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Wanted to maybe try jigging for TM at Pineview, possibly Newton.
I have cought a few TM from shore at Pineview with J-9 rapalas, seems like these are working as well these days.
Some people have said they have luck with jigging for them.
I am pretty new to the fishing thing so any help would be appreciated.
My questions are these:
1-What do I use to jig for TM, I have braid on reel, still use steel leader?
2-Will jigging work from shore or not effective without being on a boat?
3-Any other lure advice or tips would be great?
Thank you very much for all your help.
Scott
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[font "Calibri"]I can personal tell ya that yes you can jig for musky. Any one that has spent any kind of time throwing tubes for SM at Pineview will tell ya it’s just a matter of time before one of them toothy critters come along and steals your rig. It’s come to the point where I’ve started lining all my poles with braid just to give my poor little jig a fighting chance. That’s not to say I target musky with light tackle, not at all. But yes jigging can be done, just lose the steal leader.[/font]
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[font "Calibri"]As far as boat vs. shore you need to ask someone else. I’m a boat guy all the way.[/font]
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4 inch strike king tube salt and pepper.... thats all I have to say. 
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Never really fished this method. Any pointers catman?
I will be fishing from shore
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I had a couple chase and one take a 3.5in cutter bug (green with black flake) this last friday, I didnt get a good hookset so it was lost but i know they will chase em. I have had many bass people say they have caught muskie while chasing bass.
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I'm no Musky expert, but I have jigged a bit. Vertical jigging probably works best, but you should be able to jig from shore, but you'll have to count on more of a 'pitch it out, count it down' then work a pattern where you jerk up/up/up, drop down. So you make a zig-zag pattern to the bottom as your work you way in - kinda like climbing steps.
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Pardon the really crappy "artwork" - I have some diagrams in magazines that show it lots better. But should give you the basic idea. A bit of wiggle and jiggle as you pop it up, then let it fall (yellow).
Same method works from a boat too if you're not working vertically.
part of the challenge is to keep it moving enough to stay off the bottom, and out of snags.
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Nicely done on the artwork! Too funny, yet perfectly effective for showing exactly what you were saying! Props!
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Thanks so much for the info, I really really appreciate it and the guy looks just like me.
Hope I have better luck than rest of the year.
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Dont fish em like you would for bass ...continuous hop retrieve .. make it swim not crawl.[cool]
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this is how i have been fishing my jigs with good success for bass, cant say much about the muskie as the only one i hooked this year was lost shortly after but i at least got my hook back and part of the jig. My method is swimming the jig with maybee a jerk to the left or right occasionally, or a pause to let it drop, also vary my speeds.
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Jigs do work for musky, however I have caught many more on rapalas it is a great idea to have a jig tied up on a pole when one follows you to the boat as they usually will hang out for a few seconds. Hannibal I believe the bigger the jig the better, I don't think you can go to big, and muskies like lures to move fast, so the traditional jigging doesn't work and muskies don't sit on the bottom so you don't want to fish like your fishing for walleye as coyote had suggested, they are suspended fish.
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Guess I was answering a question about jigging, not so much Musky-izing. Catman knows more better for SURE.
I have seen a number of articles/episodes where Doug Stang (of In-Fisherman) talks up swim-baits. The hollow body, the prepoured Wild-Eye types - and he promotes the straight swim concept. More Pike fishing than Musky - but same difference.
The paddle tail, or curly tail - and a straight line wobble - but up off the bottom, then steady retrieve.
I could draw another picture, but I think folks can imagine what a straight line looks like. Run your lure alongside the shore or boat, and see what kind of action you get at what speeds.
Similar action for Rapalas, cranks - straight run, but the lure gives of a wiggle/waggle. He's suggested tuning the split ring by giving it a little pinch, but so the split faces forward, then be sure your knot sits in that spot.
Then there's topwaters - which will draw your suspended fish.
Just need to get out and practice. I think I've got about 800 more casts to go.
I have heard lots of Musky/Pike will follow a lure lots, then a change in speed, direction, depth - can be what triggers a strike.
Then a big tip-dip figure 8 right at the end of a retrieve when you get to a boat. Probably a bit harder from shore!
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I understand u were just providing as much fishing knwledge as u have and trying to help the guy out sorry if u took offense to me teasing u a bit, what would the world be like if fisherman can't tease one another?
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No offense taken. I'm used to getting teased. Would I post a cartoon like that if I wasn't beggin' for it!
(was curious what the mods edited out of your post...maybe I missed the REAL tease).
I'm a thick boy with old skin, or something like that.
and lawdy knows I'm no Musky fisherman. I got to Newton for the Perch baybee!
but yeah - jigging - I think of Irish fiddles, and dark brews in a dreary pub, with old men telling tales of the sea. And dancing around - with lots of jumping.
Now a swimbait - reeled in a "retrieve" pattern - that's what Joe's talking about. B-line with a wiggle!
I threw up some[url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/Utah_Fishing_Forum_C55/Utah_Fishing_General_F58/gforum.cgi?post=690650;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;page=unread#unread"] video links [/url]- and included some of that figure 8 pattern I was talking about. Long time follows, then dip the tip, twirl and whirl - SteeeeRike!
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I used to love fishing newton for panfish, but If I'm going to Newton it is for musky. Panfish have been tiny over there since they drained it several years back. I keep waiting for them to get big again but its not happening?? Maybe too many tigers in there or something?
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Not all entirely true
1. large jigs(4-6in) commonly outfish cranks. Not always but sometimes.
2. They dont always like it fast, sometimes a slower presentation is much more effective
3. Musky DO commonly hug the bottom so a vertical jig/slow bottom retreive can be deadly. But yea you are correct they usually suspend in the coulmn.@
Not knocking Anyone Down or out just giving my 2 cents [  ]
Also play with colors, that can also help
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Something cool that i noticed the other day was i had a muskie following my jig and i dropped it on the bottom in front of him and sure enough he picked it up and i set the hook... fish on!
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stop tellin yer fish storys bryce!! just admit it .... u caught it on the B.F.C.C.
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