318 acres shouldn't be too hard to cover and find fish.

LOL, fish for musky much? They don't call it the "fish of 1,000 casts" for nothing.

To the OP, check out www.spinnerbait.org. This guy has Shab dialed in.

I wish it was a fish of 1,000 casts. I think the saying is, fish of 10,000 casts.

Just fish the north end of Chautauqua, for bass.  You'll find plenty of muskies, LOL.

318 acres shouldn't be too hard to cover and find fish.

LOL, fish for musky much? They don't call it the "fish of 1,000 casts" for nothing.

To the OP, check out www.spinnerbait.org. This guy has Shab dialed in.

I wish it was a fish of 1,000 casts. I think the saying is, fish of 10,000 casts.

Just fish the north end of Chautauqua, for bass. You'll find plenty of muskies, LOL.

It's funny you should say that, because I catch so many more muskie bass fishing then I do muskie fishing.  I guess I should stop throwing Pounders and downscale a little to decrease my casts per muskie when targeting them.

Its a numbers game, though. When you're out for a big gator, you don't want to throw baits that hammer handles like to eat. Its a lot like fishing big swimbaits. A few good bites over lots of dinks. The difference with Esox is that the bite is like a light switch.

Oh, if you aren't throwing BIG jigs for Esox in summer, you're missing out.

:-X

Its a numbers game, though. When you're out for a big gator, you don't want to throw baits that hammer handles like to eat. Its a lot like fishing big swimbaits. A few good bites over lots of dinks. The difference with Esox is that the bite is like a light switch.

Oh, if you aren't throwing BIG jigs for Esox in summer, you're missing out.

:-X

Agree- I always order some big saltwater jigs and paddle tails from a place down in Florida.  I always wonder what they think sending that stuff to Illinois.  anyhow- started to throw those about 8-10 years ago.  With all the big bait fishing nowadays it does not seem like a stretch ordering those any longer. 

Its a numbers game, though. When you're out for a big gator, you don't want to throw baits that hammer handles like to eat. Its a lot like fishing big swimbaits. A few good bites over lots of dinks. The difference with Esox is that the bite is like a light switch.

Oh, if you aren't throwing BIG jigs for Esox in summer, you're missing out.

:-X

I have several large jigs with paddletails and fish them like a swimjig (sometimes at high speed).  I have had only moderate success with them.  How do you guys normally fish them? 

Sorry to the OP.  I Ddn't mean to take this thread off topic, but I figure asking these questions would benefit any muskie fisherman.

Dead stick a paddletail on a mop jig.  :-X

Its a numbers game, though. When you're out for a big gator, you don't want to throw baits that hammer handles like to eat. Its a lot like fishing big swimbaits. A few good bites over lots of dinks. The difference with Esox is that the bite is like a light switch.

Oh, if you aren't throwing BIG jigs for Esox in summer, you're missing out.

:-X

I have several large jigs with paddletails and fish them like a swimjig (sometimes at high speed). I have had only moderate success with them. How do you guys normally fish them?

Sorry to the OP. I Ddn't mean to take this thread off topic, but I figure asking these questions would benefit any muskie fisherman.

have at it my man. any tips are appreciated.