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Hey guys. Long time lurker, first time poster. Made the trip up to Pineview today with my father in law to do some shore fishing after work. We have been hitting the lake up about once a week for the past two months or so. It's been interesting trying to find a consistent area to fish with how quickly the water level has been dropping. We started out fishing the coves around cemetery point a few weeks ago and did very well for bass, perch, catfish and bluegill. Being relatively new to the lake, I was surprised at the variety of fish in the lake! Today we made our way to the dam figuring the deeper water might be worth a go. Did well for smallmouth, but that was it. The bass this year have all been healthy and fat, but I don't think we have caught anything over 2 pounds, most much smaller. Some the size of the lures we were throwing! Aggressive creatures those smallmouth. Anyways, being new and all, we have been happy to have been able to locate and catch bass regularly, a few dozen a trip, but what is the trick to finding Muskie in the lake? We have been catching the other fish on several lures such as shad colored slug-gos (our number one producer by far) spinnerbaits, sassy shads, crocodile spoons, and huskie jerks, but nothing has worked for the Muskie. I swear we have thrown the whole box at them with no luck! Any advise from the experienced fisherman on here?
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I don't claim to have ever caught a muskie, but I've been cruising this site for info from the people who do. Seems like crank baits are the most common, make sure it's similar to the fish in the lake. Work around points, obstacles, generally good areas for an ambush predator to ambush. I've also heard red shiners work well.
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In recent discussions here, the theory has been raised that the tiger muskie in Pineview may be suffering from the very warm water and subsequent lack of oxygen. Surface temps are now 80°F and this is a species more used to far northern waters, after all.
I've seen many and had one on. It hit a plastic swim bait and I estimate that the fun between strike and bite-through cost me about two dollars a second, LOL!
If enough water remains and the smallmouth make it through to next year, we ought to have a bonanza of bass. This year's hatch must have been monumental.
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the biggest muskies I've seen this year at pineview have been dead on the shore, two nice ones. Sad to see but the low warm water hasn't helped them, they have tons of food but it makes ya wonder with how fragile they are in warm water if they wouldn't be better suited to be planted somewhere else, jordanelle is cooler, might as well plant them there to eat the dink bass. But hopefully when the water table is up like last year they'll be more aggressive. I've caught a couple little muskie this year... 6-9 inch soft swim baits are a good choice, in perch, bluegill or white. I like to rig them on a darter jig head and add a stinger treb. also some bigger walk the dog lures are a good option, that injured bait fish technique will trigger a bite. cast and cast and cast. they definitely aren't as aggressive as last year with that high cool water most of the year. glad the bass action has been good there, definitely becoming the best place for bass in the state other than powell and sand hollow.
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Thanks for the info guys. I think the water temperature is making it rough. That, and I have no clue where to fish from the shore because Im still getting a feel for the lake. Cemetery point area and the dam are about my only spots so far. And yeah, I have noticed a couple good sized muskie dead along the shoreline of no obvious cause myself. Its weird! Some large bass as well. I will keep at it and let you know if I can come up with anything that is working. I may head up tonight or tomorrow after work to try some new areas. Also, Im happy to share my bass catching info with anyone who may want it. I know they have been easy to catch this year (but Im new, so who knows compared to last year) but I have found a few different techniques that have been producing fast action in a variety of depths. I also should have mentioned in my first post that we have been catching the catfish on those little powerbait shad jigs (I forget the name) from Walmart tipped with a worm. Didnt realize[reply][/reply] that I had forgotten to mention that until now.
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[quote utahgolf]the biggest muskies I've seen this year at pineview have been dead on the shore, two nice ones .[/quote]
I've seen three dead ones at Newtoon in the last few days. I am sure the hotter than usual weather and the low water levels at Newtoon are not helping them any.
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Well we made it out to Pineview today. We deciided to try fishing on the legal area closest to the dam (to avoid the crazy fee to fish near cemetery point). The water is a whole lot deeper int this area of the lake, which I was hoping would hold some fish who were trying to find colder water. The action for bass was quick as usual, and the lure of the day was a crocodile spoon jiggled off the lake bottom. My father in law did well for catfish and bluegill on a simple marabou jig tipped with a night crawler. I had one large fish break my line shortly after striking today, but I never got a look at it. Its becoming sort of a personal challenge to get one of these dang Muskie from the shore and that may have been a missed opportunity. Also,it's funny how tired you can get catching puny bass when you know bigger game are out there. Oh well, we'll be at it again later this week! Time to search for a new spot me thinks.
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