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Muskie/Pike Fishing

Mschmeiske

Mschmeiske

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How many die hard Esox hunters do we have on here?

-Where are you from?
-Do you primarily fish rivers or lakes?
-What are some of your favorite lures?
-Largest Muskie/Pike to date?

I’m from NY and primarily fish rivers and some surrounding lakes too. A few lures I run on the regular are Double 8 bucktails, Storm Thunderbeasts, and recently I’ve been trying to get into glide baits more. My largest Muskie was 46” and my largest Pike was 39”
I’m strictly catch and release when it comes to them.
 
Clinch River Musky and Stripes here in East TN! Have had some luck with big EP fiber streamers tied onto 2OOT hooks.
 

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I sometimes target pike. I toss flies or crank baits from shore occasionally but love getting them through the ice the most. I typically fish Lake Michigan and tribs for them.

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Only been fishing in an area that held musky and pike on 2 different trips for fishing small mouth. The pike was a nuisance, the musky was cool to catch one and check it off the list and get back the small mouth. We would actually jerk our baits away from the pike. Didn’t want to deal with that.

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Great White North gator hunter here.

-Where are you from? -> Great White North
-Do you primarily fish rivers or lakes? -> Nice try, find your own spot!!! I'd recommend you stay south of the border.
-What are some of your favorite lures? -> Catch a mooneye, cut it in half and dead bait it - the bigger the better. (check regs, that may not be legal)
-Largest Muskie/Pike to date? -> multiple Northern's at 42"

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Mschmeiske said:
How many die hard Esox hunters do we have on here?

-Where are you from?
-Do you primarily fish rivers or lakes?
-What are some of your favorite lures?
-Largest Muskie/Pike to date?
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I fish rivers and lakes. Casting only, trolling is for sissies... :cool:

Lake: Big spinnerbaits
River: Big soft plastic swimbaits

I've got two that were 46". One was 25#, the other was 29#. Still looking for my 50+ incher...

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I love fishing for pike and muskies. those things are just plain mean. I may have the record for the smallest ever caught on hook and line. I once lip hooked, and successfully landed :tearsofjoy: , a 2.5 inch muskie fry on a 4 in daredevil.

There's no way that fish thought it could eat something that size, it had to be hitting it just to be mean! I need to see if I can find that picture.
 
some nice pikes on here, we just fish them out of boredom mostly, when other stuff isnt biting. noone in our family really likes to eat them with all those tiny little bones
 
Jay_Disarray said:
some nice pikes on here, we just fish them out of boredom mostly, when other stuff isnt biting. noone in our family really likes to eat them with all those tiny little bones
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I strictly catch and release them but I really enjoy sight fishing them in the shallows in the spring when the water is clear. It's almost unbelievable how quick they are when they finally decide to strike.
 
boyne bowhunter said:
I strictly catch and release them but I really enjoy sight fishing them in the shallows in the spring when the water is clear. It's almost unbelievable how quick they are when they finally decide to strike.
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we kill them when we catch them, they eat too many of the other good fish in the lakes around here. Pike are a dime a dozen in the MN lakes
 
Jay_Disarray said:
we kill them when we catch them, they eat too many of the other good fish in the lakes around here. Pike are a dime a dozen in the MN lakes
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We get walleye guys complaining here, but I watch them take limits day after day, so I don’t believe that stuff personally.
 
Mschmeiske said:
We get walleye guys complaining here, but I watch them take limits day after day, so I don’t believe that stuff personally.
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I dunno, I've caught less and less good sized sunfish and walleye and more and more like since I was a kid, I'm no fish expert

Jmiller said:
Vigilante fisheries management... what could go wrong?
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Exactly! Vigilante justice! I dont really catch enough to hurt the population
 
Personal best pike - 38"
Caught on a big spinnerbait while musky fishing...
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boyne bowhunter said:
I love fishing for pike and muskies. those things are just plain mean. I may have the record for the smallest ever caught on hook and line. I once lip hooked, and successfully landed :tearsofjoy: , a 2.5 inch muskie fry on a 4 in daredevil.

There's no way that fish thought it could eat something that size, it had to be hitting it just to be mean! I need to see if I can find that picture.
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My wife has a knack for stuff like that...
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