| Most anglers think big when hunting
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| | it proved to me that these preditors can
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| lunker muskie, but if you want to catch
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| | be caught on lighter tackle and smaller
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| more muskie think smaller baits and
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| | baits.Conventional thinking tells us that
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| tackle. I caught my biggest muskellunge
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| | in the fall; the remaining muskellunge,
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| while fishing walleye with a plastic worm
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| | are large, therefore bigger is better.
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| in September. More often than can be
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| | However, my experience is that smaller
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| considered coincidental people catch a
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| | baits are often the perfect morsel for
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| lunge while fishing other species. Most
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| | that elusive luncker.Equipment And
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| anglers look to heavy tackle, large baits
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| | PresentationWhen I say smaller baits I am
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| and trolling as the way to catch muskies.
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| | referring to large or oversized walleyes
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| Personally I become bored or just tired
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| | jigs. As mentioned this approach evolved
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| of trolling all the time.Now one of my
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| | on a body of water with a large
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| most successful tactics used especially
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| | population of large walleye. Now using
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| in the fall is used for fishing large
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| | the idea that big baits means big fish or
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| walleye and at the same time muskellunge.
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| | walleye. I began tossing 5 to 6 inch
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| I use medium size tackle and large
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| | plastic shad-bodied jigs along weed
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| walleye baits especially jigs. Fishing
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| | lines. I landed a number of big walleye,
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| weed lines, drop offs and shoals as you
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| | but to my surprise, the muskie were also
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| would for walleyes will also attract as
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| | going for the same bait. The big plastic
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| many lunge as walleyes. The first time I
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| | jigs became an important part of my
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| realised this I did have some success for
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| | muskie fishing arsenal. All large
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| large walleyes and had just caught and
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| | plastics work just fine.Colour seems less
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| released a nice 7 pounder that was
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| | important than creating a real flash.
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| followed to the boat by a large
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| | Two-toned baits, mainly dark and light
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| muskie.The only change I made was to make
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| | combinations, create more flash when
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| sure I was using wire leads and good
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| | drawn through the water. Adding some
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| stong swivels. Using 6 inch plastics
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| | metal flake also ads that extra flash.
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| worked just fine and the result was a fun
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| | Just experiment and you will find a
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| great day of fishing. In all the two of
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| | combination that will work for you and
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| us caught and released 9 walleyes from 5
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| | get that strike you want.I generally use
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| to 8 pounds plus 5 muskie all in the 15
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| | ball-head or stand-up-head jigs with
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| to 20 pound range. Although not the
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| | medium gauge wire hooks.
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| lunker; that most anglers look for. But
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