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| From Cape Cod to the land of Muskie fishing I have a chance to do some Muskie fishing. This is totally new territory for me. As you can see I live on Cape Cod Massachusetts where we fish for stripers and tuna fish. The issue I have is my tackle, is it ok for Muskie?? we fish 7-10 inch soft plastics on jig heads that are 3xxx strong or 4xxxx strong for tuna. The pic below is jig heads I use on Stripe Bass they are 3xxx, strong, the question is will they work or are they over kill. The hooks range in size from 3/0,5/0,7/0 Attachments ----------------  3xsandeelheads2012.jpg (28KB - 234 downloads) 3xsandeelheads2012 (1).jpg (28KB - 207 downloads) | |||
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| Went and checked into Muskie tackle the lure below 10inch soft plastic striper magnets they swim like a zara spook but about 10 inches under the water with the 6/0 weighted hook. Do you guys use a lure called a zara spook?? sorry but this is totally new territory Edited by codfish 5/10/2012 5:37 PM Attachments ---------------- 008 (500x375).jpg (128KB - 193 downloads) | |||
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| Papy thanks for the reply, here is another lure we use for blue fish, forgot to mention the soft plastics above look just like a trout or sucker, tough to see from the picture Edited by codfish 5/11/2012 6:11 AM Attachments ---------------- Zara XW9258HBS.jpg (54KB - 225 downloads) | |||
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| First of all codfish... "if it moves it's food"!! There are so many guys that put way to much emphasis on bait size. My wife caught a 45" musky last year on a 3inch long rattle rap in the middle of fall... Now "fall fishing" for us musky guys is a "go big or go home" type of bait (at least most of the time). Because in the fall like Pappy said they like to eat a meal that is worth while. Let me ask you... Is a 3" rattle trap worth while in fall conditions...? Probably not.. So that being said if someone tells you not to use a bait... The first thing I would do is USE the bait. Us musky guys are always looking for the next best thing, or something different the fish has not seen before. If I were you I would use the crap out of that bait! Granted, you are going to need to spend some money and get some "Musky lures". You want to have a variety of lures in the boat to give you the best chance at catching a fish.. But don't ever let someone tell you to not use a bait... They say wimpy.... I say different... You just never know, it may catch fish or it may not, but how will you ever know if you don't try... But if you don't wanna try you can sure send em to me and I will give it a whirl...  | |||
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| Anonymous, I have witnessed someone using a banjo minnow... even a banjo minnow on a Johnson spoon... and they caught....nothing. But I will encourage this person to keep trying, because it would be really cool if he actually caught a musky on it! Fat Ski, I spent years trying to catch musky using northern pike lures, with little success. My advice to codfish was with good intent, though I might have had a couple beers in me at the time. Codfish, I like the super Zara Spook on calm water or low light. And if the doll-eyed trout/suckers actually work, I'll be the first to buy them  but they might be better as a throwback lure (once you've seen a musky but it didn't bite) or maybe in weed pockets, because they look like they'd be worked slowly. You need something you can work fast so you can cover ground and find an aggressive musky, I want you to catch one man! | |||
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| no worries, does the lure need to be worked fast?? if so I have my answer | |||
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| Thanks Steve these are the bodies I plan on using on the jig head at the top of the page,they are 9 inches long do you think they will work?? Attachments ---------------- IMG_4470.jpg (179KB - 196 downloads) | |||
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