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| This last year (2013), I made a resolution to do more figure eights and to figure eight longer when I have a follow in.
Surprisingly, this was a resolution that I actually kept throughout the year. I found out that I do a lot better with this type of resolution than one of my usuals, like losing weight, or exercising more, or giving up chewing tobacco.
Anyway, I can attribute 8 muskies over this last year to having been caught during a figure eight, or by making a big circle at the end of my retrieve.
So, this year I am making a resolution to do more vertical jigging with bondy baits and to maybe jig some spoons. Haven't really tried spoons much yet but I would really like to learn how to use them effectively.
Anyone else have any musky fishing resolutions to make for 2014?? |
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| Try to find more "off the beaten path" spots, on the Big V.
Every year I find more and more spots.
Also, try more trolling, early in the season.
Maybe more night fishing, too. It's just tough, fishing solo. |
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Location: Aurora | Fish deeper & use more rubber. |
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Location: Tonka, MN | Casting crank-baits more often…. |
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Location: SE Wisc and Vilas County | To be on the water more then I was this past year. |
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| Map and work the lower end of my home reservoir where the big girls are. |
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| I plan to invest more time in Open Water this coming season. Just wish I could use more than one line trolling in MN...
Will spend more time on cisco systems as well. I love my metro waters due to proximity, but there is something about fishing a lake where any cast could be a monster. Just adds to the fun. |
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| I want to try some more river fishing. I love several lakes near me, but when you have 4 boats working one direction on a shoreline, and 3 coming the other way it gets to be a bit much. |
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| To actually boat a fish. Only had a week up north last year and had 2 on, one shook the hook and the big girl broke my line. Ever since then Ive been on a mission fishing near me in IL. They are new spots to me and havent seen a thing yet but learning the lakes pretty good. |
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Location: Quebec, Canada | Get comfortable with more casting techniques and finally get a fish while casting. All my fishes have been caught trolling but I figured that I didn't necessary had the proper equipment to last a whole 8 hours casting which is why I was always going back to trolling. Wont' be the case next year. |
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Location: Detroit River | To catch more in 2014 than I lost in 2013. :) 2013 almost matched 2009 in the number of lost fish.  |
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Location: Money, PA | Involving my kids more in 2014 - 10 and 8 boys
Edited by ShutUpNFish 12/9/2013 1:15 PM
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Location: Wisconsin | ShutUpNFish - 12/9/2013 1:10 PM
Involving my kids more in 2014 - 10 and 8 boys
Best one yet!! |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Actually fish for muskie's........and maybe catch the "ACB" pig, sometimes, some things drop down in the priority standings.
Have fun!
Al |
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Location: Ogden, UTAH 10 minutes from pineview reservoir | My 3 year old son stuck his first tiger a 44" trolling with a little help from dad (me), so i would like to get my wife and daughter (2 year old ) on their first tigers!
Jig open water with bondy's and big rubber
Edited by MuskieCat94 12/9/2013 4:31 PM
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| My resolution would be to fish alot more for Muskies than 2013 !...and to tell my 17 year old girls that I'm not going to fish for Perch all the time, that I'm buying them Musky equipment and they are gonna like it  and catch bigger fish that get put right back so as to catch again ! |
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Location: Lincoln, NE | Get my sister and Dad to catch their first Muskies.
Catch one on a figure 8 (only have caught a northern on the 8 so far and missed a musky)
Fish into the night more.
Break the state record on VIO POV.HD and let it go.
Get better at jerkbaits.
I have one lure that has raised many muskies. More than any other this season. It has been smashed against the rocks, nipped at, chomped on, chased through the figure 8, knocked out of the water like a great white to a seal 3 feet from the boat, repainted, homemade new PVC lip built on when ripping through the weeds broke the original lip off, and it now wears a complete epoxy helmet holding its head from breaking off. It is my go to lure but has only caught a Northern. I pull it out, it raises a musky within 10 minutes then it breaks and is done all trip. I finally have it to the point where it won't break and where the split rings are top notch and the hooks are bigger and stronger. That lure NEEDS to catch me a musky because it has already deserved to be retired. |
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Location: On my favorite lake! | Get on the water more. Learn something new for my game plan. |
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Location: MN | Fish small rivers more. The limited time I did this year was very productive and there is 0 pressure.
Fish for something besides muskies during the season. This is going to be a tough one but my family and freinds will be happy.
Fish the deeps more. |
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| Get the girlfriend a musky so she understands... |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Get rid of 3/4 of my lures and concentrate on using 15 or 20 proven (by me baits ) I caught a lot of fish when all my lures fit in a Styrofoam minnow bucket. Now it's 2 Lakewoods and 30 Planos. I keep telling my self it's OK most came off raffle tables ( actually not totally true )
Edited by horsehunter 12/9/2013 9:00 PM
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| Fish more. Worry less. Enjoy every second of my time on the water. Ain't no point in it if you're not having a good time out there. |
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Location: Canada | horsehunter - 12/9/2013 9:57 PM
Get rid of 3/4 of my lures and concentrate on using 15 or 20 proven (by me baits )
You can send them my way
Going to try changing up my fishing patterns/habits by trying some new techniques/areas for my Muskie Resolution for 2014 |
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Location: Lakeville, MN | Jmeyers - 12/9/2013 6:15 PM
Get the girlfriend a musky so she understands...
Get my wife out and get her tied into one so she understands!! |
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Location: Wakefield, MI | Not spend so much on gear. Went a little overboard this year..... |
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Location: Des Moines IA | Work on my lure retrieve techinque on walk the dog and rubber baits... Fish smarter and more often... |
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| esoxaddict - 12/9/2013 9:17 PM
Fish more. Worry less. Enjoy every second of my time on the water. Ain't no point in it if you're not having a good time out there.
Exactly, I think this is advice many musky fisherman can take. When I first started I took it way too seriously, and the older I get and the less I care about actual results and just enjoy the time away from work/stress the more I enjoy it.
Edited by Ja Rule 12/10/2013 12:46 PM
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | To get away from the hot "catch 'em" baits and finish all the prototype baits I have accumulated. That along with take more time to just get there in 2014!! |
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Location: ON | Find better less obvious spots and structure. |
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Location: Metro, MN | Find more time on the water!!! I have been so busy over the past two years |
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Location: Elgin, IL | esoxaddict - 12/9/2013 9:17 PM
Fish more. Worry less. Enjoy every second of my time on the water. Ain't no point in it if you're not having a good time out there.
This is Top Priority...all of the other stuff is pointless. |
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Location: oswego, il | To learn lsc better. This place shoots bullseyes or blanks for me, no real in between. It defies what I thought about wind water temps and clarity. There is a lifetime of knowledge to be found there but I do enjoy it.
hops for good weather patterns to lengthen my fishing season in the summer and winter.
Edited by ToddM 12/11/2013 12:51 PM
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| Ive added to get the GF and my Brother a fish next year. |
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Location: Canada | ToddM - 12/11/2013 1:49 PM
To learn lsc better. This place shoots bullseyes or blanks for me, no real in between. It defies what I thought about wind water temps and clarity. There is a lifetime of knowledge to be found there but I do enjoy it.
Been at it for years and if you look back at my Muskie Resolution for next year it refers to exactly what you're talking about. |
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| I plan to fish Lake of the Woods. Pretty simple plan. I would like to start teaching my nephews the lake. |
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Location: Washington, PA | More time jigging |
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Location: Minnesota. | To try to get away from my compulsive top-water habit!!! Have trouble doing that.
And then to get just "one more cast" in!!!
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Location: Wisconsin | Jeremy - 12/11/2013 8:33 PM
To try to get away from my compulsive top-water habit!!! Have trouble doing that.
And then to get just "one more cast" in!!!
:-))
I will take that habit!!! I have never caught one on top water and rarely throw them because I have zero confidence in them. I want to try to toss them more this year along with Dawgs |
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Muskie Resolution for 2014