Monster muskie

[johnr]

they are that big in Audubon - but nobody is using the $50 lures necessary to entice them

muskies are the french poodles of fish - very persnickety

haha

 

[MuskyManiac]

I wager more muskies are caught on 50-cent Lindy rigs by guys going for walleyes than musky hunters with 5-pound lures that cost more than some rod-and-reel combos.

I'll wager not.

 

[Fishmission]

Can you ship some of these big expensive lures over from little Minneapolis? I'll get my 10 foot trolling rod out and slap some hundred pound test on it and give it a whirl

 

[Duckslayer100]

I'll wager not.

Don't worry, if I spent that much on a single fishing lure, I'd want to remain blissfully ignorant, too.

 

[Captain Ahab]

I saw a bunch of musky guys tossing those giant lures on Leech last weekend. I took a beating on the walleye fishing thanks to the multi-decade record mayfly hatch that had to hit right before I got there. I did catch one though, ha ha.

 

[johnr]

my dumbass buddy Jeff caught one on leach lake about 20 years ago while we were pulling lindy rigs for eyes.
It was a fun ordeal to watch, and even better when it busted his line right next to the boat.

 

[Sum1]

Awesome fish, but how many times does a guy have to say it. It's not a state record unless it is officially weighed on a certified scale with a witness.

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I see it will be a record on the new length program. ND should have that program as well as the weight program.

That would be sweet if ND had a records by length program going.

 

[svnmag]

Imagine the fun of measuring an eel.

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It hurts Jeff when you call him a dumbass. Most "Jeffs" I know are witty and intelligent. Even the "Geoffs".

 

[Brian Renville]

Damn nice fish. Sucker under a bobber I bet would get them every time. ��

 

[svnmag]

they are that big in Audubon - but nobody is using the $50 lures necessary to entice them

muskies are the french poodles of fish - very persnickety

I don't think--not yet.

They stocked pure strain about 25yrs ago and they sort of disappeared without any notice or fanfare. The lifespan can be up to 20yrs...I read G&F thinks most were kept mistakenly as pike. I don't know why there wouldn't have been any natural reproduction but again no evidence. I would like to think you're correct and there's a couple coot/cormorant eating beasts lurking about.

 

[svnmag]

No input MM or MSA?...My armchair theory is they're going to have difficulty establishing due to the abundance of pike. My "hammer handle" experience from shore is minimal. There's some nice fish to be had in there. A quick average in my head would be nine lbs.

 

[Sum1]

They seem to survive in the canal despite the rediculous amounts of hammer handles.

 

[svnmag]

That's what I was getting at. Would there be less predation from the HH?