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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | If you could give any muskie fisherman one quick tip of advice, what would it be?
AND, to make this tougher on you the user....you cant name one that anyone else has already listed.
Mine: HAVE FUN! Dont worry about the catching or lack there of, just enjoy being out there, doing what we do! |
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| Don't get discouraged when times are tough, just keep at it and use your head and you'll connect with fish. |
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | If you want to catch BIG FISH then Fish where BIG FISH Live 
Fish big water that has a reputation for big fish
Edited by JohnMD 6/25/2007 12:58 PM
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| Pay attention and always be alert for follows, setting up you F-8s, and be prepare to set the hook at all times. |
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| Take all the internet/magazine/seminar stuff with a grain of salt, and just fish for the sake of fishing. The fish will eat. Or the fish won't eat. |
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Location: Stevens Point, Wisconsin | Do it your way and find your own style! Too many people get hung up on trying to copy the way everyone else does it. Some of the most innovative techniques are the product of people thinking out of the box!
Ed
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| Hire this guide and spend a day in musky fishing heaven.
http://www.myfishingpictures.com/img/123239.jpg
Edited by ddfenner 6/25/2007 1:21 PM
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Posts: 32886
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Straight from Steve Van Lieshout: The only rule in Muskie Fishing...
there are no rules.
Best time to go?
when you can.
From me:
Waves on the water make the wind blow. Go ahead, argue with me.
Much of what you hear about Muskie fishing is debatable, at the least. If it just doesn't sound right or logical, it probably isn't. |
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Posts: 1996
Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | Learn the body of water you are fishing as well as you can. Pay attention to the details of structures. Fishing where the fish are will put more fish in the net than anything else. |
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| Don't leave fish to find fish.Oh, and what Fenner said.LOL. Steve |
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| Don't skimp on equipment...buy good batteries, good locators/gps, good rods/reels/terminal tackle.
Auto Pilots rule. |
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Posts: 56
| Learn to make your own lures. "you can lead a muskie fisherman to water, but you can't make him catch" |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | When casting all day, don't think that the small nick in the floro, or the partial fray in the braided wont make a difference. If it looks like you need to cut and tie do it!
Netman
Today is the fourth annniversary of my PB. Its been a long struggle to get anything close to it. Savor the moment......
Shep,
It was never your fish.................. :~)
Edited by Netman 6/25/2007 1:55 PM
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| Buy a good pair of polorized fishing glasses and always pay attention, especially when the baits are in the water.
Ryan
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA | More time on the water = more fish in the boat.
Rich D |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | in addition to what bn writes ... learn to subtract water ... and feel good in the process you use to do so ... it's the part of the game that is the most fun and the part that makes and sometimes breaks your confidence |
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Location: Fonda IA | buy a Luhr-Jensen file and learn how to make your hooks scary sharp.Dennis Blume
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| can we have more than one??
another one...key. visualize what you are fishing without water!
visualize....key. |
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Location: nationwide | I would second the "don't get discouraged" or "impatient" if you want to call it that tip. A line I like to use, but no clue where I heard or read it, is " the musky is the king of freshwater fish . . . . and the king does not come to town every day".
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| understand your units...learn to use them and understand what they are showing you.
dont believe old school fishing myths. be versatile and go against the grain.
sorry...had to list two.
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| Set the hook once, and set it like you want the hook to go through a sheet of 3/4" plywood. |
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Location: Des Moines IA | don't buy 200 lures, you only really need 25 ............ |
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| Fish like you know they are there |
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Location: Racine, Wi | JCJ - 6/25/2007 2:55 PM
understand your units...learn to use them and understand what they are showing you.
I had to laugh when you said understand your units, but then remembered this is a fishing board. You couldn't be more right dude.
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Location: Wausau | Use as long a rod as you are comfortable with. They are great for picking up slack line and save your back after a full day of figure 8's. |
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Location: The desert | Check to make sure the plug is in the boat before launching. |
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| Learn to read a map |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | MuskieMike - 6/25/2007 3:04 PM
don't buy 200 lures, you only really need 25 ............
Yeah, the trick is which 25?????
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Location: Brookfield, WI | Tip the guide well when he work his tail off.
Also tip your servers at least 15%. 20% is better. Less than that and you might end up with unwanted extra ingredients in your food.
Kevin
My skin is cooling. |
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Location: Waukesha, WI | With so much hype about new baits, don't forget the baits you caught fish on in the past. |
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