Light 'em up!

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1 - Double Cowgirl
2 - Top Raider
3 - Bulldawg

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I haven't tried number one since college.

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Odd, particularly since you're so full of number two ...

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

It was an intimidating experience. I didn't know if I could handle those expectations.

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You guys should have a musky lure draft.

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i used to go fish a few more popular il muskie lakes with a guy i knew who was 100% musky guy. i've never been more bored to tears in my life. this guy has caught probably only 30 muskies worth talking about yet has spent i think 30 years fishing for them. one would assume he's just bad at it but he's like one of the more well respected guys in the illinois musky club. i pulled in a 40" fish and he was like, didn't that make it all worth it? NO.

I'm not some musky expert, but 30 in 30 years? That's a terrible rate, even for muskies.

You should try some of the old strip mine lakes between the QC and Peoria. MANY muskies.

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we get to victoria and ice fish them. and he's probably caught way more muskies than that, i was just guessing. i just can't bring myself to enjoy that hunt.

It's called the fish of 10,000 casts for a good reason. That said, I've had pretty good luck with a severed human finger. Not easy to find though. To make my rig I'll find a kitten, slit its throat and then jam a No. 4 treble hook up its ass. Troll the deeps with that. A baby duckling works too. I used a chihuahua puppy once but it shook too much. Spooked the fish.

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"Smiles with Nostrils"

"...no Hmong, go find some blacks"

A baby duckling would work. Muskie take 'em down.

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My Dad always told me the best lure for Northern Pike was a "Daredevil". Don't know if he's right, but that's what he was taught I guess. I know a musky is a more lazy fish than a northern so don't know if it's best for them.

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"Smiles with Nostrils"

"...no Hmong, go find some blacks"

A musky is not a more lazy fish than a northern, whatever that is supposed to mean, anyway.
Muskies are harder to catch and more discerning in what they will chase and eat.

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Plus spoons suck.

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They are not lazy but if they don't want to hit your lure you can watch them simply following it as you figure 8 to the side of your boat.

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Sarley, did I see an article of yours where a guy caught a 50-incher up near Algonquin?

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http://www.nwherald.com/2016/04/27/sarl ... y/avi1hxm/
His friends estimated it at 50". I figured 47" or 48" but who is to say?
Nice fish anyway!

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i will say i'd rather fish 10 hours for musky and get no bites than fish 5 hours for pike and catch one every cast.

Good on him for releasing the fish. Pretty impressive beast.

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Wow, that is an unbelievable fish. Lucky for him he had 80 (eighty) pound test on. Or was that a misprint?

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"Smiles with Nostrils"

"...no Hmong, go find some blacks"

80 is correct.
I usually use 80-pound when muskie fishing.

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Weekly columnist for the Northwest Herald
Bi-monthly columnist for Illinois Outdoor News magazine
Former host of The Outdoors Experience on WIND and The Great Outdoors on CLTV
http://www.wefishasa.com