Live action muskie fishing with in-depth tips and techniques to help you get the most out of your next fishing adventure! Join us as we hunt the waters of northern Wisconsin for giant gamefish of all species while exploring the beautiful wilderness that we call home.
I try not to perpendicular cast because baits can leave the strike zone for too long, unless I believe the entire cast is the strike zone. I prefer fan casting- that covers both perpendicular and parallel & then some. Keep the boat moving & my fan cast angles shrink because if it doesn't, then too many casts are just recasts over the same area that didn't produce fish to begin with. Parallel or perpendicular doesn't really matter to me as long as I'm avoiding casting in whatever direction the boat is moving, because then all I'm doing is putting the bait where previous casts were unproductive. There's also a "reverse perpendicular" for a lack of other words to consider. Butt up the boat tight against the shoreline, and cast deep to shallow. Won't always work but sometimes it gets a net wet. Sometimes a deep runner comes in from suspended depths to bumping some cover/structure & can catch a fish's attention because of the extra ruccus going from deeper to shallow (that reverse perpendicular)
Thanks for the great tips! Ive also found that bulging the surface, over shallow to medium depth cover, can really fire up a following fish. Looking forward to the next video.
@@jameschurch1277 James, yes that is an excellent technique! I especially like doing my that over shallow weed cover as you mentioned! New video comes out this afternoon! 🤘
Incredible fish! First off thank you for teaching me how to become a better musky angler! Second what rod length and power did you use for that twin blade buchertail?! Thanks again for all the great videos!
Really good video but it felt like you overcomplicate things for an intro video: 1. Why not simply buy a left-hand crank & be done? Keeps the casting as a KISS model, cast righty, no hand switching waste of time & saves energy, especially over hundreds of casts. Hand switching is a cumulative large amount of wasted energy. 2. Consider by the end of a cast keeping the rod nearly parallel with the water & pointing at where the bait hit the water. Lift the rod tip a little bit (maybe 5, 10 degrees tops) to take up the slack. While lifting that tip, close the free spool so you're ready for a strike as soon as the bait touches the water (key is "as soon as it touches the water"). It works very well, eliminates any slack in the line & leaves the rod in a solid hook setting position. It also eliminates any risk of a hook set before closing the free spool, eliminating a massive birds nest in the reel on a hook set when a lure is grabbed on a reaction strike when it touches the water. As soon as the bait touches down, I'm ready to start retrieving. 3. Body position also matters- stand square against the casting angle so there's no tweaking or twisting of a back. I'm not sure how to really describe this 1 TBH. @the end of a long day, ergonomics matters. Really good intro video!!!
WOW the transition for Prof Steph transitioning to net master was unreal what a great job on the net and what a beast of a tiger Keep em coming what a great episode thanks for the great work
Those hybrids absolutely seem to fire off on those sunny days sometimes those bluebird high pressure days can be saved on a lake that is known to have some tigers. For whatever reason I don't know I personally haven't caught one but I know several people that have and they all seem to come when it's sunny out
I live in Colorado where we only have tiger musky and not a lot of them, I am also fishing from shore most of the places I fish don't allow boats, been trying for months with not so much as a follow any tips would be greatly appreciated thanks
@@andrewpoehlman8036 hey Andrew! Here are a few ideas: 1) get some data on stocking records, give the DNR a quick call….find out where the best lake(s) is that offers you the highest population of muskies. 2) do they allow kayaking? If so, this could be a huge opportunity for you! Let’s start there….any questions just ask!
@@MuskyMastery I have looked up the reports and I know where they stock the most, most places no kayaks and even if I could I can't afford one after all the musky gear, the places I'm fishing are very shallow maybe 10ft max where I can't cast and average 5ft and not much structure or weeds, do you notice patterns that would be better then others nothing I've tried works
@@CTRFishing thanks so much Cole! Much appreciated brotha! Steph is amazing at dropping that book and getting the net….but she’s currently aiming to catch another muskie soon!
Great catch and beautiful fish!! Love the net job too, good to have your mate there to do it!! I'm going to be up in the Rhinelander area the last Saturday in September until Wednesday, we should hit the lakes one of those days!!
@@kdogmclovin9934 thanks Kdog!!! Haha Steph did an excellent job. She’s really getting the feel for netting muskies now! I’ll keep you posted if I have availability. Right now I am booked up - but hopefully soon!
@MuskyMastery that sounds great!! You could come out to the lake i fish on or I could join you on your preferred spot!! Either way I anticipate us catching some lopsided lunkers, lol!!
Tiger musky are always so gorgeous! We seem to have some of most beautiful ones come out of lake st Clair and it's one of the crazy places they naturally occur.
@@MuskyMastery it's just so crazy they occur just by mother nature. I know Tigers are definitely hybrids that they say can't reproduce but the numbers of them I see out of lsc say otherwise, "life always finds a way" -Jurassic park -
Great tip I try and throw say 3 casts in then a cast ahead for, I cant remember your term, but checking or investigation cast, then I usually chuck one out deeper to try and cover all bases. Thanks for the episode great stuff Keep em coming
If you have multiple people in the boat you can do both at the same in the right conditions. Sometimes we even do three ways, one perpendicular to shore one parallel to shore and one perpendicular away from shore. That way you're covering the shallow, mid/edge and deep bites at the same time.
That's one really squeaky reel! Need some love that one. Nice tips. What line intake has that reel in inches? Here In Sweden for pike baits, ju often use one half rotation per every zig and one half for the zag. Works for most pike jerkbaits with between 28-35" line intake. My D.Coastal 200 with 32,5" is perfect for most larger jerkbaits that's around 14-18cm. Smaller jerks want smaller line intake most often. Here most use only the reel to get them going but there are people jerking with the rod and only picking up slack with the reel. It takes more effort and focus doing it that way, and the bait behaves just the same is what I have come to, IF you have around 32-34" line intake.
I think Georgian Bay definitely has the potential at the biggest muskies. Check out slobland flicks. I believe and maybe have seen the world record swimming around out there.
No doubt, tillers are the best fishing boat configuration - especially for those under 20ft or so. However, they don’t work great as a family boat. If I only ever intended on using my boat for fishing it would’ve been a tiller for sure👍🏼
Musky Mastery it's a pleasure to see all the quality Muskys you encounter whether you catch them or not!! It's an absolute grind hunting for the greatest fish in the world and when you succeed there is no greater thrill in the world!! Keep at it and hopefully one day I'll be able to get out there with you, take care!!
great WI north woods TANK sounds like a great hard day . Frosting on the cake. And an important lesson for all, no matter what, KEEP AT IT!! Keeping em coming dude love the super effort
