On Dec. 7, Ron Hedsand of Sturgeon Bay, Wis. was fishing with Sturgeon Bay friend John Vieau. The two had caught a lot of fish together over the past 12 years, but the monster muskie
A quick-strike rig with a sucker minnow can be quite effective at this point in the year.
Suckers come into their own when water temperatures drop and lakes turn over.
Late-summer, early-autumn tactics for North America’s largest sportfish.
If there’s a seemingly magical time when a muskie may be most likely to bite, it’s the hour or so when darkness overtakes daylight.
Because it has a diving lip, simply reeling it in will cause muskies to strike because of its natural wiggle. But there are ways to make them even more effective.
Try different things to see what works, such as reeling at slow or faster speeds, twitching, or jerking the bait as you retrieve. Stay on top of the weed beds to trigger instinctual bites.
Here are the incorrect beliefs he once held, and what he knows now.
Without a doubt, fishing in the proper locations is important in early-season muskie fishing.
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