Trophy Fishing TN Forum - Caney Fork Trout Fly Fishing - Caney Fork Trout Guide
Warm Water Fishing Reports => The TN Muskie Addiction => Topic started by: MikeA on March 13, 2011, 11:22:35 PM
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musky fishing is like trying to nail jello to a tree.
Carry on.
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Baryonyx, pet peeve of mine (and common mistake) but power (heavy or medium heavy) doesn't describe action.
Power-how much weight it takes to load a rod
Action-where a rod bends.
In your case a MH powered rod might work better for hooksets if it is faster action than your current rod. While a slower action but heavier power might not.
(http://www.castawayrods.com/home/images/action.gif)
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I remember running Striper trips years ago where I had to hand the rod off. I don't miss those days.
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I hear ya. I put 97 in the boat last year. My biggest was 48" but, I lost 4 that were 55+ and at least 10 more that were over 50.
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97 - wowza. Mike, it sounds like he's got that jello-nailing thing down-pat... ;D
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No doubt. Were those fly caught or other?
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I'm a musky guide trying to promote myself.
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Might try google for better results... This thread has been opened 220 times as of just now. About 175 of those are rereads. So in reality your only reaching about 1% of your target audience.
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Here's to those guides who display a quiet professionalism and don't feel the need to beat their chest... who don't whine about it later when their client has a shot at a monster but blows it... whose reputation builds fastest by repeat customers and word of mouth... who are always learning, instead of running off their mouth constantly about how they already know it all... who get out and get it done, day in and day out, and still get a kick out of sneaking out fishing on their days off... and who give back to the community by hosting active bbs and fora (like this one, thanks Mike!). There's few things as enjoyable as a day on the water with a good guide (particularly when you're learning new water or a new fishery), and few things more miserable than a day with a crap one. Catching fish may or may not even factor into that equation.
Hammer, you might want to ask yourself if that really serves as positive advertisement for your services...? If you lost all of your largest hooked muskies last year, wouldn't you want to identify those factors that caused that <before> you started really promoting yourself?
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I'm just glad such a great group of anglers chose to participate and share info here Dave. Your welcome.
Hammer's contacted me and he was just having some fun. :D I think he'll fit right in here.
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Corey,
If you are fishing where I think you are fishing, those fish are spawning. That is the only reason that they run up into that tiny area. I know the lure of big fish jammed into a small space is enticing. As a guide, whose livelihood is dependent on a strong musky fishery, you should really consider whether or not you should be targeting fish that are spawning or about to spawn. Every musky guide that I have ever talked to has told me that it is best for the fishery to leave those fish alone until they are done.
You can get reaction strikes from spawning muskies and there is natural reproduction on that lake.