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| Has anyone accidentally caught musky whilst bass or walleye fishing? |
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Location: Minnesota | My first musky was a 36" hit a headen tiny lucky 13 |
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| Caught one while being a judge boat in musky tournament,,couldn't fish for muskie but while bass fishing with small Bagley crank.
Ice fishing in warroad where there aren't supposed to be muskie in that part of LOTW. |
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Location: Illinois | First 1/2 dozen Muskie I caught were when I was bass fishing. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | I usually get at least one incidental musky per year crappie or walleye fishing. |
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| My dad caught a 33“ muskies while panfishing with a night crawler on a #6 eagle claw with the spinner.
Edited by zombietrolling 3/6/2017 6:11 PM
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Location: Ashland WI | First one for me was while fishing for gills. |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | Stupid fish that got me "hooked" on this was when I was 17, fishing with my best friend (musky45) and my dad on Cliff Lake for pike, bass...whatever. Big, wide, long fish came cruising in a bunch of times on spinnerbaits, daredevils, and buzz baits. Never ate, but that's the one that "got me." The next year I was back with my first musky rod and reel and a Poe's Awaker. So, no, my first one was actually caught on musky gear. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever caught one accidentally. Weird! |
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Location: oswego, il | Caught a few that way. Biggest musky i have seen i brought to the boat casting my son's bass rod with a 4" tube spinner. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Probably over 200 targeting bass and walleyes with Creatures. |
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| Can't really count it because I lost the fish, but it was way back when they first started stocking hybrids in Silver Lake. I was farting around with a Rebel crawfish when I saw this giant fish swimming nearby. (It was probably all of 30") Not a bass, not a walleye, hey, maybe that's one of those muskies! Threw past it, a few turns of the reel and the fight was on. Fought it all the way to shore a couple times before it got off. Didn't sleep much that night. |
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| Biggest one in my boat was a 48 caught jiggin for walleyes
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Location: Northern IL | Caught a couple thousand so far Spoonplugging for lm bass. Catching a muskie or a hundred at least for me has more to do with being on bodies of water that have muskies and being prepared for a Muskie when it takes the bait.
A lot of guys hook into muskies but never get em to the boat because they either get bit off or don't have the right size net or equipment to land such a fish, happens all the time. |
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Location: NE Ohio | plenty over the years, fishing for anything else, and at anytime of the year. |
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Location: Waukee, IA | Fishing a small swimbait for pike/walleye/Smallies at long point LOTW from shore. Only fish I got from shore was a 24" muskie. They must be moving in down there |
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| caught a 43" muskie on a rooster tail while fishing for white bass. One of my most fun experiences of fishing. It made 5 long runs, each time coming completely out of the water. There was a missing tooth where the rooster tail was hooked in its mouth. Just lucky the muskie didn't bite off the rooster tail. Wish I could catch another one like that. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | The only accidental one I have caught was on a night crawler while fishing for suckers on the Mississippi many years ago. It was maybe 24 inches! |
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Location: Watersmeet, Michigan | My brother got one, a 16" monster, casting a small Mepps spinner while I was throwing a big crank bait. Ever since then I've had to deal with " I don't know what the big deal is; they're pretty easy to catch." and "When I got my musky..."
If I weren't a priest (and he weren't bigger than me), I'd slap him along side the head.
Fr. K
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Location: Walker, MN | We average a couple muskies per year while crankbait trolling for walleyes. I have probably had just as many hit the plainer boards the past few years. Last July we had the same fish take the board down three times before cutting the line, my confidence in yellow went up after that. |
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| I didn't catch it but last spring while fishing for crappies with little minnows I had been catching some decent crappies but was losing a lot of bait to 6" perch. The slip bobber went straight down and I thought "crappie". However, when I set the hook, the little ultralight rod bent in half, with the tip almost hitting my hand before the 4# test snapped. There was a huge swirl that continued for 5 seconds or so where the muskie had taken the minnow. The hook apparently ticked that muskie off.
I know there is a big fish that hunts that shoreline. I had never contacted it before but friends and neighbors have raised it/lost it. Figures the one time I encountered it, I would have a number 6 hook and 4# mono on an ultralight ;>). |
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Location: US | First two were caught within 1/2 hour of each other crappie fishing. Now, some days i think i need to start bass fishing and maybe ill catch more muskies. |
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Location: MN | My father in-law picks up one each year. one in the spring came on a mini fat rap... another on the St. Louis river on a 300 sized bandit it was a pig over 50 and a slob. |
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Location: Madison, WI | One on a beetle spin for crappies - 36". One on a jig and twister tail for walleye -39". And had a pig - 48"+ on a husky jerk while walleye fishing from shore in the spring. Had it to my feet three times and on the third attempt trying to hand land it the back hook broke off. Funny thing is that fish woulda been my PB for the last 14 years!
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Location: Oconomowc, WI | That's what started my obsession! |
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| Caught a 48 incher on a Zell Rowland Popper, in two foot of water, in a muddy bay.
It was on on spinning rod, and ten pound test. |
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Location: WI | Caught a 12" muskie on a frog colored Zara Spook fishing for smallmouth, and a 20" on a 1/4 oz. jig & twistetail using an ultra light spinning rod. |
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Location: MN | Quite a few, but one that got me hooked. It was from Waconia in November, casting a 2" shadling to shore while my friends boat had stalled. I thought i snagged a rock in about 1 FOW, turned out to be a 39" muskie. Quite a battle with light line. The weather completely changed within minutes of that fish and we left the lake. |
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Location: Southwest PA | This is what gave me the itch I cannot now stop! 1/4oz. Mooselook wobbler all copper fishing for smallmouth at an outflow. Hooked into an estimated mid to high 30's which spat the hook at the rock I was fishing off of. Never will forget that moment or my first fish which was purposefully caught and landed! My friend caught and landed a low 40's on a minnow crappie fishing and his dad had one on a night crawler while walleye fishing! |
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Let's talk about the accidental fish we've all caught while muskie fishing.
I caught a largemouth bass that was 26.5" long and as big around as it could possibly get and full of eggs ready to move up on the bed. 10+ pounder |
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| I know nobody will believe this but I caught about a 25" musky with my jet ski. I came around the end of the pier gunned it and the musky jumped out of the wake and landed on my pier. My wife got 1 quick picture as my German short pointer jumped on it also so she was trying to take pic and separate GPS from musky. Both dog and musky were very green and ready to wrestle. Fish went back quickly before any good pics could be taken. Funny stuff |
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