How to catch your first musky
The muskellunge is the biggest and most aggressive fresh water predator in Canada. It can grow up to 4 feet in length and weight up to 70 pounds. This may be why it attracts so many anglers from all over the country. A couple of attacks on humans have actually been recorded from theses 4 foot giants. Now let me teach you how to catch one of these elusive predators. Musky’s are found in southern Ontario as well as Manitoba and Quebec. World record potential musky’s lurk in the waters of the Ottawa River.
Rigging up to catch one of these giants can be a challenge. To be able to fight a musky an angler must possess a heavy duty rod and at least 75 pound test line. A longer rod might be better for somebody who wants to cast where as for trolling it all depends on angler preferences. Lures of up to 20 inches and one pound are frequently use by musky anglers to trigger hits from musky.
There are 2 main techniques used by musky anglers to catch musky’s. Trolling consists of throwing your lure behind the boat as this one moves forwards dragging the lure in the water. Casting is throwing the lure away from the boat and retrieving it back. A popular technique in casting for musky fishing is to do a figure 8 when the lure is at boat side as often musky will fallow and not hit, this will cause a hit.
Musky fishing in the spring as the season begins can be very different to the techniques employed to catch them later in the fishing season. During this time of year to catch a musky an angler should cast in shallow bays where the musky would have just finished spawning and in areas of the body of water close to the bays. Anglers should use smaller lures, in the 6 to 8 inch range with very fast an erratic action to trigger strikes.
During the beginning of summer anglers should change to a buck tailed stile of lure in order to catch fish. Cast these lures out and retrieve them at a very high pace in order to trigger reaction strikes. An angler should focus on weed lines and shallow bays during this time of year. The weed line will be developing and finding the areas where it seems to be thicker might lead to success. An angler may also troll with buck tails at this time of year.
As the end of summer approaches, a musky angler should shift his attention to slightly deeper water in drop offs, timber of weeds. Lures used should range from 6 to 12 inches and fast and erratic action is often the key. An angler may also troll for success. Top water in the evenings often also leads to success in this time of year.
As fall approaches, anglers should concentrate their efforts on deeper waters, near drop offs timber and bait fish. Lures employed may range from 8 to 20 inches and live bait may also be used. Trolling is a more popular technique during this time of year. Slow and smooth action is the key during fall.
Once you catch your fish of a lifetime it is important to know how to handle it properly to be able to release it without damaging it. A big net and gloves are necessary while musky fishing. Rest the fish in the net in the water while taking the hooks out of its mouth. Then grab the fish by its gill plates and support it by its belly to avoid putting stress on its spine. Take plenty of pictures as you will want to relive this experience over and over again but make sure not to keep it out of the water for too long. Then release it in the water while holding onto the tail to revive the fish, this is very important. Remain patient, these are elusive fish and catching them are rare. Congratulations on your first musky catch and may you catch many more giants.
The muskellunge is the biggest and most aggressive fresh water predator in Canada. It can grow up to 4 feet in length and weight up to 70 pounds. This may be why it attracts so many anglers from all over the country. A couple of attacks on humans have actually been recorded from theses 4 foot giants. Now let me teach you how to catch one of these elusive predators. Musky’s are found in southern Ontario as well as Manitoba and Quebec. World record potential musky’s lurk in the waters of the Ottawa River.
Rigging up to catch one of these giants can be a challenge. To be able to fight a musky an angler must possess a heavy duty rod and at least 75 pound test line. A longer rod might be better for somebody who wants to cast where as for trolling it all depends on angler preferences. Lures of up to 20 inches and one pound are frequently use by musky anglers to trigger hits from musky.
There are 2 main techniques used by musky anglers to catch musky’s. Trolling consists of throwing your lure behind the boat as this one moves forwards dragging the lure in the water. Casting is throwing the lure away from the boat and retrieving it back. A popular technique in casting for musky fishing is to do a figure 8 when the lure is at boat side as often musky will fallow and not hit, this will cause a hit.
Musky fishing in the spring as the season begins can be very different to the techniques employed to catch them later in the fishing season. During this time of year to catch a musky an angler should cast in shallow bays where the musky would have just finished spawning and in areas of the body of water close to the bays. Anglers should use smaller lures, in the 6 to 8 inch range with very fast an erratic action to trigger strikes.
During the beginning of summer anglers should change to a buck tailed stile of lure in order to catch fish. Cast these lures out and retrieve them at a very high pace in order to trigger reaction strikes. An angler should focus on weed lines and shallow bays during this time of year. The weed line will be developing and finding the areas where it seems to be thicker might lead to success. An angler may also troll with buck tails at this time of year.
As the end of summer approaches, a musky angler should shift his attention to slightly deeper water in drop offs, timber of weeds. Lures used should range from 6 to 12 inches and fast and erratic action is often the key. An angler may also troll for success. Top water in the evenings often also leads to success in this time of year.
As fall approaches, anglers should concentrate their efforts on deeper waters, near drop offs timber and bait fish. Lures employed may range from 8 to 20 inches and live bait may also be used. Trolling is a more popular technique during this time of year. Slow and smooth action is the key during fall.
Once you catch your fish of a lifetime it is important to know how to handle it properly to be able to release it without damaging it. A big net and gloves are necessary while musky fishing. Rest the fish in the net in the water while taking the hooks out of its mouth. Then grab the fish by its gill plates and support it by its belly to avoid putting stress on its spine. Take plenty of pictures as you will want to relive this experience over and over again but make sure not to keep it out of the water for too long. Then release it in the water while holding onto the tail to revive the fish, this is very important. Remain patient, these are elusive fish and catching them are rare. Congratulations on your first musky catch and may you catch many more giants.
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