>
I live only 30 minutes away from Lake Shelbyville, so that's primarily
the lake I fish, but a few times a year we'll travel down to fish
Kinkaid Lake by Murphysboro. We also go to Canada twice a year for a
week each for mainly some musky fishing.
Nathan
> Hello Nate,
>
> Some great tips, I?want to go fishing now. Just wondering, what are
some of the Musky lakes you fish.
>
> thanks, Marty
>
>
>
> Hello, hopefully this message posts, my last two attempts have been
> unsuccessful. Anyways, it's always good to hear when someone wants to
> get into musky fishing. When I first started musky fishing I was also
> a college student, so I've been in the same boat as you.
>
> As for reels, I'd suggest the Garcia 6500 C3. It has a 5.3:1 gear
> ratio, and it can be used for pretty much everything. It should be
> around 80 bucks, so it's a pretty good buy at that price. The 5.3
> ratio lets you throw just about everything. Generally for the larger
> crankbaits and especially bucktails(Double Cow Girls for example) you
> want a lower gear ratio, such as a 4.7 or so, but the 5.3 also works.
>
> For rods, I got started using a 6'2 gander mountain IM6 heavy action
> rod. The length is kind of short, but for 50 bucks or so you can't
> beat it. If you prefer a little bit longer rod, especially one that's
> better at throwing bucktails, I'd suggest the 6'6 medium heavy IM8 rod
> from gander mountain. That should be around 80 bucks if I remember
> correctly. I've had no problem landing muskies on both of these rods.
> What I really like about the 6'2 rod is that you can throw pretty
> much anything with it. I had a little harder time throwing jerkbaits
> w/ the 6'6 IM8 rod.
>
> For line, I recommend using either Spiderwire Stealth or Cortland
> Spectron. I like the 80 pound test myself. The 80 is still thin
> enough to spool quite a bit of line, and the zero stretch is fantastic
> for hooksets.
>
> An "L" turn is when someone brings their lure in towards the boat or
> shore, and instead of doing a figure 8 they basically turn the lure
> 90 degrees to run it past them to see if a muskie is following or not.
> It's a rather lazy way to see if you have a follow or not. That
> being said, ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS do a figure 8 after every cast no
> matter if you see a fish or not. The biggest muskie I've caught(and
> it was from the bank) was on a figure 8. I didn't see anything and
> when I completed my figure 8 I saw a flash, so I started to do a
> second one. When I was done w/ my second figure 8 the muskie came out
> of no where and slammed it. If I only did an "L" turn there's no way
> I would have caught that fish. Several other muskie fisherman can
> probably tell you a simular story to mine.
>
> Muskies generally spawn very early in the year when the water
> temperature is in the low to mid 50's. Here in Illinois we don't have
> a season for musky fishing, but I'd be willing to guess that musky
> season is closed when they spawn in Wisconsin.
>
> As for lure colors, someone can drive themselves nuts trying to figure
> out what colors to use. Black and orange are usually a good color to
> use on just about any lake, but the amount of muskies caught on black
> and orange is related to the number of people who throw those colors.
> In heavily pressure waters, I prefer to use louder colors such as pink
> are purple. That being said, natural patterns are always a good bet.
> If a lake has a large bluegill population, green and blue are usually
> good colors. I also love throwing white. I've caught several muskie
> and even my biggest walleye on a cisco colored 8 inch jointed
> depthraider. Sometimes the simple natural colors are overlooked. Joe
> Bucher said his best color he had was a white depthraider w/ a blue
> stripe on top of it, and interestingly enough it was his worst seller
> because it wasn't "flashy." Now it's not even made anymore because it
> didn't sell that well.
>
> Hopefully I've given you at least some insight to help get you
> started. Musky fishing can be very frustrating when starting out.
> I'd recommend trying to fish lakes where you have a better chance at
> catching one than going for the trophy lakes. Muskie aren't called
> the fish of 10,000 casts for nothing.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan <natedog212002@...>
> To: fishingtheusaandcanada@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:23 am
> Subject: [fishingtheusaandcanada] Re: Musky Fishing
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello, hopefully this message posts, my last two attempts have been
> unsuccessful. Anyways, it's always good to hear when someone wants to
> get into musky fishing. When I first started musky fishing I was also
> a college student, so I've been in the same boat as you.
>
> As for reels, I'd suggest the Garcia 6500 C3. It has a 5.3:1 gear
> ratio, and it can be used for pretty much everything. It should be
> around 80 bucks, so it's a pretty good buy at that price. The 5.3
> ratio lets you throw just about everything. Generally for the larger
> crankbaits and especially bucktails(Double Cow Girls for example) you
> want a lower gear ratio, such as a 4.7 or so, but the 5.3 also works.
>
> For rods, I got started using a 6'2 gander mountain IM6 heavy action
> rod. The length is kind of short, but for 50 bucks or so you can't
> beat it. If you prefer a little bit longer rod, especially one that's
> better at throwing bucktails, I'd suggest the 6'6 medium heavy IM8 rod
> from gander mountain. That should be around 80 bucks if I remember
> correctly. I've had no problem landing muskies on both of these rods.
> What I really like about the 6'2 rod is that you can throw pretty
> much anything with it. I had a little harder time throwing jerkbaits
> w/ the 6'6 IM8 rod.
>
> For line, I recommend using either Spiderwire Stealth or Cortland
> Spectron. I like the 80 pound test myself. The 80 is still thin
> enough to spool quite a bit of line, and the zero stretch is fantastic
> for hooksets.
>
> An "L" turn is when someone brings their lure in towards the boat or
> shore, and instead of doing a figure 8 they basically turn the lure
> 90 degrees to run it past them to see if a muskie is following or not.
> It's a rather lazy way to see if you have a follow or not. That
> being said, ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS do a figure 8 after every cast no
> matter if you see a fish or not. The biggest muskie I've caught(and
> it was from the bank) was on a figure 8. I didn't see anything and
> when I completed my figure 8 I saw a flash, so I started to do a
> second one. When I was done w/ my second figure 8 the muskie came out
> of no where and slammed it. If I only did an "L" turn there's no way
> I would have caught that fish. Several other muskie fisherman can
> probably tell you a simular story to mine.
>
> Muskies generally spawn very early in the year when the water
> temperature is in the low to mid 50's. Here in Illinois we don't have
> a season for musky fishing, but I'd be willing to guess that musky
> season is closed when they spawn in Wisconsin.
>
> As for lure colors, someone can drive themselves nuts trying to figure
> out what colors to use. Black and orange are usually a good color to
> use on just about any lake, but the amount of muskies caught on black
> and orange is related to the number of people who throw those colors.
> In heavily pressure waters, I prefer to use louder colors such as pink
> are purple. That being said, natural patterns are always a good bet.
> If a lake has a large bluegill population, green and blue are usually
> good colors. I also love throwing white. I've caught several muskie
> and even my biggest walleye on a cisco colored 8 inch jointed
> depthraider. Sometimes the simple natural colors are overlooked. Joe
> Bucher said his best color he had was a white depthraider w/ a blue
> stripe on top of it, and interestingly enough it was his worst seller
> because it wasn't "flashy." Now it's not even made anymore because it
> didn't sell that well.
>
> Hopefully I've given you at least some insight to help get you
> started. Musky fishing can be very frustrating when starting out.
> I'd recommend trying to fish lakes where you have a better chance at
> catching one than going for the trophy lakes. Muskie aren't called
> the fish of 10,000 casts for nothing.
>
> --- In fishingtheusaandcanada@yahoogroups.com, "loons1686"
> <yngsn4103@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi .. I have been fishing ever since i was little but now that im 21
> > im starting to take fishing more seriously .. A friend of mine
took me
> > musky fishing and he caught one on my first time out .. I was hooked
> > even though i didnt catch it i was excited .. I have began to
purchase
> > what i can for musky lures, rods and reels (on a college kids
> > income) .. I have also been reading the musky hunter magazine ..
Since
> > i am new i have a few questions and was hoping this would be the spot
> > to get answers .. i live just north of Madison Wisconsin .. and we
> > actually from what I have heard have some nice musky lakes within 50
> > miles or so .. a couple of the questions i have are .. What is an "L"
> > turn? (i know of the figure 8)Also what does gear ratio mean ? the
Abu
> > Garcia im looking at has 5:3:1 is that musky, bass ect.. also when do
> > muskies usually spawn? .. and finally colors .. i have been told
> > orange and black but also have been told it depends on the water
> > color.. any input? Any help will be greatly appreciated in my quest
> > for my first musky.
> > Thanks Nate
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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