Re: Been doing some musky fishing
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Night fishing walleyes is a blast, I shore fish for them on the river. October is usually the best month for me, catch most of mine on jigs with swimbaits So much fun. Our best night last year. A 29 and a 31.5". Double header, tangled on the way in and were netted in one shot. We went home after that because nothing was going to top the double!
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Re: Been doing some musky fishing
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Those are some great looking lures you make plus some really nice muskies. I can appreciate the satisfaction you get from catching them on home made lures since I used to do that myself on a double buzz blade bucktail I assembled from various parts. It would run on the surface and produce some spectacular strikes and follows.I think the blades "ticking" together were the key in producing sound and vibration that they just had to attack. I caught 33 muskies in 3 summers on them without going that often and most were over 45 inches with several at the 50 inch mark. So much excitement and fun. Good job, Man!
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Re: Been doing some musky fishing
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Nice! What was the average weight? Not sure. Since none were truly massive , (the 48 was nice tho), I don't weigh them. Just a length and back they go. There is a lengthy x belly girth calculator online that estimates weight pretty accurately, so my next addition is a soft tape to measure girth. Hanging them by the head is hard on them so we avoid it. I actually don't think I own a scale lol Thanks. Out here in no water land we measure everything in pounds. I’m guessing 48” is good. They all look like monsters to a flat lander
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Re: Been doing some musky fishing
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[quote=Hutchy][quote=BadgerTrapper97]Night fishing walleyes is a blast, I shore fish for them on the river. October is usually the best month for me, catch most of mine on jigs I'd love to catch one that big, here's a limit from a cold October night right before a snowstorm when I couldn't keep them off the hook. Beauty. I wish we could keep that many. Our limits are 2 fish under 16", or one under 16 and one over 22.1. The eating size fish all have to go back lol
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Re: Been doing some musky fishing
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great read ,guys nice looking lures hutchy, and real nice fish , I have a friend and his wife ,all they fish now is musky , she got a 53 incher this summer ,she is in the lead for some big money , After every fish I wonder why I'd ever fish for anything else. Im attempting to break 50" this fall. We will see how it goes. Lol. I managed to get my father in law into some serious smallmouth this summer. I've got a spot where every year you can catch 19 and 20" fish till you are tired of catching them. A few eaters from that day. Great fish fry. Wife's sister with her biggest pike to date...third fish of her life Some eater sized pike.
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Re: Been doing some musky fishing
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Hutch, nice fish, very nice lures, but that hat! I can't believe Steph lets you wear that hat...Sakes head!
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Re: Been doing some musky fishing
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The truth is, if you are catching fish like that, you can wear any hat you like! Nice to see you guys are enjoying life.
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Re: Been doing some musky fishing
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The truth is, if you are catching fish like that, you can wear any hat you like! Nice to see you guys are enjoying life. Its a costa del mar hat thats been all over with me. Its tough to find sun protection that doesnt make me look like a moron, so I just embrace it.
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Re: Been doing some musky fishing
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Those are some great looking lures you make plus some really nice muskies. I can appreciate the satisfaction you get from catching them on home made lures since I used to do that myself on a double buzz blade bucktail I assembled from various parts. It would run on the surface and produce some spectacular strikes and follows.I think the blades "ticking" together were the key in producing sound and vibration that they just had to attack. I caught 33 muskies in 3 summers on them without going that often and most were over 45 inches with several at the 50 inch mark. So much excitement and fun. Good job, Man! Nice looking double buzzbait. I bet the hits were fantastic! For sure! This one came straight out of the water about 4 feet in the air when it hit. Looked pretty spectacular against the sunset.
I'm just happy to be here! Today I'm as young as I'll ever be and and older than I've ever been before!
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Re: Been doing some musky fishing
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If you want to get some monster muskies, come and fish Green Bay/Sturgeon Bay.
I can't fish muskies anywhere else. The fish out there are unbelievable monsters! Really eh Whats the bite like? Bucktails? Jerkbaits? trolling? Humps, weeds? rock edges?
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Re: Been doing some musky fishing
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If you want to get some monster muskies, come and fish Green Bay/Sturgeon Bay.
I can't fish muskies anywhere else. The fish out there are unbelievable monsters! Really eh Whats the bite like? Bucktails? Jerkbaits? trolling? Humps, weeds? rock edges? You can fish them any way you like. Lots of trolling, but that's not my game. It's a huge amount of water, so there's everything and anything you want to fish...weeds, rocks, open water, shallow, deep, whatever. We got a 56 incher this spring. The biggest muskie I've personally ever seen.
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Re: Been doing some musky fishing
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Very nice Hutch!
I am kind of spoiled as I lived right on Lake St Clair/Detroit River all my life... Musky were never "the fish of 1000 casts" for me, they were a nuisance when bass or walleye fishing LOL.
That is not to take away from the achievement though, clearly you have a talent for making lures and catching big fish! It seems that whenever I target them, we don't have the same success as when we accidentally catch them while fishing for something else LOL.
We have had some absolute monsters surface in our decoys on sunny afternoons while duck hunting in November... big shovel headed beasts
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Re: Been doing some musky fishing
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Very nice Hutch!
I am kind of spoiled as I lived right on Lake St Clair/Detroit River all my life... Musky were never "the fish of 1000 casts" for me, they were a nuisance when bass or walleye fishing LOL.
That is not to take away from the achievement though, clearly you have a talent for making lures and catching big fish! It seems that whenever I target them, we don't have the same success as when we accidentally catch them while fishing for something else LOL.
We have had some absolute monsters surface in our decoys on sunny afternoons while duck hunting in November... big shovel headed beasts I am planning a trip down there this November. There was a fella on LSC a month or so ago that was swimming for a triathlon, and was attacked by one. Had to get stitches, etc.
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