09-29-2003, 01:00 AM
I'm no Muskie expert! Your asking the wrong guy about takle recomendations. The only one I landed this year was a whopping 8" long [blush].
I had another one on my ultralight rig (about 40") that I'm sure I would have landed if he didn't bite the line. That was an accident also he hit on a smallie that took my senko and the smallie lodged in his jaw preventing him from bitting down on the line. Fought him for a good 40 min. with aquaman waiting to grab him but he spit the smallie and bit down on my line. I use a medium 5'4" pole with 8 pound test and fish a wire leader ahead of my senko because I was getting Muskie hits on occasion that would just cut me off. I'm prepared for the Muskie now if they decide to hit my Smallie bait again. That should be a good battle.
You should do fine with what you got as long as the drag is set properly! Aquaman has caught a couple already and he uses a medium heavy with a baitcaster reel and 12 pound test unless he has another rig I don't know about. I know for a fact that his first he caught on a white spinner bait and had susequent hits on the same spinner. As for his last one not sure what he used while trolling. I think the lighter the tackle the better the fight and the more memerable the experience! Just don't use 4# test that could be tricky[
]. The nice thing about Pineview and the narrows specifically is that it is deep so chances are you can play a Muskie for a while and he has nothing really to snag you up on.
Hope this helps and good luck,
Al
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I had another one on my ultralight rig (about 40") that I'm sure I would have landed if he didn't bite the line. That was an accident also he hit on a smallie that took my senko and the smallie lodged in his jaw preventing him from bitting down on the line. Fought him for a good 40 min. with aquaman waiting to grab him but he spit the smallie and bit down on my line. I use a medium 5'4" pole with 8 pound test and fish a wire leader ahead of my senko because I was getting Muskie hits on occasion that would just cut me off. I'm prepared for the Muskie now if they decide to hit my Smallie bait again. That should be a good battle.
You should do fine with what you got as long as the drag is set properly! Aquaman has caught a couple already and he uses a medium heavy with a baitcaster reel and 12 pound test unless he has another rig I don't know about. I know for a fact that his first he caught on a white spinner bait and had susequent hits on the same spinner. As for his last one not sure what he used while trolling. I think the lighter the tackle the better the fight and the more memerable the experience! Just don't use 4# test that could be tricky[
]. The nice thing about Pineview and the narrows specifically is that it is deep so chances are you can play a Muskie for a while and he has nothing really to snag you up on. Hope this helps and good luck,
Al
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