mike rousseau

It looks like its on the vinyl on his main floor... And not carpet on his deck... But good advice...

This is why boga grips are bad... Same thing happened to my dad with a 50+ incher...

"I say" Net

congradulations... thats a fine choice for a musky rod there... i see you spared no expence...

"i think" that barometric pressure does effect fish behavior... just like moon phases... however local weather and time off day can trump these factors... its nice to pay attention to these factors... but i have had amazing days on the water when the moon phase and pressure systems should have shut down the fishing...

ok... thought i might have been using the term "sadle" wrong... also... anybody trying night fishing should realize you have to be very very prepared... headlights are a must... and flashlights help... have your net and pliers readily available... and keep your boat as tidy as you can... make sure your boat lights are working... a gps really helps because you sometimes cant see shorelines..

Oxymoron...? We have very large and flat saddles in my area... Unless there is another word for it...?

ill rephrase... what depth do you get your walleye in in the daytime? and what depth at night...? so i can have a comparison to my waters... please....... i have spots that the walleye stack up on at dusk... but they seem to disapear an hour after dark... these spots are mostly sandy... and gradual drop off to deep water... or flat saddles... thanks roy...

Most of my walleye spots slow down an hour after dark... What type of structure are you guys targeting??? I usually fish 15-20 FOW...

But with this electric... The main motors skeg act as a rudder with the thrust of the electric... With a regular transom mount when you turn the electric motor... The main motor stays strait and works against you...

I tried... I spent hours tuning it... I marked fish with it... Just never really bait... Or at least it is a lot easier to tell the difference between bait and suspended weeds drifting down the river... With the new unit...

Nice haul... 3 in 4 hours is sweet fishing...

Better steering... Easy reatch to tiller handle... Thrust from ceter of transom... Don't have to tilt/lift an electric motor between spots...

Not if your good with electrical wiring and fabrication... But why not just use the electric you have the way it is?

Sorry if I offended you... Just looking out for our fish...

I'm not trying to get on your bad side Terry... Just proving a point... The Mnr had every right legally to do what they did... And like you said... It could have got nasty... If the op targets musky with light tackle... It can get nasty very fast... This is a fishing site... We should all be on the same page as far as treating fish with respect...

I'm not trying to change ehg s mind... That train is long gone... I just don't think he should be saying bass gear is ok for musky fishing to a noob...

the MNR has the right to go to your fly in lake in street cloths and check you... but you didnt seem to impressed about that situation...

never said there is anything wrong with spinning gear... just bass gear for musky...

they do have the right to do what they want... i have the right to pull up beside you and rev my engine while your fishing... or blast loud music... doesnt mean its right... come on... right and wrong is kindergarden stuff here... musky is one of the few freshwater fish that is sensitive to long battles... nobody should target them without the proper gear described by the experienced people on the board...

wow not saltwter gear???? not a carp rod??? who could have seen that coming??? sir white... sorry for jacking your thread... but you should not target musky with the gear you described.... at the very least go get one of those big ugly yellow or blue spinning rod and reel combos for 40 bucks and put heavy braid on it... 60 bucks for rod reel and line and those fat ugly rods can handle big fish... ive seen 30 pound carp landed on them...

whatever... use ultralights... 6 pound test... gaff your fish... dont use leaders... make sure you knock em out for pictures... and oh yeah... stay away from the st.lawrence while you practice these brilliant musky tactics...

im asuming the person that started the thread doesnt have this gear... cause this stuff cost enough money... and they arent willing to get a proper rod... and do whatever you want as far as rod size goes then... cause if youve caught 100s of musky and TRUTHFULLY NEVER had a bad situation due to an undersized rod... then sorry... but ill U ME you have had a bad experience with a big fish cause of undersized gear... cause every musky angler i know has come across a situation where they wished they had bigger/better gear... i know i have... or maybe you only ever get little dinks and knobody in the kawarthas EVER catchs respectable fish.... all the pictures ive seen of big kawartha fish must have been photoshoped... and why even bother targeting musky if your never expecting to catch a fish over 15 pounds??? seems like a lot of effort for little results...

well... im assuming he doesnt have big saltwater gear... and the most finess way i know to fish is live bait.... i use a 7 foot 6 inch st.croix heavy action with 100 pound braid and a cuado 300... this combo is expensive... but you can get a brand new rod and reel for musky for 150 spooled... gander mountain has musky rods for 50-100 bucks and a cheaper abu ambasador 60-100 bucks and 80lb+ braid my first "real" musky combo was only 130 bucks spooled... still have it 10years later