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| I have been fishing this very small lake in my hometown with good results but no monster fish. we have got a good number of mid to high 30 inch fish but we cant seem to get the larger fish to strike. we have seen the 40 to uper 40 class fish but they dont seem to be in the same areas as the smaller fish and are very reluctant to show them selves as much as the others. i was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this or maybe run into a similar issue on a small lake around were they fish. thanks. |
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Location: Almond, WI | The lake I learned to musky fish on was similar. It was under 250 acres, mildly stained, great cabbage and good rock cover. I noticed that the 40"+ fish almost never fell for bucktails, while smaller fish bit them readily. But the bigger fish loved Smity jerkbaits and crankbaits. The 2 biggest fish I know of being raised there were on a Depthraider and a Bobbie. The little ones liked hair, the bigger ones liked wood. I also noticed that the larger fish were almost always deeper, and even though this lake is very shallow, they would suspend. Sometimes we would start our fishing an extra cast length out, and it wouldn't be unusual to move a fish in the first couple casts (the big one showed on the Bobbie that way). Remember each body of water has its own tendencies. Play around with your presentations and you'll figure something out, eventually. |
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Location: Ohio | The bigger fish could possible be more leary because you are not the only fisherman chaseing them, sometimes if you go against the grain with larger than normal baits or wild bright colors you'll have better luck with the larger fish. I have always been told and have experienced first hand that a muskie will not shy away from food 1/3 rd. its body size.
Edited by Pearson_Plugs 7/6/2009 8:39 PM
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Location: lake x...where the hell is it? | Pearson_Plugs - 7/6/2009 8:37 PM
The bigger fish could possible be more leary because you are not the only fisherman chaseing them, sometimes if you go against the grain with larger than normal baits or wild bright colors you'll have better luck with the larger fish. I have always been told and have experienced first hand that a muskie will not shy away from food 1/3 rd. its body size.
thats true, i got a 33"er on a 11" sucker= 1/3 its body size. |
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Location: Davenport, IA | Its often a good idea to do the opposite of what you see others doing. Some of these small lakes get a lot of muskie pressure. There will be 30 other boats throwing double cowgirls and bulldawgs...try something different. |
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| Hit it hard at peak times. Peak moon phases. Right before or after storms. The window to get the bigger ones gets very small. Night fishing? They didn't get to be the biggest ones in the lake by being careless and stupid. Good luck. |
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