MUSKY18 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 How a muskie can just smoke a lure, say for example a Suick, and get perhaps two out of nine hooks into it, whereas a pike can smoke the same lure, and manage to get all nine hooks into it? Had to cut hooks off my favorite Suick yesterday because a pike buried 7 trebles.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esox_Magnum Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 cuz its a pesky northern not a muskie LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croixflats Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 what did you use for cutters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUSKY18 Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 Knipex cutters. Best by far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nater Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I'm wondering how I can get at least 4 hits on my black suick, but no hook-ups. My guess is they were pike, but all I get is teeth marks on the head! I even had a tooth embedded in the suick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperybob Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 When they clamp down on lure only, you don't pull lure to get hook set, you end up pulling fish on hook set. When they engulf lure and you pull lure to get a hook set, you pull in line and lure and not fish on hook set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjac Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Conventional answer: Bigger mouth, bonier too, longer teeth to prevent hooks hitting flesh, stonger fish to shake loose a lure....etc. Real-Life answer: Simply because they're muskies, designed to tork us off and leave us coming back for more. Funny the Suick is mentioned, I love 'em but I lost a really solid fish on 'tonka a couple years ago that I would have bet the bank on that I had pinned well. I still try to keep the mindset that I'll leave a bruise on my rib cage beacuse I set the hooks so hard...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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