Recent content by BigRiver

SS, Make that JUNE 7th for the opening of Muskie Season. :oops: Hope you can make it....? Rick 8)

Hey SS, May 7th is the Muskie opener on the French.....was up last weekend for Pickerel (Walleye) on the Pickerel and French Rivers. Was so cold.....Snowed Friday mid day and Monday morning of the May 24 Weekend up there. They sure do taste good tho ! You'll have to come up and fish here with...

Hey Salmon Slayer, Try using large spinner baits, because of the weeds.....say about 6"+......? :shock: Also anything that makes noise... :!: Rick

Don't think size on Scugog matters much...probably more the vibrations and flash of bright color. Friend of mine Steve Wickens guides for Muskie on Scugog and he uses mainly a large (8"-10") Red, Chartrucse or orange spinner bait with a Colorado and a Hatchet Blade real short and tight to the...

Same thing for me :cry: The closest Muskie Waters are 150 km.(90 miles) away from my home in Kitchener and my favourite fishing #-o is almost 400 km. (240 miles) up at my cabin on the French River. Therefore my LUND stays up north most of the time. My Toyota Tundra 4x4 really sucks back the...

In the Kawartha's no, they don't like big baits....late fall you can go a little bigger. [-X But up north....G Bay-French-Nipissing Etc. then Big Baits Rule for Big Fish ! :wink: :wink: :shock: :shock: Early season I start out smaller and the Bait size grows as the season progresses...

Hey Salmon Slayer, Exactly......big line, no stretch and gett'm in as fast as possible and measure, photo and release them in record time.... =D>

Hey mtnman....I'll send you some more Hoggs when I get 'em ! Check out: www.muskiescanada.ca lots of photos in there too. :shock: Hey muskie man.....so you live just off I-35 south of the Twins ? Dakota Co. ? :?: See post #10 on : "Nice Muskie" for the lakes/rivers that I fish. Cheers...

Thx. Jim :lol: Hey Muskie Man, I owned a small truck'n company a few years ago and had many loads every month to MN. and have fished LOTW's and been to Hayward to the Hall of Fame twice......my main customer was Solway MN. near Bemidgi.....was there many times....but haver hunted Muskie in...

Hey Salmon Slayer, In my early 20's I lived in Port Perry (30yrs. ago :oops: ) Certainly are high numbers in Scugog for sure. Just don't like cleaning weeds off the baits continually. I've fished the other Kawartha Lakes more than Scugog (Buckhorn, Pigeon, Stoney Etc.) . My favourite waters now...

When casting I like to use the "figure 8" on almost every cast. I at least use an "L" when I get to the boat. Muskie will follow a bait to the boat sometimes but won't strike until there is a change in direction of the bait. It's a unbeleivable thrill to have a strike with only a foot of line...

Thx. Muskie man, All five where last season except for the 58"...it was 2006 ! The 53" & 46" were caught casting on a Super Cowgirl Bucktail and a Bondy Bait respectively. The 48" & 50" were trolling using 8" body baits at 4 MPH. The 58" was trolling using a 10" firetiger believer. (it's the...

Here are a few more...there are two of my fishing partner Kevin's (58 & 50) All live released =D> Hook'em Hard & Hang On :!: :)

Here is a 53" by 24" others to come

Excellent Post MTNMAN =D> Couple of items I'd dispute, but all in all great job. :shock: Love to invite you up here sometime for a Northern (Canadian Shield) Muskie Hunt :wink: Cheers, 8) Rick (DTR)