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| gimruis - 10/2/2024 12:52 PM
No catfish in the lakes by me. None whatsoever. And the only pike are 20 inch slime darts. The only possible target with a big single hook is a muskie.
People say its effective. Well so is FFS. Maybe there's a reason live bait is banned in tournaments.
Interesting body of water where pike top out at 20", yet musky can grow bigger. |
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| North of 8 - 10/2/2024 1:15 PM
gimruis - 10/2/2024 12:52 PM
No catfish in the lakes by me. None whatsoever. And the only pike are 20 inch slime darts. The only possible target with a big single hook is a muskie.
People say its effective. Well so is FFS. Maybe there's a reason live bait is banned in tournaments.
Interesting body of water where pike top out at 20", yet musky can grow bigger.
That's most of the entire central part of Minnesota. A sizable pike is now rarer than catching a muskie. Which is why the daily bag limit is 10 pike per day and 9 of them have to be under 22 inches. Its a serious problem. |
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| gimruis - 10/3/2024 2:15 PM
North of 8 - 10/2/2024 1:15 PM
gimruis - 10/2/2024 12:52 PM
No catfish in the lakes by me. None whatsoever. And the only pike are 20 inch slime darts. The only possible target with a big single hook is a muskie.
People say its effective. Well so is FFS. Maybe there's a reason live bait is banned in tournaments.
Interesting body of water where pike top out at 20", yet musky can grow bigger.
That's most of the entire central part of Minnesota. A sizable pike is now rarer than catching a muskie. Which is why the daily bag limit is 10 pike per day and 9 of them have to be under 22 inches. Its a serious problem.
I would hope that you MN guys would be harvesting them every chance you get. The Y bones are a PITA, but they are awfully good to eat. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | esoxaddict - 10/3/2024 3:54 PM
gimruis - 10/3/2024 2:15 PM
North of 8 - 10/2/2024 1:15 PM
gimruis - 10/2/2024 12:52 PM
No catfish in the lakes by me. None whatsoever. And the only pike are 20 inch slime darts. The only possible target with a big single hook is a muskie.
People say its effective. Well so is FFS. Maybe there's a reason live bait is banned in tournaments.
Interesting body of water where pike top out at 20", yet musky can grow bigger.
That's most of the entire central part of Minnesota. A sizable pike is now rarer than catching a muskie. Which is why the daily bag limit is 10 pike per day and 9 of them have to be under 22 inches. Its a serious problem.
I would hope that you MN guys would be harvesting them every chance you get. The Y bones are a PITA, but they are awfully good to eat.
I would but the last thing I want to do is clean fish when I get home at 2-3 in the morning. |
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| Something that I didn't use but would have if I had caught one, at Temple Bay Lodge, part of our package was fish cleaning/filet. For two bucks, they will do the Y bones in a pike in addition to basic filet. That would be two bucks well spent for me. I always make the dog's breakfast out of that and seldom keep pike for that reason, feel I waste too much. Guys I went with said normally they get some while jigging for walleyes, but not this trip. |
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| Kirby, I agree. I don't mind the taste of them out of colder water, but they are a pain in the rear to clean because of the y bones and slime. I have a friend that pickles the smaller ones and that is a great way to utilize an abundant, easy to catch resource. |
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Location: Brighton CO. | 40 years ago at this time I took one of my favorite trips ever to Northern Wisconsin, It was the first time in my life I was not enrolled in school and I lived in Southern California. The trip was from 30 Sept- 8th Oct. and the trees were at there fall peak and it was nice and cool. September was the month of hell in California Temps in the 90's-100's it was just what the doctor ordered. I had a 5' 8" glass rod with a 1979 5500C and 30# Dacron line I didn't fish with Suckers and only had a few fall lures 6" Reef Hawg, unweighted 9" Bobbie and Suick (I put a rubber core sinker above my leader) for those two lures and I had a jointed Pikie minnow and a early Bagley DB08. I fished out of a 12' row boat and had a 4 horse motor and a set of oars and no depth finder or temp gauge. It was the time of my life and never saw a Muskie the whole trip. We have talked of seeing Bold Eagles on this sight and saw them I as a teenager however this was the first time I saw a Loon (I never saw a single Loon all summer long in the 70's.) Flying home from the Twin Cities to LA Price was on my flight (this is 1984 right before the Purple Rain tour) If you don't want anyone to talk to you or even look at you DON'T wear Gold sequence from head to toe including your hat. He did have two big bouncers with him for security. I made my next fall trip 1989 and used suckers for the first time, no Muskies just Pike on this trip. All the Pike caught on the DB08. I caught my first fall muskie in 1993 on a Reef Hawg on Lake Of The Woods. In 1991 moved to Colorado and have made many trips up North in the fall and have caught a few fish on Suckers but mostly on lures. |
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