09-24-2003, 04:25 PM
Hello All,
Fished Pineview from shore again yesterday and caught 30-40 chunkie smallies on 3" white Bass Pro Shops imitation Senkos. I also ran into a freind of Old Coots and Xman (didn't get his name) Says he reads the posts but doesn't post. He was also doing well on the Smallie front.
Here's my Muskie dilema; Late last night at about 30 min. or so before dark I cast out my Senko, Rod bends nearly in half then nothing. Reel in my line and it cut clean no worn no hook just a nice clean cut like it was done with sizzors. Tied on another and a couple of casts later the same thing.
Lightbulb! Muskie in the area, so I tie on a diving rapalla and make a few casts and nothing. Go back to the worm and it happens again. At that point it was almost dark and I was so frustrated that I just left. Is it possible to fiah a Senko on a wire leader? Not sure of the effect it would have on the baits action or if the leader would spook the smallies. Do they make jerk baits for muskie? I think the key here is that the presentation is very slow and it imitates a dying fish, so this turns them on. [#ff0000]*EDIT*[/#ff0000] First person to reply to this post wins a new BFT sticker
I also had my line part in the above described manner many times before on previous trips. I always thought it was a sharp rock in combination with cheap line. Now I'm using premium line and was fishing in a relatively non-rocky area and 3 times in a row, definately not a rock!
Any ideas?
Al
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Fished Pineview from shore again yesterday and caught 30-40 chunkie smallies on 3" white Bass Pro Shops imitation Senkos. I also ran into a freind of Old Coots and Xman (didn't get his name) Says he reads the posts but doesn't post. He was also doing well on the Smallie front.
Here's my Muskie dilema; Late last night at about 30 min. or so before dark I cast out my Senko, Rod bends nearly in half then nothing. Reel in my line and it cut clean no worn no hook just a nice clean cut like it was done with sizzors. Tied on another and a couple of casts later the same thing.
Lightbulb! Muskie in the area, so I tie on a diving rapalla and make a few casts and nothing. Go back to the worm and it happens again. At that point it was almost dark and I was so frustrated that I just left. Is it possible to fiah a Senko on a wire leader? Not sure of the effect it would have on the baits action or if the leader would spook the smallies. Do they make jerk baits for muskie? I think the key here is that the presentation is very slow and it imitates a dying fish, so this turns them on. [#ff0000]*EDIT*[/#ff0000] First person to reply to this post wins a new BFT sticker
I also had my line part in the above described manner many times before on previous trips. I always thought it was a sharp rock in combination with cheap line. Now I'm using premium line and was fishing in a relatively non-rocky area and 3 times in a row, definately not a rock!
Any ideas?
Al
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