I have never fished for tiger Muskie. I was wondering would be willing to share some info on teqhniques? Not looking for anyone's hot spot just some general ideas of how to fish for them? I.e. Structure, weed beds. Just good ambush places. I know they can be caught on lures but was wondering about dead minnows under a slip bobber. If nobody responds I understand. Thanks.
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Are you land locked, or can you ride the water? Do you have under water vision?
Are you casting or able to troll?
There are special rules about bait fishing on Pineville.
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Shore fishing, just casting. Trying to find out some info. On it
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Yes they do catch them from the bank. There is a place they call musky beach. Usually use crank baits, and large swim baits. Muskies do swim the short line, most that I've caught have been in ten feet or less water.
Just keep going you will learn how.
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Take a look at one I caught, the only one I have kept. It's on my profile page. Caught many years ago, 44 inches, good eating.
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Google " quick strike rig". It is a method of fishing live or dead minnows for fish such as Northern Pike and Musky. It essentially is a double hook rig, usually two treble hooks, with one hooked in the nose of the minnow and the other in the top of the back. You would use large minnows, 6-8 inch chubs, suckers. Here in Utah they would be dead. The whole thing is suspended beneath bobber large enough to keep the bait off the bottom. The rig will suspend the bait in a horizontal position. Heavy rod, line, etc. Good luck !!
[quote Therapist]Google " quick strike rig". It is a method of fishing live or dead minnows for fish such as Northern Pike and Musky. It essentially is a double hook rig, usually two treble hooks, with one hooked in the nose of the minnow and the other in the top of the back. You would use large minnows, 6-8 inch chubs, suckers. [blue] Here in Utah they would be dead. [/blue] The whole thing is suspended beneath bobber large enough to keep the bait off the bottom. The rig will suspend the bait in a horizontal position. Heavy rod, line, etc. Good luck !![/quote]
Except, at Pineview they would be illegal. Great at Yuba, just not at Pineview.
From the current guidebook:
Quote:Pineview Reservoir, Weber County
• Limit 20 crappie.
• CLOSED to the possession of tiger muskie. All tiger muskie must be immediately released.
• Tiger muskie may not be taken by means of underwater spear fishing.
• Closed to the use of underwater spear fishing to take largemouth and smallmouth bass from April 1 through the fourth Saturday of June.
•[red] Unlawful to use whole fish for bait. Cut bait fish must not be larger than one inch in any dimension and no more than one piece per hook.[/red]
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So there are several other waters that have Tiger Muskie that you can use the rig on. I would guess that Hyrum, Johnson, and several others would be more easily accessible from shore and don't have the restrictions that Pineview does. Check it out before you use one, but they are effective.
One other thing. If you are using one, carry a pair of wire cutters with you so that if you get a fish hooked deep, you can cut the hooks/leaders so you can release it.
I've only targeted muskie and pike in Minnesota, not in Utah, so others may have better advice than I do.
However...
If I were fishing here I'd cast a 1-3" flashy spoon parallel-ish to the shoreline beyond a piece of underwater cover and retrieve it just past the cover. Muskie tend to sit in cover and dart out at passing meals.
Lily pad beds were the best.
Live minnows are legal in Minnesota and we never used them for muskie/pike.
My most productive lure was a 5" rubber rainbow trout minnow thing with a big spinner on its nose and 2 trebles off the bottom of it. Unfortunately, it caught the eye of a massive snapping turtle which nomnommed the steel leader before I could retrieve him, the big jerk.
Good luck.
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I would try the following:
(1) Bucktail spinner (like a mepps musky killer or similar): This is the bait I've caught the most muskies on. An excellent search bait, easy to fish, and it's not clear that anything is really more effective.
(2) Soft plastics. In Wisconsin a popular bait is the bulldog--a weighted large soft plastic swimbait. I haven't tried that here, but I am curious to try a crappie style soft plastic imitation. I feel like in Pineview crappie are a primary forage species. You can find a variety of such baits at Cabelas/Sportsman's Warehouse--I haven't actually executed this idea so I won't venture further guesses.
(3) Large jerkbaits. For example--8 inch rapala style twitchbaits. Soft plastic lipped swimbaits could also work.
(4) Topwater. i've mostly gone away from topwater baits in muskie fishing, but in the past I've had good success on them. I feel like prop style baits are most popular in most places. Like a top raider or whopper plopper.
One thing I would mention. If you have a follow, I would go back to that area repeated, and try a variety of different baits--particularly including slower finesse baits. If there is an active muskie in the area sometimes very slight changes in weather conditions can make the fish aggressive enough to strike.
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A new Muskies, Inc. chapter is now in Utah representing the Mountain West region.
Chapter 65 Mountain West Muskie.
If one 'really and really' wants to learn about this awesome species in our region including what the DNR is doing get involved and do what you can.
65 in coordination with the DNR and Blue Ribbon Fishery Advisory Council team will hosting a seminar the 20th of April at the DNR main facility in SLC on tiger muskie fishing in Utah.
More to follow on seminar. I'll say it's time on the water and learning employing the 3ps (passion, persistence and above all patience). Its being a student and learning.
Here's a link on this chapter's first six months including how this chapter is assisting and not waving boo-hoo the sky is going to fall with a true Apex water fish that will assist the DNR in management.
If you are interested in this chapter send me a PM.
https://youtu.be/jcfue51KPZ8
https://youtu.be/AiJBRp9NapY
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I was ice fishing Pineview in a densely packed school of crappie that were spooked by a huge Tiger Muskie cruising by my lure several times. I have it on video from my underwater camera. I need to learn how to post a video. It's on a microSD chip.
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