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| I guess if your baby food was served in a silver spoon, a $5000 tin boat is "trash." I know a number of kids who saved their night crawler and de-tasseling money and were proud as heck, of their "trash boat." And they were tickled to catch a 42" fish. If you think catching a 36 inch pike is the same as catching a 36 inch muskie, you just don't get it. You fish for muskies because they are hard to catch and you don't catch a lot of them. Muskie fishing isn't dying, it's growing. Young people are taking it up all the time. Money is not a barrier. It's the engagement on older communication platforms that are down. More spread out to various other places. What some people don't get, is that muskie fishing isn't how you start fishing, unless you are born into a muskie fishing family. You graduate to muskie fishing. You get tired of the ease of bass fishing. You get to the point that you can catch walleye on pretty much any body of water that has them, even when others are struggling. You need a new challenge. You either pick up muskie fishing or fly fishing, or both. You catch that first fish, and you knees wobble, and that's it. Your hooked. I wouldn't want muskie fishing to be any easier. What would be the point? Once you've caught enough 4 footers, you don't really care what size they are anymore. It's the chase. A 40" fish on a small low density lake is just as big of a deal as a 50' fish on Green Bay. Takes the same or more skill. It's just not for everyone. I've had friends who really like to fish, and I've taken them many times in my nice boat, with nice gear, and put them on fish. They still didn't get into it. They don't like how much work it is and how you don't catch a bunch of them in a day. And, as others have said, if you want information, use the search. Top notch sticks have answered pretty much every question you can think of, on this site.
Edited by TCESOX 7/16/2026 5:31 PM
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