Pro Tactics: Muskie: Use the Secrets of the Pros to Catch More and Bigger Muskies

by Jack Burns, Rob Kimm

Overview

1. Fish of Legend, Fish of Myth

2. Muskies-The Mental Game

Seasonal Factors

Environmental Factors

Fishing Pressure

Fishing Presentation "Style"

3. Muskie Fishing Tackle

Muskie Gear-Rods, Reels, and Lures

Topwaters

Bucktails

Jerkbaits

Spinnerbaits

Crankbaits

Spoons

Jigs and Soft Plastics

Trolling Gear

Lines and Leaders

4. Necessary Tools and Release Techniques

Your Muskie Tool Kit

Release Techniques

Holds and Photos

Other Necessary Tools and Equipment

5. Follows, Figure Eights, and Triggering Fish

The First Step: Seeing Follows

Triggering Following Fish

Boatside Tactics: L-turns and the Figure Eight

The Final Word on Triggering Fish

6. Postspawn to Early Summer

Finding Postspawn Muskie: The Big Bang Theory

Tactical Factors

Tactics and Techniques

Searching Efficiently-Pattern Sampling

Searching Efficiently-Presentation

Other Presentation Options

7. Summer Peak

Tactical Factors

Tactics and

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781599212784
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/01/2008
Series:	Pro Tactics
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.88(h) x 0.25(d)

About the Author

Jack Burns is editor emeritus of The Next Bite—Esox Angler magazine. Jack has fished muskies for more than thirty years throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, and northwest Ontario and has published muskie-fishing articles in In-Fisherman and Peterson's Fishing magazines. Jack was the muskie columnist for Minnesota Outdoor News from 1990 to 2004 and has been a guest speaker at Muskies Inc. chapter meetings throughout the Midwest.Rob Kimm is senior editor of The Next Bite—Esox Angler magazine. A former instructor at In-Fisherman’s Camp Fish, Rob now pursues muskie and pike in Ontario and Minnesota. He is a frequent contributor to In-Fisherman magazine and is the featured muskie columnist for the Minnesota Outdoor News. Rob holds a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing and also works as a consultant in the technical communications field.

Table of Contents

1. Fish of Legend, Fish of Myth2. Muskies—The Mental GameSeasonal FactorsEnvironmental FactorsFishing PressureFishing Presentation “Style”3. Muskie Fishing TackleMuskie Gear—Rods, Reels, and LuresTopwatersBucktailsJerkbaitsSpinnerbaitsCrankbaitsSpoonsJigs and Soft PlasticsTrolling GearLines and Leaders4. Necessary Tools and Release TechniquesYour Muskie Tool KitRelease TechniquesHolds and PhotosOther Necessary Tools and Equipment5. Follows, Figure Eights, and Triggering FishThe First Step: Seeing FollowsTriggering Following FishBoatside Tactics: L-turns and the Figure EightThe Final Word on Triggering Fish6. Postspawn to Early SummerFinding Postspawn Muskie: The Big Bang TheoryTactical FactorsTactics and TechniquesSearching Efficiently—Pattern SamplingSearching Efficiently—PresentationOther Presentation Options7. Summer PeakTactical FactorsTactics and TechniquesPresentations for Fishing Shallow Summer MuskiesFishing the Slop8. Mid- to Late SummerTactics and TechniquesFishing in Algae BloomsCountering Fishing Pressure9. Early FallTactics and TechniquesPresentation10. Mid- to Late FallFishing the TurnoverFishing Fall Prime TimeFall CastingFishing Very Late—Pre Ice-up11. Bringing It All TogetherMuskies as Apex PredatorsKnowledge of Muskies’ Seasonal NeedsKnowledge of Muskies’ EnvironmentLures and Equipment as ToolsSafety and Safe Catch-and-ReleaseThe Role of Goals and StylesThe Role of Fishing PhilosophiesThe Role of Fishing PressureTime on the WaterIndex