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| Hi guys, hpe you,ll bear with me I,m almos as new to computers as i am muskie. Anyway here is the thing, I,m a hardcore bass fisherman but the price of fuel has tighened my range a bit. So in fishing home waters alot more I discover that a local river that I,d always thought of as too poluted to bother with has gotten much better. How much better? Well, after hearing alot of lightliners talk abou there incidental cathes of big(really big) walleye and muskie ,also there were some pics in the paper so I checked it out. Actullay I,ve fished 3mlies of a 20+ section of this river. Results?!!! I couldn,t belive it!! We boated A bunch of 3lb. walleyes and some 6lbs (swimbaits and jerkbaits). Now to finally get to the point I know ther are big muskie here to. Problem is the river. This section isn,t much more than a trout stream. Average depth 4 or 5 ft.. Long streches, some but not much structher, then rocky riffels. I,ve dealt with the problem of depth by having custom tunnelram flatbotom built, but (ahh the point at last) how do I fish for these muskie? The water is stained terrible low and its pretty hot. will they still bite? morn and eve? no weedbeds lots of rock in the riffels lots of down trees but they are very shallow Help! no deep cranks here no trolling. sugestions please |
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| fish it like a trout stream . try finding boulder, logs anything that stops warter flo there might be a hole there were muskie can rest or hide |
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| thanks wavewalker,any thoughts on lures? or any thing specific to this time of year?(tough problem to have isn't it?-20mile stretch of basically untouched river with muskie around every bend? somebodys gota do it) |
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| I would get yourself a bigger "bass" style spinnerbait, a noisy topwater, maybe something with tail rotation and a loud pop to it, some shallow running minnow baits, probably with a nice rattle in them. Since you say its fairly stained or dirty, anything that is going to throw out good vibrations to a fish is going to get eaten. The water may be warm, dirty, whatever, but, fish gotta eat, put your time in, you'll find out what works.
Thing is, once you crack the muskie thing, or should I say, it cracks you, walleyes and bass don't look the same. just my $.02
good luck. |
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| thanks dogboy. I'm on it! I'm sure you're right about "thing is" cant wait to wrestle the big dogs!! |
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | WV,
You may want to try a floating burt or something like it. The lip is part of the bait and does not protrude from it...won't break off from the rocks. Also, I have a friend that makes glide baits (Ray Hensley with Widow Maker Lures from West Virginia) called a deadhead that he fishes the rivers a lot with. |
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| thanks vince |
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| Sounds a lot like my home water. Rapala J13 or Jointed Minnow plugs has produced a lot of fish. A Rapala Super Shad Rap ripped from the surface and allow to float back up nearly to the surface and ripped again can be deadly. Glide baits like the Baby Wabul has been extermly hot for me this year. I love to throw big baits, but find 5" - 6" size to out produce the larger stuff in the smaller rivers.
Look for anything that can break the water flow or current, a lot like trout fishing. Also this time of year look for deep pocket or holes. Any feeder creeks or streams can also can be prime places. DO not pass up any down tress or log jams.
Don't forget to include a couple of spinerbaits, bucktails, Crane 206's or a BIG Game 6" twitch bait and a shallow Bulldawg.
The best advice find a local Muskie Club and join. The club can shorting the learning cruve by years. |
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Location: Williamstown, WV | I have fish west virginia waters for years. Shoot me an email, I'm sure I've been on your water and can help. [email protected]
shawn |
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| You'll minimize downtime from hookups on wood/rocks/etc by using floating baits as opposed to sinking baits. |
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