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Location: Eastern Ontario | Anyone ever have the board struck by a muskie? I can see this happening as the boards are no bigger than some lures. I have a downrigger ball that was struck and my trolling motor has been hit several times.
Edited by horsehunter 3/11/2012 8:34 PM
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Location: WI | They'll eat em once in a while. I had one wake up on a board last fall. I didn't see it, but my partner got pretty excited! |
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Location: Detroit River | Guys trolling for walleye on LSC have their in-line boards hit on a regular basis.
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Location: Eastern Ontario | I guess gotta mount a couple #7 on the board and only use lures with with two hooks (Ont 4 hooks ) Now watch me put a hook in my hand while retrieving the board. |
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| I've had it happen a few time on GB. One time, a pretty big fish really thrashed on it for about 15 seconds. |
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| I've had it happen on the standard size walleye boards. Last year I upgraded to the new larger board from Church and had one give solid swipe on the first outing. I would not put hooks on them though as they would just collect weeds and sink. |
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Location: 31 | I've never had one actually hit a board but know folks who have. The stupid fish will hit a chicken or a stupid stick you pick up off the ground, so what do you expect? I'm 90% sure I saw a happy hump behind a board once… it was kinda dark and rough so maybe 70% sure. If you do get a follow or strike on a board, I recommend you immediately put out top water baits because some of the most exciting/fun fishing you will ever do is to catch a muskie on a trolled top water. Okay, make that 50% sure I saw one, but I would guess that it's actually closer to 100% chance of a follow considering how stupid these fish are. 
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Location: WI | Guest - 3/12/2012 8:39 PM
I've had it happen on the standard size walleye boards. Last year I upgraded to the new larger board from Church and had one give solid swipe on the first outing. I would not put hooks on them though as they would just collect weeds and sink.
There are people that use cut hooks to catch weeds with the board so their lures don't foul. I believe there was one guy who registered a few fish with Muskies Inc that somehow got caught on those hooks! |
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