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The "Figure-8" is a hugely important tool for putting muskies in the boat,...
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Topwater Muskies My grandfather fished the Chippewa Flowage in Wisconsin for muskies back in its glory days, seldom using anything but a topwater lure to enrage fish and make them strike. As a kid, I often dug through his basement to fondly examine his collection of Yellow Birds, Pflueger Globes,...
Musky Spawning & Stocking in Minnesota Here's an inside look at what it takes to build a world-class musky state. Jeremy Smith and Doug Shultz (MNDNR) break down the entire process of how muskies are stocked in Minnesota. The musky program in their home state is absolutely phenomenal when you...
During fall, river muskies shift location from shallow, swift-water stretches to deep holes with reduced current. Slowly retrieve large lures to trigger strikes in cold water.
Longer rods cast farther, work lures better, set the hook with authority, and execute larger figure 8 maneuvers at boatside, converting musky follows into strikes.
Musky wizard Jeremy Smith shares a simple and easy method for modifying bucktails. Modifying Bucktails for Muskie Fishing Success Bucktails are high-efficiency coverage, high-percentage hooking lures for muskies. But all bucktails are not equal, nor does any one model excel in all situations....