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| As I am still learning this sport, there are a few things that I still have to learn. I was out a Sabaskong Bay and did nothing but fish Muskies. I had a run of about 10 spots that looked about perfect. Weeds, rocks, shallow water near deep with good drop offs ect. I only saw one fish all weekend. My Wife caught a amazing bonus fish. A 30" fat walleye!
Anyway, my question is how long do you spend at each spot before deceiding that there are no fish there and move on. Do you try a few diffirent lures ect.
I think my wife and I, may have spent to long
pounding one spot instead of moving on to cover more spots. Thanks in advance for your responses.
Cory Toker[8)] | |
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| The way we do it is to try to find some sort of pattern off the get go. The person in the front of the boat generally throws some type of faster moving bait that can cover water efficiently, i.e. bucktail, topwater, spinnerbait, whatever. While the other person throws something slower, jerkbait, bulldawg, crankbait.
DOing this we at least try to move a fish or two, giving us some insight.
If we don't move any fish off of a spot but it still looks real good, we will return to that spot later in the day.
But we don't pound a spot over and over again. | |
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| I work to cover as much water as possible until I can put together some sort of pattern. If I'm seeing fish on shallow rocks fairly consistanly, then I study my map and look for as much shallow rock as possible. If I'm not seeing any fish, I keep moving rather quickly trying to find them. I may work a spot three times before leaving. I'll work it 2 to 3 casts out away first, then a single cast, then right on top. By this time I usually have a pattern put together. If doing this and working fast does nothing, I'll slow down and try the same tactic.
Muskies to all.....Pat | |
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| If the spots looked "perfect" then there were probably muskies there. One thing to try is working not only the area that looks good, but the outlying area as well. Don't be afraid to fish shallower/deeper then your comfortable with. Often times that's how you find the "pattern" for the day/week/trip.
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| Very throughly and and during the minor and majors. Many spots have something that make them better then others at certain times & under certain conditions. Learn those and look for similar spots also. Maybe wind direction or weather conditions as bright or cloudy. Thats why keeping a log is critical. I also hit my favorite spots frequently. I think spending enough time there is important as eventually the fish move onto it.
Don Pfeiffer | |
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How do you work your Milk Runs?