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Location: Sandusky, OH | Hi all,
I am thinking about fishing some of the smaller rivers around here this year. Small enough rivers that I'll be fishing in waders. What do you guys use in shallow, flowing waters?
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Location: Washington, PA | I fish A LOT of small rivers. The number one bait for me would be the shallow mag dawgs. But, if you are fishing in waders, they tend to snag a lot so it may get expensive. After the mag dawgs, I would basically only need two styles of baits, a swim whizz/believer style bait, and some topwaters. They will catch you fish. If you are wading, I would just take those two, and leave the rest at home. |
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Location: Medford, WI | Eric,
I use to fish small rivers quite a bit; mostly bass fishing, but would always catch/see a few muskies every trip down the river. Started strictly musky fishing 3 years ago and have gone to one of the rivers and caught a few in there. Best luck has always been on topwaters, plus it's the most fun!!! Especially when you see the big wake coming straight to where your bait landed on the cast! Jackpots are deadly if you're in calm enough water to run them.
I need to get back out on those rivers for some muskies; usually not the biggest but so much fight and catching a musky in a canoe is always fun!
-Jake |
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| i liked 6 inch reef hawgs,swimwizzes love them for bumping rocks,suicks,bucktails,
p.s. the reef hawg seemed hard to make it gide into a fast current for me so it worked nice in the calmer pools and parts of the main river |
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Location: Racine, Wi | Personally on a small river, I'll have a minnow bait going or a spinnerbait. The minnow baits you can fish as a surface bait or twitch'n. Something about twitch'n in a river drives them nuts. |
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| Can't go wrong with Phantom or Reef Hawg. GL |
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| i use little cleos
bass snatchers from hawgseekers,
baby boo tails
ducktails single bucktails
and rapalas
good luck
dannyboy
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musky crazy
'laona,wi |
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| Eric,
Drop me an email. Fished small rivers most of this fall, would be glad to offer my advice. |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | Most any topwater that can be moved fast, bucktails that can be retrieved high in the water column, or Slammer Drop Belly Gliders.
Rivers tend not to react to coldfronts passing as lakes do. The fish tend to be a little more predictable as far as their location than muskies in lakes.
Another benefit to river fishing is that differences in current can be fished as if it is a structure. |
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Location: Verona, WI | I have had pretty good luck with Hawg Seekers Basssnatcher that I modified. I removed all of the factory screw eyes and replaced them with 0.092 screw eyes and bigger hooks. The work great jerked or straight cranked - I wish they made one with musky size hardware for spring fishing.
Shane |
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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | Small tiger tubes. Cut off the rear treble and put on a single hook in it's place. |
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| Great question. I love small rivers for a numbers day and for taking someone out on their first Musky trip. (That's how I was hooked.) My regular baits are bucktails, Super Zara Spooks, small props, spinnerbaits, small shallow cranks (Storm, Bucher or 6" Believers) and Texas rigged plastics. Can I go out right now???!!! How soon 'till Season??? |
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Location: Anchorage | Wading up here on the Apple River I take 4 baits. A SuperShad, runs shallow and can be worked many ways, a Topper Stopper, the skinny water fish seem to be spooked by louder topwater, a Rad Dog, VERY WEEDLESS, and a Suick, never can go wrong with a Suick.
Edited by woody 2/22/2007 5:22 PM
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Location: KY | It’s been a couple of years since I fished out of my canoe. I had some good trips. I probably had a better ratio of time per fish than in my regular boat on lakes. I had the most luck with spinner baits. They work great through fallen timber. Shallow Jerk baits or minnow baits would be great if your fishing out of a boat you can stand in. Otherwise strait retrieve lures are the way to go.
CYOTW
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Location: Collegeville Pa | Muskie Treats - 2/22/2007 4:32 PM
Small tiger tubes. Cut off the rear treble and put on a single hook in it's place.
Hands down the best river bait in Fall, Winter and Spring is a Musky Treat!!!
Eastern Pa river fish love them!!!
In the summer topwater and twitch baits fished really erratically. |
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Location: north central wisconsin | First off, just know that there aren't many muskies to be caught in rivers.
Edited by Reef Hawg 1/26/2008 3:59 PM
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | with strong current i hear bull dawgs are good. |
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Best small river baits