Bait For Musky?

[oneshot]

Ok have hooked Musky just reeling in Bluegill or Crappie.Is there a way of Bait fishing for them from the bank that is consistent?

oneshot

[Outside Bend]

I'm not sure it'd be consistent, but they were stocked in part to eat some of the larger gizzard shad present in our reservoirs. If you can find them, I'd probably try and rig up some of the bigger (8 inch and bigger) shad, and try that.

[Bird Watcher]

I know they call them "the fish of a thousand casts". Whatever you tie on, be ready to cast it for awhile.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Oneshot I would think the bank would be more important then the bait. A 2"-3" Black perch should get you one of them or a big flat.

[oneshot]

Oneshot I would think the bank would be more important then the bait. A 2"-3" Black perch should get you one of them or a big flat.

Yea sounds good to me,I tell you what it sure is fun reeling in a Crappie and seeing a Big Mouth and Gills flaring right at the Boat.

oneshot

[smallmouth man]

Use live rabbit.

[Hillbilly Deluxe]

That would be the "fish of 10,000 casts."

[jamesedward]

You can go to L5 I think it is by the nemo bridge where the tree row runs out on the big point. Go behind the tree row and throw a big butt spinner bait and out of 100 cast you will get blasted. Some fish over 30 lbs. I still think we caught a state record muskey a few years ago. I'm talking beat the record by several pounds but I have know proof. I released her and had no camera. She was huge. Throw a big white spinner bait and wake the think and have 100 lb test thread or at least 40 lb mono. Good luck. That is also the best spot on POMM to catch that big muskey.

[MrDontPlay]

What are the ideal weather conditions to catch one? I've heard crappy rainy days are good.

[Muskie Bob]

You can go to L5 I think it is by the nemo bridge where the tree row runs out on the big point. Go behind the tree row and throw a big butt spinner bait and out of 100 cast you will get blasted. Some fish over 30 lbs. I still think we caught a state record muskey a few years ago. I'm talking beat the record by several pounds but I have know proof. I released her and had no camera. She was huge. Throw a big white spinner bait and wake the think and have 100 lb test thread or at least 40 lb mono. Good luck. That is also the best spot on POMM to catch that big muskey.

I would guess you really are talking about L4 rather than L5. Although both sides of the point may be good, the north side has a tree row out from a shallow bay where muskies have been caught in the past.

It's good to hear you released a huge muskie. If you catch another muskie you think might be a new state record, you may want to measure the length and girth, and then enter them in the following site to determine the weight. Of course, even then the different methods of calculating the weight will vary.

http://www.esoxhunter.com/weightform.php