Fact or Fiction

[MCTFisher9120]

I have heard of people using small rodents even small cats for musky fishing. Now this is that I have heard over the years, like people trolling a cat or a live mouse or something. So my question is, is there any truth to these tales that people and myself have heard about.

 

IMO if this tale was to be true i would 100% against it.

[Terry]

cats kind of plow through the water and drown quickly

 

rats are ok but mice are too small, they are ok for bass thrown over Lilly pads

 

I hear that muskrats are the best, but I have not been able to catch any to use them

you must remember to use elastic bands to hold the hooks rather then hooking through the skin, they wiggle real well if skin hooked but die quickly or rip the skin and get away

cats you can hook on their collar if they have one, make sure you have a trailer treble hook for short biters

small dogs may be best of all, but it's too easy to get attached to them, long haired dogs work well

Chihuahua are the perfect size and the constant barking/yapping some people believe draws the muskie in from great distances, I have not been lucky with them myself

Edited April 16, 2009 by Terry

[purekgw]

cats kind of plow through the water and drown quickly

 

rats are ok but mice are too small, they are ok for bass thrown over Lilly pads

 

I hear that muskrats are the best, but I have not been able to catch any to use them

you must remember to use elastic bands to hold the hooks rather then hooking through the skin, they wiggle real well if skin hooked but die quickly or rip the skin and get away

cats you can hook on their collar if they have one, make sure you have a trailer treble hook for short biters

small dogs may be best of all, but it's too easy to get attached to them, long haired dogs work well

Chihuahua are the perfect size and the constant barking/yapping some people believe draws the muskie in from great distances, I have not been lucky with them myself

LMAO is that where my cat went?

[irishfield]

F-in-law has a shitzu (sp) with a nice flat face. Makes great splashes on the tug and jerk.. so far no luck with this top water though..

[Terry]

I haven't tried one of them yet but I can see how it would be a great top water bait, like a chugger or popper

[e-z-out]

LOL you 2 old men always trying new things

[Terry]

well as you know cats didn't work on the niagara last Dec, I still think the water was too cold for it, so it didn't swim, the 10mh current could have something to do with it too

[bigugli]

Boathouse mice were always great pike bait back in the day. One heck of a surface strike when you let them swim.

[Roy]

This was the hot bait on the Larry last year.

[GBW]

chipmunks work wonders and we have a lot at our place, well...we did...

[irishfield]

Mike... none of this stuff will matter if you don't fix the boat... you did fix the boat right??

[BillM]

Red squirrels are great, but they are a bugger to put on the hook.

[camillj]

one word ..... ducklings ....

[Terry]

the problem with ducklings is when wild ones are the perfect size, muskie aren't in season yet

and when muskie season is open the ducklings are too big for the area that I fish

and king cole duck farms and other duck farms want too much for them, but when you get them watching the strike is great, make sure you set the hook fast cause they eat them fast and the hooks go deep

Edited April 17, 2009 by Terry

[Roy]

I've also heard of a dude in Boucherville who uses live lobsters as muskie bait.

[BassAsin]

the problem with ducklings im when wild ones are the perfect size, muskie aren't in season yet

and when muskie season is open the ducklings are too big for the area that I fish

and king cole duck farms and other duck farms want too much for them, but when you get them watching the strike is great, make sure you set the hook fast cause they eat them fast and the hooks go deep

you just gotta get a buddy with a chicken farm Terry! i can get my hands on small chicks all season long!

[JohnF]

cats kind of plow through the water and drown quickly

 

rats are ok but mice are too small, they are ok for bass thrown over Lilly pads

 

I hear that muskrats are the best, but I have not been able to catch any to use them

you must remember to use elastic bands to hold the hooks rather then hooking through the skin, they wiggle real well if skin hooked but die quickly or rip the skin and get away

cats you can hook on their collar if they have one, make sure you have a trailer treble hook for short biters

small dogs may be best of all, but it's too easy to get attached to them, long haired dogs work well

Chihuahua are the perfect size and the constant barking/yapping some people believe draws the muskie in from great distances, I have not been lucky with them myself

 

I've heard that if you use pitbull puppies you don't even need a hook, let alone worry about the set. Just work the bait close to a musky and the bait does all the work after that. Good idea to have a stretcher handy to rescue the musky from the bait after you land 'em.

 

JF

[Weeds]

Savages.

[JohnF]

Savages.

 

That would definitely not be politically correct.

 

JF

[BassAsin]

Savages.

how so they are very effective methods on angling large musky?

[Terry]

LOL

[Weeds]

I'm laughing too, hadn't really meant to actually suggest savages but hey...you never know till you try it I guess.

Edited April 17, 2009 by Weeds

[tinbanger]

We do have an old book around somewhere that the author talks about using cigar butts and womens bra ( 1/2 of it ) for pike !

 

TB

[bassman]

I always thought kitties and mice was an urban legend, but a buddy mine who's not an avid angler and more the tree hugger type, went up to the cottage a few years back and asked the local bait shop owner what kind of bait he should buy to catch musky....the owner took him and his buddies to the back room and presented them with a box of kittens. To make a long story short, I don't think this owner has "bait" in his back room anymore, and the kitties found a good home.

[cram]

little bunny wabbits are the best.