pilgrimage back down to the lower 48.
Be Good,
Brian |
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Posts: 1764
Location: Ogden, Ut | I probably get to spend 50-60 days a year angling (all day or portions thereof). If I only count the open water fishing, because I do a lot of ice fishing too, my time is split about 70% chasing warmwater species and 30% chasing their coldwater counterparts. When conditions are favorable I can be found chasing walleye, crappie, bluegill, perch, wipers, and obviously muskies. My coldwater quarry includes cutthroat, brown, rainbow, lake, and brook trout as well as kokanee salmon; both stream fishing (fly rod) and reservoir fishing from boats. I feel extremely fortunate to have that kind of diversity available to me and would feel that I may be cheating myself out of a whole boatload of fun if I didn't try most of it at some time. About the only species fairly readily available that I don't fish for much are largemouth and smallmouth bass. Just haven't gotten around to it yet I guess...My ice fishing is primarily for perch and crappies but an occasional trout trip is not out of the question. Man, life is good...
K. |
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Posts: 1247
Location: On the Niagara River in Buffalo, NY | I spent most of the year musky fishing,20 trips out for walleye,9 trips for smallmouth and 2 trips for perch.
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Posts: 941
Location: Freedom, WI | This year like most years just muskies (even though there was a fair amount of pike and walleyes for me this year, I was fishing muskies). If I had more time to fish there might be some other fishing thrown in. I am lucky that my son and wife both like to muskie fish, and for some reason my fishin buddies are also muskie fisherman. |
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Posts: 1247
Location: On the Niagara River in Buffalo, NY | Roger,
International Guide Raffle Tickets are in the mail,thank you for your support! Capt. Larry |
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Posts: 1430
Location: Eastern Ontario | 100% muskie fishing, all other fish are just bait.  |
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| I spend one week walleye fishing in September each year, and I often fish for smallmouth bass and largemouth bass when I can. But still 95% of my time I am musky fishing! |
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Posts: 303
Location: Valentine, NE USA | I try to shoot for 100 days p/year on the water and spend about 1/2 of it chasing Pike, simply because the lake is about 100 yards from my house. Comes in really handy for testing baits and...it's very convenient!
The remaining time is probably divided into: 40% musky and 10% ice fishing for whateverthehell I can catch.
BS
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Posts: 626
Location: ashtabula ohio | ill go with 3 bass days,6 pike days and 91 muskox days.... lookin at a 100% of gods great gifts! |
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Posts: 116
Location: winnipeg manitoba | i mix my days up however i do try hot spots to see what is going on. i fished 97 days this year, according to my log book only one was void of attempting muskie.(not counting 7 days tournment fishing) however hard core days =47/when only the mystical lunge were hunted. keep your lines tight. |
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Posts: 189
Location: Hoboken, NJ / North Webster, IN | This past year...
8 Days Muskie
8 Days Striper/Blue
7 Days Snook/Red/Trout/Whatever else will hit in back, shallow water in FLA
1 Day Trout
Never enough days!!! The "ski" days are my favorite though....you gotta love the toothy critters. |
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Location: Illinois-Indiana | Unfortunately I didn't get to take my kids out pan fishing this year so every day was spent Musky fishing.
I did get my daughter out for a three day Musky trip though.:) |
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Posts: 941
Location: Freedom, WI | Capt. Larry Thanks it is the least I can do. I will be sending some baits this winter, the drawing is august right? |
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Posts: 484
Location: St. Louis, MO., Marco Is., FL, Nestor Falls, ON | I spend approximately 200+ days per year fishing. About 120 day are devoted to Muskie fishing and the balance is saltwater fishing for snook, snapper, grouper, tarpon, sheepshead, etc. I also fish for walleye, lake trout, northern pike and smallmouth; but it is always while fishing for Muskies. |
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Posts: 466
Location: Pittsburgh, PA | I do quite a bit of fishing for walleye and smallies, and one week outta the year for pike |
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Posts: 148
Location: DES MOINES, IOWA | Ever since I discovered all other fish are bait, I spend 100% of my fishing time on Muskies.Totally ruined me for fishing other species.Use to fish Walleyes,Bass,Crappies,Cats,but haven,t used any of this equipment for years.Might as well sell it.Last year I didn,t spend the quality time on the water as in the past.I plan on spending around 40-50 days on the water fishing Muskies in 2004.I need to round up some partners,since it impossible for my boys to get away for 2 days in a row,because of family obligations. |
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Posts: 938
Location: NeverNever Lake | ><}}}}}}*>-------- 100% -----------<*{{{{{{>< |
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Posts: 477
Location: Iowa | Since the ice went out in April I believe, I've went fishing 2-3 time a week(most weeks). I think I went bass fishing 8-10 times, the rest was for muskie. |
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Posts: 1243
Location: Musky Tackle Online, MN | I'll fish for other species when muskies aren't open. But once the real season opens, it's pretty much all muskies. This year I put in 58 days on the water musky fishing and I believe maybe 2 or 3 days fishing for bait when I only had a few hours to fish.
AWH |
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Posts: 229
Location: Willoughby, Ohio | Considering where I live, it would be foolish not to take advantage of some of the other fishing opportunities in the area. I live 3 minutes from one of Lake Erie's top steelhead rivers (the Chagrin) and 20 minutes from another (the Grand). I'm also about 2.5 miles south of Lake Erie, so I fish perch and walleye a couple of times a year. As a general rule though, I fish muskies Mid-April through October and steelhead November - mid April. Of course, I'll do a little ice fishing as well if nothing else is open. |
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Posts: 177
Location: Cohasset, MN | Boy, I sure envy the amount of time some of you get to spend on the water ! 90% Muskie since I got my first. It'll be 100% (other than ice fishing) until I get something in the 40's. |
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Posts: 670
Location: Minnetonka , MN. | 50% of my time I fish fpr Muskies and 50% of my time I go after Musky |
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Posts: 1023
Location: Lafayette, IN | Generally speaking I probably spend 75% of my time bassin with the family on farm ponds. This year I spent 50% or more targeting musky. Having a boat makes a BIG difference! |
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Posts: 1996
Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | I spend the time from ice-out (usually mid april) until May 15th (the WI/MI border lake musky opener) chasing walleye and crappie. After May 15th until freeze up it is 100% muskies, with the exception of one crappie trip for my father-in-law. Anytime I try fishing for anything else there is a nagging feeling in my gut that the muskie are moving!!
Edited by nwild 12/1/2003 12:47 PM
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Posts: 177
Location: Germantown & Land O Lakes WI | 45% Walleye, 30% Musky, 20% Great Lakes Tribs fishing (salmon, trout) & 5% Bass. |
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Posts: 5874
| I spend a fair amount of time eye fishing, but most of my time is spent muskie fishing. Maybe 75/25. My 2 week-long trips this year were divided. One for eyes, and one for ski's. |
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Location: Racine, Wi | I would say 95% musky this year. I have been obsessed. I even got the wife out a couple of times instead of bass fishing. I put the bass rods away and haven't touched them since June. Now that the season is over in Wis, I will be seeking the browns and rainbows in the big pond, and walleye on the rivers.
Good lungen,
Joel |
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Posts: 1189
Location: Bagley,MN 56621 | This is the first time in 3 years I have dusted off my walleye/bass gear during the Wis. Musky season., I did that only so I wouldnt be bored to death listening to Duck ratchet-jawing the whole time while judging the PMTT Championship on Cass.
I live north of hwy 10, so I used to fish walleyes in May, then switch gears Memorial weekend. I havent even done that the last 2 seasons.
Heck 2 springs ago, I went south of 10, just to ski fish.
I got IT baaaaaaaaad.
100% HARDCORE MUSKY NUT!!! |
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Posts: 74
Location: MIlton Ontario Canada | I fish Lake Trout usually a couple days before the ice is completely out for about a month then I take it easy for a while waiting for the muskie season to open then I fish Muskies after that probably about 95 % of them time with a few smallmouth trips thrown in somewhere throughout the season.
Matt |
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Location: Holly, MI | winter and spring find me tangling with river steelhead. First ice out has me battling mr pike. From the first saturday in June until bow season I can't think of anything else other than Muskies. I'll do a couple of salmon trips in the fall because the grill and smoker get lonely. Gotta get a few buckets full of perch thru the ice of course. The poor bass, I hope they don't feel too neglected. October 1st of course I'm swinging in a tree with a stick and a string. I did get out 3 times Musky chasing this fall after bow season started! |
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Posts: 536
Location: Brainerd Area | I spend most every day on the water in the summer and fall. Out of all the days im on the water, the only time im not fishing muskies is when gideing walleyes or bass. 85% musky - 15% walleye/bass.
I can only stand to fish for bait so long. He He He
Happy Hunitng
Duck |
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