Got out a little ealier today under a foggy sky cover. Used a spinnerbait all day and managed to hook a few but lost them before I could get them to the boat. Wife was using a small rubber fish that looked like a baby bass. She casted towards shore and brought it over a weedbed. As it got closer it looked like she had hooked the weeds and was dragging them along but as it came up to the boat we both realized it was about a 35" tiger muskie following the "fish". Just as the lure rose towards to surface the muskie very gently sucked it in and turned to go under the boat at which point it cut the line just like a pair of sissors. She didn't even have a chance to set the hooks.

Now the wife has never been real big on fishing but she caught a SMB about 10 minues later and ended up being the only one to land a fish all day. On the way home she wanted to stop and check the fishing tackle store for lures that would keep the line away from a muskies teeth next time. She even asked if we could go out tomorrow, too bad I have to work.

2000subaru

7/23/2009 9:36:00 PM

Steel leaders and Fluoro leaders are they key. Look up Charlies leaders on Ebay. He is the way to go, also beef up the line to 65LB braid and you should be better prepared if you want a dedicated Musky rig.

Skeeterpilot

7/24/2009 6:10:00 PM

Thanks Subaru, Yes I know about steel leaders but they don't work well for bass fishing. Our first and foremost goal is bass and catching the muskie is kind of a fluke or added bonus when we do. I have caught several muskie in the past all on bass gear but usually with lures that have a lot more buffer between the fishes teeth and the line. Larger spinners and minow type of crank baits have worked well in the past without scaring off the bass we are fishing for. My wife gets a big thrill from catching any fish as she just doesn't do it that much but the muskie coming up to the boat just floored her and was a great surprise.

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