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| Just wanted to introduce myself. Maybe like a self help group.... My name is Jay and I have never caught a muskie. It is definitely a dream of mine though. I joined because I hope to catch muskie one day, but I live in a state that has none in it. I am in Northern California, and fish for trophy bass exclusively using baits the size of the ones you boys use ( well almost, up to about 12inches and 8 ounces) I just wanted to look around and see what you guys do that could be applied to what I do, possibly vice versa. I'm currently looking into fresh topwater baits for our fish out here that have seen every floating swimbait known to man. I have some interest in large "creeper, crawler, jitterbug" type baits for night fishing. You guys fish for the top tier predators in your waters, as I do. The big ones are no doubt very smart, I know that HIGHLY pressured big bass are. While obviously there are differences between our fish, there have got to be some key similarities. As an example, the stigma around big muskies is no secret. They are very hard to catch. Yet the vast majority of baits employed by you guys are not realistic in any way. But they work, and seem to be preferred over more realistic baits. Realism in appearance and movement have taken the front seat on the baits we are using out here for big bass. Is it just that a reaction type strike is more the target of muskie hunters? Most of our techniques focus on a deliberate, slow, calculated feed response. Are we maybe missing something? I know of guys who have taken high end big bass baits up north and whacked muskies, and i'm sure you guys have caught 5lb largemouth on your baits too. So much seems the same, but so much more seems different. Thanks for your time Jay  | |||
| Derrys |
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| bigjamesjay |
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| hmmm. my mom lives in WA, maybe its time for a "family visit" how cool to have someone mention Bob Crupi right off the bat, that guy was amazing. he was a finesser , but most of the time he was fishing a live crawdad, which to me is a little different than what people typically refer to as finesse. his time was a little before large swimbaits were embraced out here. all of the current big bass studs are throwing big swimbaits nearly exclusively. as far as plastic worms, that is a good example, i fish some worms up to 17 inches (got an 11lber on one about a month ago as a matter of fact) and those are certainly not realistic looking. i am completely lost in the muskie terminology, but the bucktails, and woodchopper baits seem sooo low percentage. | |||
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| MuskieMedic |
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Posts: 2091 Location: Stevens Point, WI | |||
| muskyone |
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Posts: 1536 Location: God's Country......USA..... Western Wisconsin | |||
| bigjamesjay |
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| In regards to bucktails, that is preciseley my point. To me baits like that would be very low bite frequency baits for big bass, yet they are very popular for big muskie. Why? Why do very large, old, smart fish fall for baits like that so often. I had actually looked at the Hawg Wobbler before, but it appeared that the lip is just a normal diving lip angled so steeply that it just wakes across the surface. Is that the case or is it a "jitterbug" type lip. If it is a wake style bait, i have too many!!!! Thanks for the welcome, and putting up with stupid questions! | |||
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