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Location: Stockbridge, WI | Im pretty new to the sport and have not caught a lot of fish and I'm wondering what the difference in the fight from a 40 incher to a 50 incher would be. I have never caught on over 40 inches. The reason I ask is because today I hooked into a fish that i fought for 5 minutes and couldn't even reel any line in on. The fish hit after about the second crank of my reel on a double cowgirl. It got off before i could ever get a look at it but it felt huge. |
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Location: WI | Pretty big difference, at least I think so. Tie your leader to a black lab, it feels like that. |
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| Something is wrong if you fought a fish for over 5 minutes and never moved her.
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| Guest - 7/3/2009 10:19 PM
Something is wrong if you fought a fish for over 5 minutes and never moved her.
I agree. A 5 min. fish would be a 10' sturgeon if you are using the proper muskie gear. I had a 50 hit on the end of a cast. She was in the net in about 40 seconds. She fought hard enough to rip off drag 3 times with my drag locked almost all the way down. You fishing a river? Maybe a log rolling with the current? |
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Location: The desert | If you are fishing the big lake in stockbridge, chalk it up to a sturgeon. |
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Location: Houlton, WI | JKahler - 7/3/2009 10:05 PM
Pretty big difference, at least I think so. Tie your leader to a black lab, it feels like that.
i dont treat my pets that way |
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Location: Stockbridge, WI | I was fishing little green lake in Markesan. Maybe it wasn't exactly five minutes I wasn't really concentrating on looking at my watch. Maybe I just don't know what I'm doing. |
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| Hard to say what you were hooked into that day for sure, but it does sound more like a log than a Muskie.
Not tyring to rain on your parade, but a lot of Muskies over 50" are caught throughout the year. And while some don't make clear into the boat, it's not that hard to at least gain some line back during the fight.
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Location: APPLETON, WI | Yeah, after a few minutes.... you would've at least gotten it to the boat, I would think? |
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| guys,
He sounds like a novice, and we all were beginners too once, right? Maybe he had inferior gear, drag set wrong, or an expansive estimation of time. Cut him a break.
Dude, you hooked a big fish. Learn from it and think of how you can improve for next time. |
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Location: West Bend, WI | I agree with muskystalker. When I was 15 I hooked a monster and fought it for a long time. Then the line snapped. After that we were kind of frustrated we pulled up the anchor to move and there was my lure snagged on the rope. I caught hell the whole trip for that maneuver. We were all rookies once. |
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Location: Corning, Iowa | My first trip north, I hooked what I thought was a log, broke my line on purpose. Never saw a log roll, and swim off. I heard about that till the next year. Good luck Doug |
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| Hell been fishing for years, some days I feel like a rookie! |
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| TO the guy that said you can crank in a 10' sturgeon in 5 minutes, I must say that you obviously have never fought a 10' sturgeon on muskie gear!!!!!!!!! I have seen 63-66 inch "5ft" sturgeon take 15 minutes in 20ft of water on a calcutta TE and St Croix extra heavy 8 ft rods with 80lb power pro. I wish some people would not bash others with statements they obviously know nothing about... We were all beginners once.. To the guy who started this post Nice job on getting a big fish to bite and better luck next time. Maybe you should contact the guy who can reel in a 10ft sturgeon and take him with, sounds like he knows it all..... |
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Location: The desert | Mike - 7/4/2009 6:47 PM
TO the guy that said you can crank in a 10' sturgeon in 5 minutes, I must say that you obviously have never fought a 10' sturgeon on muskie gear!!!!!!!!! I have seen 63-66 inch "5ft" sturgeon take 15 minutes in 20ft of water on a calcutta TE and St Croix extra heavy 8 ft rods with 80lb power pro. I wish some people would not bash others with statements they obviously know nothing about... We were all beginners once.. To the guy who started this post Nice job on getting a big fish to bite and better luck next time. Maybe you should contact the guy who can reel in a 10ft sturgeon and take him with, sounds like he knows it all.....
I dont really think anyone is bashing the guy, just stating that a 5 minute battle on a musky rod likely isnt a musky. |
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Location: On the water | I hooked a fish on a sucker on Webster, 12 ft. down, set the hook twice with all my might, extra heavy St Croix rod doubled over, the fish did not move, two head shakes and she was gone. What was it? I don't know but I think it was a
big musky. Maybe that was a 5 minute fish. I'll never know. But for those few seconds, it was great! |
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Location: Davenport, IA | Monster flathead is a possibility also. Then again...were you fishing light? If you had 10 lb line and hooked into a 50" muskie I could see the fight taking awhile. |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Motoyama-If you were fishing a DCG, I assume your tackle was pretty stout. None of us were there, so no one can say what it was. All we can do is suggest. If it was a big fish, congrats! Go back and get her again!
Muskystalker-Cut him a break? I don't think anyone is really giving him any $*%*. It sounds like to me, people are just giving him suggestions.
Why do some people get so wound up so dang quick? Sheesh. Go catch a fish, and settle down. |
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| as per your real question, is there a big difference between a 40 incher and a 50incher's fight? YES HUGE!
is there a big difference between a 46 and 50? not really.. depends, sometimes yes, sometimes no.
Have 48inchers gave better fights than 53 inchers? ABSOLUTELY! |
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Location: APPLETON, WI | I'm definitely not bashing anyone at all... heck, if you can catch a fish of a limetime like that... more power to you! 
On another note, I'm hoping most of the crowds are heading home today because I'm heading out on the water tomorrow for a day of musky fishing... yahooo!!!!! |
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Location: ohio | Motoyama,
great try ! now you know where she lives whatever it was ! go back,get ready and try to get her in the boat !!! |
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| there is only one thing to do after. grab a beer sharpen your hooks and head back out abother day. you will get the hang of it. i have only been muskie fishing for a few years now and i have lost a fish or two that i thought was going to be a real monster. its a heart breaker. get back on the horse (boat) and try again. |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Agreed. This is the stuff that keeps us losing sleep and keeps us coming back. I missed a 50 incher yesterday, haven't gotten much work done at all today. Get back out there and spend more time on Little Green than on muskiefirst until you get another chance at this fish, whatever it was! |
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| 50" fish have a hell of a lot more power than a 40" fish. Rarely do 40" fish strip drag, all of the 48"+ fish I've caught have either taken drag or required me to free spool at some point. Most 40" fish are more scrappy then they are powerful. I can almost always tell whether I have a BIG fish on by the headshakes and how they are fighting.
However, there are always exceptions.
Anyway, enough of this online stuff. Time to go stick another 50"!
Later,
Chris |
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50 incher??