Winter Musky Bordum

[Jeff Andersen]

Thought you musky heads would enjoy a little musky piece we shot last fall.

Chasing a Fall Giant Musky

[CaptainMusky]

Pretty cool video! Definitely battling the elements with equipment failure, etc.

Fun time.

[MuskieFever]

Awesome video. Worst part about being a college student in ND is no fall muskies unless I trip it home.

[Jeff Andersen]

Thanks guys!

[tolle141]

Nice vid! Great fish. What was your strategy on the water that weekend?

[Musky Buck]

I was surprised you drove that far to fish lol, great late lake, Jeff's strategy was to stay warm and avoid rifle season gunfire ! And catch some pre-ice fatties.

[minky]

What else do you musky hunters do to make the winter go faster?

[MuskieFever]

Ice fish. Walleyes are tasty.

[Jmeyers]

Build rods

[Barbelboy]

I cast off the deck into the yard. I have a reef hog with no hooks. After 8-10 hours I get the same feeling as real musky fishing and go inside and drink.

But this is coming from a guy who for reasons beyond my explanation CANNOT catch a musky. So if you have more useful distraction techniques i'd try those first.

[Musky Buck]

Winter-pretty much prepare everything for next summer and fall, rods,reels,lures,etc. maintenance, cut shooting lanes, fix stands, find sheds, hoping for decent February weather to get out and get those things done and if an early spring will go get crappies after dropping ND spring snowgeese. Then turkey hunt hopefully season C. Then when Musky season opens I hope to get a 50+ " er opening day to keep my streak alive and well. I guess I don't hope to, I expect to, have a multiple fish day with 1 over 50" and thankfully I don't go by the Musky Hunter Magazine suggestions or these 50"ers wouldn't be happening according to some of those articles I'm going about the early season way wrong but it has been right, especially what was mentioned in the 25th anniversary issue by one of the authors. Let your time on the water experiences shape you and pick and choose what you read carefully and remember many lakes even close by have there own theory, what you do on 1 may not work at all on the other and that comes from thinking on the water and storing memories and catches and misses and all of it all lol, good luck, I'm going to go get Hulbert's 57 1/4 this summer, he won't like when I'm on that spot grilling it lol.

[minky]

Sounds like you have a plan!

[BIGRED07]

go through lures sell a bunch to but down numbers. Then i go buy twice as many as i sold!!!! just not right this addiction is bad hahaha!

[Musky Buck]

You bet minky, might as well have a plan, my 24th musky season is approaching and if I haven't figured out some things by now I never will lol. It really does take putting all the little things together and then being prepared. I think the kiss method can and does apply to musky fishing, there is so much out there now with lures,rods,leaders,line,articles,websites,boats,trollers,electronics,gps,nets,release tools,weather,etc. I'm trying to fish smarter, it hasn't gotten cheaper, the lure I want in the musky shop catalog was only $64.99. Fish smarter not harder, easier said than done. Will I be in tears if that multiple fish opener doesn't happen well no I think I'll be fine but I'll try hard !