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Location: Minneapolis, MN | I caught my first muskie last night and spent a few minutes working on her in the water before she swam off. On the way home my dad and I were talking about how fragile muskies seem to be for such a big fish. I mean you keep a bass out of water for longer than a muskie and it just swims away when you toss it back. So what's the deal? |
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | I know you have a different question, but...
CONGRATS MAN!!!!!!!!!! What did you get her on? how big was she? The first one is the one you will never forget. Welcom to the dark side.
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Got her on a Black Bullhead (TB custom color) Double Cowgirl. She was 40 inches and I still can't believe I caught her because because she missed the first strike, so I figured she would be gone, but she quickly followed up with a second strike and the fight was on.
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Location: Plymouth, MN | Yeah man congrats, you never forget that first one.
I've never understood why they are so fragile either. Especially since they are part of the pike family. Pike can take a beating and still swim off right away at full speed. Put a muskie in the same situation and you are trying to revive it for 20 min.
I think size of the fish has a lot to do with it. Most pike caught aren't 40"+. The more mass a fish has the longer it will take to recover. Just an educated guess maybe someone knows a more specific reason why muskies aren't so resilient. |
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| Alot has to do with the temp of the water. When the water is warm it takes more time to revive them. In the fall when the water is cool/cold alot of times they will take off right away, they are alot more spunky with lower water temps. |
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| One of the Lakes I fish, seem to have 2 different strains of fish stocked. Some are very green with bars, even with warm water these fish recover very quickly after a catch even 45"+. The other strain is almost a solid gold with very little markings, these fish no matter what the size seem to take much more care handling. Any one else have opinions about the different strains? |
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What makes muskies so fragile?