Michigan Muskie Alliance

Great info considering the min risk is a thousand bucks. I knew a guy, Mr. USA, who rolled his own cigarettes and so thought it was just fine to have a pack of rolling papers on his dashboard when he tried to roll thru at IF. After all he was legal and all, right? And a citizen of the greatest count...

I watched a very interesting Larry Dalhberg show the other day where he tied his superline to a nylon-coated wire leader. He was twitching a big minnow-shaped rubber bait back to the boat. He said that the elimination of the weight of swivels and snaps made a big difference in his success with that ...

After seeing pics of Vito's hand-made flies on another thread I contacted him to make a set for me to give to my father as a X-mas gift. There are 3 flies and when you set them next to each other you'll see, in order, the visible spectrum of colors that can be seen by people. Vito named the flies "T...

As long as yer coming north you should consider finding somebody serious to take you out on LSC. Best bet by far for big fish. But not in yer boat, too risky in that or any big water.

Well I went to Bankson today/tonite hoping to boat a fish so I could brag about it in this thread but I totally blanked. What didn't work were suicks, glide baits, various bucktails and cranks. The lake level has dropped enough to drive around the landing loop but the entire ramp is still under water.

Lon, it is very believable, no need for proof. From my limited experience rite now is the best time to target trophey walleye in Bankson (and Cedar and Fish and Gravel). During this time of the year walleye push and hold baitfish up against steep drops. Trolling along those drops with larger deep di...

Ok, truth.... A couple years ago a boated 18 muskies in Bankson, with 3 between 40" and 44", all the rest were mid-30"s. The lake is chock full of walleye that are REALLY hard to pattern. And because there's a decent population of big walleye, it is possible to find roving pods of really big perch. ...

Dale, I appreciate yer PM. We be cool.

I joke about guns in the boat but the truth is that one of my life goals is to die without being convicted of a felony. Or at least retire without a felony.

Wish me well!

Nope, no fish at all in Bankson. All killed off by wild-eyed locals. I shot a few fish myself, drunk on the water at 3:00am with a Q-Beam and a Ruger 22/45 target pistol. And there's no population of totally unpressured monster walleye in the lake, either, by the way.

If he doesn't have much experience casting for muskies you might consider loading the reel with heavy mono as opposed to the MUCH more expensive superlines like PowerPro. Recall that the less line on the spool the faster it spins as you cast, and the faster the spin the more prone to backlashes. The...

Jason, you show that your hunches, based on smarts and experience, are a shortcut to moving fish.

All of a sudden I can visualize an equation to describe how to change baits on fresh water in an organized manner. Tree diagram would be the initial model. Then identify and measure the variables. Plug the data into a multi-variate linear regression application. The model would suggest which variabl...

Let the fish determine the size of the lure you use regardless of the size of the water.

Congrads. Kids are great. Hope you don't get a [smilie=ballchain.gif] teenager. All mine went wild.

First time my nipples got hard in quite a while. Excellent fish, man.