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Location: NoDak | i see a good point above, on a calm day i hadnt seen any muskies, but 2 times in the afternoon big wakes were rolling into us and as our lures chaased the waves we had 2 follows, and mid summer walleyes in 4 foot of water would only eat when boat trafic was causing waves, when it was quite there was no fish |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | On clear water trout lakes sneaking up is important. Longer casts are also important. However, I have seen a couple of instances where a muskie actually came out +100ft from shore cover to investigate the boat, I watched them the entire way. They both did exactly the same thing, they parked themselves directly under the boat. I dropped a spoon over the side in both instances and they followed it as it fluttered to the bottom in ~20 FOW, I could see them become more agressive as I jigged the spoon and circling like a shark, I caught one, a nice fat 36" fish. I have had other instances where follower's parked themselves directly under the boat and came out on a following cast figure 8 to eat the bait.
Noise control in the boat is very important, as they are definitely spooked by sudden boat noises. All we do in my boat is to say quietly say "fish", everyone else is then very careful to not make noises or hit the trolling motor. Only the person with the fish is allowed to even speak, but quietly. Of course if you're in mid-retrieve you may need to finish depending on the lure type, etc.
Have fun!
Al |
