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I am going to place an order for some fly fishing gear from Cabela's and was thinking of trying some of the lures for pike (Muskies) so just wondered if any of you guys/lasses could recommend some lures to try out?

Tight lines and singing reels....... :cheers:

p.s. Golden trout I bet they stand out ;D
 
If you ever get the thought in your head that you'd like to try to catch a muskie on a fly, check out Steve Kunnath. I can vouch for his ability to put you on fish - I am the guy in the fifth picture down on the right. We tried to catch a musky for a while, but we were mostly after smallmouths. Steve's written on the subject of musky on a fly - the flies were furry behemoths of eight to ten inches, and even just the thought of hooking one of those beasts was exciting.

No fish during the hex hatch this year, as Michigan was part of the wild Midwestern rain pattern, and opportunities were best available to those who could get out when things were exactly right, and not us hacks who can only get on the water when work schedules permit.

OTOH, the hatch of tart cherries yielded almost 80 lbs of fruit this year. Mmmm.
 
Very interesting Ken there is a small tarn near me with quite a few jack pike (around 7lb) that I have fished for with a lure rod and always fancied having a go with the fly for them although I have never done it but keep meaning to look into it. I have a 9 weight rod but wasnt sure if that would be up to the job but I might just have a look into it and add some streamers to the shopping list ;D
Been same here with the weather rivers are up most of the time too much colour and taking ages to clear.
Some good info reading Muskie on a fly article, the perch streamer in the vice looks a good choice I catch a lot of pike on a soft jelly perch style lure.
Cheers for the link Ken now thats another excuse for a fishing trip ;)
 
Hi teufelhund cheers for the info, although the article about Cabelas is a few years old and some of the other responses seemed to be valid ;)
 
Pike Lures!!!!!

Huge Mepps Foxtail spinner-cloudy hot days with a strong wind. head for the shore line with deep dropoff and weeds. They tend to pick around for disoriented feeder fish and ambush them.

Blue and Siver Mundy Mauler-Sunny days with a light wind. Fish them deep around islands where you know the baitfish are. Keep in mind that most pike eat skinny fish such as Perch, Minnows and Chubs.

Red and White Daredevil-Doesn't matter when or how. They see these and tend to charge like a bull.

Buzz Baits (green and white or blue and white)-Hot sunny calm days. Head for lilly pads and heavy cover, in shallow coves ,where the sun in blocked out. They do not see well so they wait in ambush for the un-so lucky food swimming by.

We Michiganders do alot of Pike fishing from now until the end of September. They will start feeding very vigorously to put on some winter fat and wait for there spawn. Good luck and keep the line tight.
 
Yo momma said:
Red and White Daredevil-Doesn't matter when or how. They see these and tend to charge like a bull.
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Man, you just brought back tons of good memories of me fishing with my Dad back in Ohio. He always had several of those Red&White Daredevils in his tackle box to resort to whenever the walleye weren't hitting on anything else. I say he had several, because they'd often hit it so hard that he'd lose one, leader and all! ;D
 
Yo momma said:
Pike Lures!!!!!

Huge Mepps Foxtail spinner-cloudy hot days with a strong wind. head for the shore line with deep dropoff and weeds. They tend to pick around for disoriented feeder fish and ambush them.

Blue and Siver Mundy Mauler-Sunny days with a light wind. Fish them deep around islands where you know the baitfish are. Keep in mind that most pike eat skinny fish such as Perch, Minnows and Chubs.

Red and White Daredevil-Doesn't matter when or how. They see these and tend to charge like a bull.

Buzz Baits (green and white or blue and white)-Hot sunny calm days. Head for lilly pads and heavy cover, in shallow coves ,where the sun in blocked out. They do not see well so they wait in ambush for the un-so lucky food swimming by.

We Michiganders do alot of Pike fishing from now until the end of September. They will start feeding very vigorously to put on some winter fat and wait for there spawn. Good luck and keep the line tight.
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Cheers Yo Momma will add some of those to the list, buzz baits look good, them dare devil ones do you mean These if so I have some of them although not in that colour, good reliable spoons caught me some good fish, couldnt find the mauler pattern though, will get an order together over the weekend thanks again for the info.

Looks like what we call a cat fish that Vanoob but a good size though, just have to prey the weather picks up now been bad here all week (rain).....
 
Yeah those blue ones are hard to find. Just find what indiginous to your lake and buy that pattern in loud colors. I have had great success with a perch style in the colors of orange and also green and blue. They are typicaly used for salmon here but work great for pike. If your looking for Musky, pick the worst day to be on the lake, i.e. windy, rainy and cold, and work the deep weed lines. Musky are not very aggresive until the weather gets rough. They are opportunists and the bait fish get all messed up on those type of days. Go around the back side of the windy points and cast accross those weed flat and your bound to get the fresh water tiger. They also stap on the feedbags in September. That's when they bulk up for there spawn and gorge themselves. I love being surrounded by the greatest fresh water fishery in the US. :icon_thumleft:
 
Good man Yo M, I have just started fishing a new lake that has always had reports of good heads of pike so we are finding our feet a little its 11 mile long but only about 3/4 mile wide so its pretty big for my standards anyway ;D sounds like you have a cracking lake over there, thanks for the good info.
Must be the different climates Yo M but over here Pike spawn around the end of March for about 6 weeks, we have a closed season for coarse fish (including Pike) in all rivers from March to June to give the fish a rest bite while spawning, there has been controversial talk of lifting the ban to fish year round but I think thats a bad idea personally, I suppose its ok for me as fly fishing starts in earnest in spring so its a continuous loop with no real down time, I still envy some of your waters though :cheers:

Tight lines all........
 
Musky spawn in the fall here and pike spawn the same time as walleye here which is in the spring. The reason they gorge themselves now is the long lathargic wait of winter. THey do adjust to the colder water but still makes them very lathargic. HAve you ever puled a pike out with a tip-up? They really don't fight because of the cold water. That is why the gorge themselves now in the warmer water.

Yeah there are quite a few pike lakes around here. Most people don't keep them due to all the bones. The fight is what we search for. Salmon season is coming soon and I cannot wait!
 
Yo momma said:
Musky spawn in the fall here and pike spawn the same time as walleye here which is in the spring. The reason they gorge themselves now is the long lathargic wait of winter. THey do adjust to the colder water but still makes them very lathargic. HAve you ever puled a pike out with a tip-up? They really don't fight because of the cold water. That is why the gorge themselves now in the warmer water.

Yeah there are quite a few pike lakes around here. Most people don't keep them due to all the bones. The fight is what we search for. Salmon season is coming soon and I cannot wait!
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Yes over here Pike fishing is meant to be best during the winter months but I find summer Pike more acrobatic and frisky than the colder months, cooked Pike once and although nice white flesh those forked bones just didnt appeal and plenty of them, just watched tip ups being used on you-tube wow you really fish through the ice like that, never seen that before, were lucky if it snows at all in winter let alone the lakes freezing up, it just doesnt get that cold here lol and we still moan about the weather.
Ok I have just clicked were you are in the States (looked on an old map I have) and now realise your surrounded by the great lakes, so does the salmon run to and from the sea or are they land locked?
Never had the privilege to fish for salmon its on the to do list
 
Salmon here stay in the Great Lakes, fresh water, most of the year and spawn in the rivers that empy into them. Around the 2-3 week of September thru the middle of November they spawn starting in the northern rivers and work there way south. It's quite a blast. A salmon can pin point itself to where it was born and it lays it's eggs there. They live three years and then die. What a life HUH.

Yes we get around a foot of ice by the middle of January and it goes until the last part of Febuary here. Up north though they get 2-3 feet of ice and set up small towns using shanty's as there homes. Heck some people run power out to there shanty's so they have heat. :laughing7:
 
You're biased Scott,

Cos you've got sh1tloads of fresh water close by!

Personally, my idea of fishing, is either scuba with a knife or waiting for spring/early summer and going out in a boat for "kamikaze" fish a.k.a. Mackerel. Just drop a string of feathered hooks over the side and wait for the daft beggars the throw themselves on the hooks.

Last time we did that, we got 96 in just over half an hour. Nothing smaller than 1lb 2oz's, and when they're baked in vinegar and pickling spices, they're bloody marvellous.

Oh and down here, "tarn" is correctly spelled town - but pronounced the same ;D :laughing7: :tard: :tard:

regards

fatbloke
 
Yo momma said:
Salmon here stay in the Great Lakes, fresh water, most of the year and spawn in the rivers that empy into them. Around the 2-3 week of September thru the middle of November they spawn starting in the northern rivers and work there way south. It's quite a blast. A salmon can pin point itself to where it was born and it lays it's eggs there. They live three years and then die. What a life HUH.

Yes we get around a foot of ice by the middle of January and it goes until the last part of Febuary here. Up north though they get 2-3 feet of ice and set up small towns using shanty's as there homes. Heck some people run power out to there shanty's so they have heat. :laughing7:
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Agh ok I wondered if they spawned from the sea some how but I suppose the Lakes themselves are as big as seas :o, I have seen the odd programme on the salmon fishing you guys have especially Alaska the rivers are a mass with them in beautiful surroundings too.
Now that must be harsh 3ft of ice, I witnessed ice storms in Atlanta GA a few years back and that was cold trees and power lines down all over the place.

fatbloke said:
You're biased Scott,

Cos you've got sh1tloads of fresh water close by!

Personally, my idea of fishing, is either scuba with a knife or waiting for spring/early summer and going out in a boat for "kamikaze" fish a.k.a. Mackerel. Just drop a string of feathered hooks over the side and wait for the daft beggars the throw themselves on the hooks.

Last time we did that, we got 96 in just over half an hour. Nothing smaller than 1lb 2oz's, and when they're baked in vinegar and pickling spices, they're bloody marvellous.

Oh and down here, "tarn" is correctly spelled town - but pronounced the same ;D :laughing7: :tard: :tard:

regards

fatbloke
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lastbornjoker said:
used to do a lot of the hook and line myself. still do a little from my kayak now the new thing is this http://www.charlestondiving.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1470
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Haha I suppose your right John only a stone throw away from all the Lakes, I used to do a lot of sea fishing too, had a few contracts in Jersey (channel Islands) and Isle of Man, fished from both shore and Kayak, IOM was good for mackerel and Pollack or as the Manx call them Callig (Manx Gaelic) and Lobster too used to have a couple of pots out that I pulled using the kayak, thats one thing I do miss Lobster Thermidor mmm.
Its definitely good fun fishing on a Kayak around the coast and the wildlife is awesome, used to have grey seals follow you around the IOM I think they have one of the biggest colonies of the British Isles. I am itching to get out again now if the weather will buck up just so much to do with so little time seems always the case, until the next trip.

LBJ there is some big fish on there I noticed the second pic what the hell is that, I bet Rex Hunt wouldnt kiss that mouth.

p.s. and up here John its Tarn ;D ;D
 
in the second pic is what we call a hog fish and a bug (southern lobster). The hog fish is supose to be exceptional eatin but is very rare to catch on a hook and line best way is to spearfish. the bug on the other hand is ok at best, it nowhere compares to the cold water lobsters up north in the cold waters but is still edible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogfish
 
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