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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Just wondering where the rest of you are at on this one....I spent about 50 days on the water last year, and only 3 of those days where for fishes other than muskies, 2 for salmon and one for smallies. About what percentage of the time do you spend on muskies vs. other fishes?
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Posts: 32958
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I spent quite a bit of my on the water time chasing Bass and Crappies with Sue this year. We enjoyed the crappies alot, and I have always enjoyed Bass fishing. I usually fish Bass in good Muskie water, so it sort of crosses over. |
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Posts: 20281
Location: oswego, il | I took my kids bass fishing for about 3 hours, other than that it's all been musky fishing for us. |
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Posts: 93
Location: Waukesha, WI. | I was out about 10 times,3 of these I took the kids( 3 and 5) for blue gills found some 9-10". This was a blast. The wife and I went 2 times for bass this is what she likes to fish for and 5 times for musky. I did get my biggest musky this yesr, a 46"er, best part about it is that it was on one of the baits that I make!! |
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Posts: 384
Location: Eagle River, Alaska | I got not a single day fishing for musky this year....very pathetic. Most of my time was spent fishing salmon and trout....also some halibut and during vacation some inshore Florida fishing.
Next summer I plan on an extended musky pilgrimage back down to the lower 48.
Be Good,
Brian |
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Posts: 1764
Location: Ogden, Ut | I probably get to spend 50-60 days a year angling (all day or portions thereof). If I only count the open water fishing, because I do a lot of ice fishing too, my time is split about 70% chasing warmwater species and 30% chasing their coldwater counterparts. When conditions are favorable I can be found chasing walleye, crappie, bluegill, perch, wipers, and obviously muskies. My coldwater quarry includes cutthroat, brown, rainbow, lake, and brook trout as well as kokanee salmon; both stream fishing (fly rod) and reservoir fishing from boats. I feel extremely fortunate to have that kind of diversity available to me and would feel that I may be cheating myself out of a whole boatload of fun if I didn't try most of it at some time. About the only species fairly readily available that I don't fish for much are largemouth and smallmouth bass. Just haven't gotten around to it yet I guess...My ice fishing is primarily for perch and crappies but an occasional trout trip is not out of the question. Man, life is good...
K. |
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Posts: 1247
Location: On the Niagara River in Buffalo, NY | I spent most of the year musky fishing,20 trips out for walleye,9 trips for smallmouth and 2 trips for perch.
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Posts: 941
Location: Freedom, WI | This year like most years just muskies (even though there was a fair amount of pike and walleyes for me this year, I was fishing muskies). If I had more time to fish there might be some other fishing thrown in. I am lucky that my son and wife both like to muskie fish, and for some reason my fishin buddies are also muskie fisherman. |
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Posts: 1247
Location: On the Niagara River in Buffalo, NY | Roger,
International Guide Raffle Tickets are in the mail,thank you for your support! Capt. Larry |
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Posts: 1430
Location: Eastern Ontario | 100% muskie fishing, all other fish are just bait.  |
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| I spend one week walleye fishing in September each year, and I often fish for smallmouth bass and largemouth bass when I can. But still 95% of my time I am musky fishing! |
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Posts: 303
Location: Valentine, NE USA | I try to shoot for 100 days p/year on the water and spend about 1/2 of it chasing Pike, simply because the lake is about 100 yards from my house. Comes in really handy for testing baits and...it's very convenient!
The remaining time is probably divided into: 40% musky and 10% ice fishing for whateverthehell I can catch.
BS
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Posts: 626
Location: ashtabula ohio | ill go with 3 bass days,6 pike days and 91 muskox days.... lookin at a 100% of gods great gifts! |
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Posts: 116
Location: winnipeg manitoba | i mix my days up however i do try hot spots to see what is going on. i fished 97 days this year, according to my log book only one was void of attempting muskie.(not counting 7 days tournment fishing) however hard core days =47/when only the mystical lunge were hunted. keep your lines tight. |
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Posts: 189
Location: Hoboken, NJ / North Webster, IN | This past year...
8 Days Muskie
8 Days Striper/Blue
7 Days Snook/Red/Trout/Whatever else will hit in back, shallow water in FLA
1 Day Trout
Never enough days!!! The "ski" days are my favorite though....you gotta love the toothy critters. |
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Location: Illinois-Indiana | Unfortunately I didn't get to take my kids out pan fishing this year so every day was spent Musky fishing.
I did get my daughter out for a three day Musky trip though.:) |
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Posts: 941
Location: Freedom, WI | Capt. Larry Thanks it is the least I can do. I will be sending some baits this winter, the drawing is august right? |
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Posts: 484
Location: St. Louis, MO., Marco Is., FL, Nestor Falls, ON | I spend approximately 200+ days per year fishing. About 120 day are devoted to Muskie fishing and the balance is saltwater fishing for snook, snapper, grouper, tarpon, sheepshead, etc. I also fish for walleye, lake trout, northern pike and smallmouth; but it is always while fishing for Muskies. |
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Posts: 466
Location: Pittsburgh, PA | I do quite a bit of fishing for walleye and smallies, and one week outta the year for pike |
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Posts: 148
Location: DES MOINES, IOWA | Ever since I discovered all other fish are bait, I spend 100% of my fishing time on Muskies.Totally ruined me for fishing other species.Use to fish Walleyes,Bass,Crappies,Cats,but haven,t used any of this equipment for years.Might as well sell it.Last year I didn,t spend the quality time on the water as in the past.I plan on spending around 40-50 days on the water fishing Muskies in 2004.I need to round up some partners,since it impossible for my boys to get away for 2 days in a row,because of family obligations. |
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Posts: 938
Location: NeverNever Lake | ><}}}}}}*>-------- 100% -----------<*{{{{{{>< |
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Posts: 477
Location: Iowa | Since the ice went out in April I believe, I've went fishing 2-3 time a week(most weeks). I think I went bass fishing 8-10 times, the rest was for muskie. |
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Posts: 1243
Location: Musky Tackle Online, MN | I'll fish for other species when muskies aren't open. But once the real season opens, it's pretty much all muskies. This year I put in 58 days on the water musky fishing and I believe maybe 2 or 3 days fishing for bait when I only had a few hours to fish.
AWH |
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Posts: 229
Location: Willoughby, Ohio | Considering where I live, it would be foolish not to take advantage of some of the other fishing opportunities in the area. I live 3 minutes from one of Lake Erie's top steelhead rivers (the Chagrin) and 20 minutes from another (the Grand). I'm also about 2.5 miles south of Lake Erie, so I fish perch and walleye a couple of times a year. As a general rule though, I fish muskies Mid-April through October and steelhead November - mid April. Of course, I'll do a little ice fishing as well if nothing else is open. |
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Posts: 177
Location: Cohasset, MN | Boy, I sure envy the amount of time some of you get to spend on the water ! 90% Muskie since I got my first. It'll be 100% (other than ice fishing) until I get something in the 40's. |
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Posts: 670
Location: Minnetonka , MN. | 50% of my time I fish fpr Muskies and 50% of my time I go after Musky |
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Posts: 1023
Location: Lafayette, IN | Generally speaking I probably spend 75% of my time bassin with the family on farm ponds. This year I spent 50% or more targeting musky. Having a boat makes a BIG difference! |
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Posts: 1996
Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | I spend the time from ice-out (usually mid april) until May 15th (the WI/MI border lake musky opener) chasing walleye and crappie. After May 15th until freeze up it is 100% muskies, with the exception of one crappie trip for my father-in-law. Anytime I try fishing for anything else there is a nagging feeling in my gut that the muskie are moving!!
Edited by nwild 12/1/2003 12:47 PM
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Posts: 177
Location: Germantown & Land O Lakes WI | 45% Walleye, 30% Musky, 20% Great Lakes Tribs fishing (salmon, trout) & 5% Bass. |
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Posts: 5874
| I spend a fair amount of time eye fishing, but most of my time is spent muskie fishing. Maybe 75/25. My 2 week-long trips this year were divided. One for eyes, and one for ski's. |
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