Quote Originally Posted by The Frog caster View Post
I'm sitting here at work chomping at the bit to wet my heavy duty arsenal on the 26th. Last weekend while fishing crappies and gills I saw two musky's in 4ft. of ultra clear water. One of them followed my small lure (tied with no leader) up to the boat till I pulled the lure from the water. The other must have been a female who appeared lathargic possibly from the lasting effects of the spawn cycle. Anyhow, I'm betting this "omen" and the recent steady weather we've had in Iron county will lead to a good start of our Musky season. I'm not a convinced moon phase believer or a wind direction guy etc. as all the Musky's (4) I landed landed last year were the opposite of what techniques/conditions are thought to be gospel. Anyhow, best of luck to everyone and I look forward to reading all the reports this season. Best Regards, Larry "frog caster" Iron County fisherman for 50+ years........
Last year my wife and I came up for a long weekend hoping to catch some fish. My neighbor, who comes to the Mercer area a few times each year gave me his "secret" to catching Muskies. There are, he claims, at least 4 lakes there with both small Northern Pike and nice sized muskies. The pike are easy to catch and we used them as bait on quick strike rigs and did extremely well, taking home 2 nice muskies for the grill. The neighbor turned us on to the taste of grilled musky (as good or better than Walleye) and are looking forward to another trip or two.