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| I was talking to an older man who spent many years fishing for muskies a long time ago and he had some great stories.
1. He said he used to catch mice and take them to the riffles in the Allegehney River. He would take a rubber band and triple it over the mouse and a leader with a treble hook on the end. He would then set the mouse on a block of wood and send it down the riffles. When it got the the spot he wanted he just pulled it off the wood. He said a musky would destroy it almost instantly. He said the musky come into the riffles to feed then return to the deep.
2. He would catch chubs and suckers. He would then take a needle and thread and hand stitch the chub to a leader. He said he would run the needle through the fat on the back of the fish. This wouldn't really injure the fish and he could use the same chub all day. Plus the leader made it difficult for the chub to swim so it appeared injured to the musky.
3. When the water was low, he would drive up to a large creek (Tionesta) and scout for big rocks or timber in the creek. The creek is a few hours away. He would write the markings down and go home. He would wait for heavy rains that would move the musky down the creek. He would wait for the water to return to normal and return to the markings. He said the musky would often be trapped in a section of the creek and he would wait a few days for them to eat all the bait fish. Then he would rig up his chub and go after them. He said he also used lures and told me to work the lures as aggresive as possible, whipping and jerking the rod all over the place.
I could have listened to his stories all day but those were the only ones I got. I thought the stories were pretty crazy and showed me that musky fisherman are a rare breed. I started this post so maybe others can share a few extreme stories they may have. I really want to learn about the history of musky fishing and I enjoy reading stories of how they fished for musky in the early 1900's. Are there any books to recommend? | |
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| I would recommend asking Larry Ramsell. He is a true musky fishing historian and if he doesn't have any books in stock for sale he probably knows who does.
[email protected] is his email addy I believe but if it fails his website is: larryramsell.com
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| Read about a veteran cat man, fishes the St. Joe for flatheads. He wants 30-50 pounders. When the water is real low he takes pics of the undercut banks on deep holes to id where they lay during the day. After the water returns to normal, at night, he wieghts 10-14" live bullheads as bait on the bars above or below the holes where he knows the cats are hanging out. Fishes form shore, campfire and a cooler and a bucket of cold fried chicken. Cats roam the bars to feed at night. Imagine a 50# cat at night. | |
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