muskie fishing

[OUTSIDER]

Any of you guys muskie fish?? I am from west virginia, i love to muskie fish. I fish small rivers and streams that hold fish up to around 50 inches. I caught a 35 inch 15 pounder on the Dec 23 04, merry christmas to me, that makes me 44 this year, i go to college and have limited time to fish, that was the first fish i caught ever in december....first time i ever fished in december, not the last.

[NY911Bowhunter]

Welcome t the forums - I have never Muskie fished but I want to some day, that and Pike.

[Strut_Buster]

I fish musky up here on teh lakes and rivers of wisconsin

[stevebeilgard]

fished for years for them. zero.

[Shaun_300]

i fish pike all the time, sometimes try for musky. havent got one yet though. i am really gonna try in the summer and fall this year there has been some monsters caught. i'll try the Ottawa River and then Golden Lake, and the Bonnechere River that connects Golden Lake with Round Lake... Ontario theres probably millions of "Round Lake's" LOL

[fisherguy]

haha yup shawn i can think of at least three round lakes (named that) within 100 miles of my home. The Ottawa river has some pigs in it! I guide on Eagle Lake and musky fish a fair bit. In a summer i at least see some 40 pound class fish every year, and this summer i know of many released over 54"with one that was 57". I spend a lot of time on numbers lakes though, i still am young and impatient and like to catch fish when i go out. lol

[buckshot]

I went trolling on the St Lawrence river last summer trying to catch a muskie but caught a walleye and bass instead.I'm going up again next summer and try it again.

[JamesVee]

I musky fish when I get the chance. Usually head to Central Mn to fish though. Caught a couple pretty nice ones too.

[LifeNRA]

I catch them by mistate. Usually in the spring when I am pitching spinnerbaits around.

Caught one a few years ago about 40 inches. It was a tiger musky. Biggest one I ever had, I was surprized I landed it since I had no leader on and 8 pound test line, on a tube!

[horst]

A few years ago we had some bad flooding and a lotta lakes and waterways ran together and went into the river.The next spring I started catching small tiger musky below the dam at one of the lakes here where theyre not supposed to be.Caught several dozen of them which I released hoping theyd show back up in the following years but havent caught one of them since.

[JamesVee]

I've caught a couple over 50". And I really haven't put in nearly as much time fishing as I would like to. I have found that by having fast retrieves helps my success. I've got some pictures, but I dont' want to bore anybody.

[fisherguy]

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I've caught a couple over 50". And I really haven't put in nearly as much time fishing as I would like to. I have found that by having fast retrieves helps my success. I've got some pictures, but I dont' want to bore anybody.

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50 plus inchers are never boring.

[JamesVee]

I have to admit, they aren't boring. I wish I could go out everyday and catch 'em. But like they say, they're the fish of 10,000 casts.

Here's one: 53", 34#