ive been fishin arthur alot this yr. seems to be good bit of 50in skies caught this spring there. talked to a fellow that caught a 44 close to us, he said he just released a 53incher earlier that day and a 52 day before. noticed he was pullin wileys which is somethin i didnt have in my tackle. so decided to get online and get a few browesed through pics on site seen ur pic. nice fish by the way looks like a river fish to me color wise. arthur skies seem to be more of a darker color, so was wondering which one a river or lake fish?

The fish in my avatar is a lake fish, wish i could say i caught it from the river but i didn't. It was 49" with 27.5" girth caught trolling a 5.5" firetiger jtd wiley. Wiley cranks are just about as good as they get for trolling crankbaits, they put alot of fish in the boat for guys all across the US and Canada and run extrememly well under high speeds. Leos and Legend perchbaits are nice baits too and made locally. I cast more then i troll especially in the river.

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Congrats! Thats a hell of a river fish! No never fished the mon, i primarily fish the allegheny and hit a few lakes, keystone, pymy and arthur. Need to further my horizons a little more but it keeps me busy. What kind of speed did she hit on the beleiver? I've owned a few but never had much luck with them, i know guys say they love pulling them fast. I own a few 8" Jakes but couldnt get them to run much over 3mph before they started pulling to the surface. I like 9" grandmas too, they seem to run well and dig good even on a short line.

youghguide?whos that and where is he from?

the mon river especially the 2 pools i fish are deep mostly 25 or 30ft and act more like a resivour in the summer when not much rain, i do good trolling deeper with ernies and jakes down 10 to 15ft. allways some fish in the weeds. usually 5mph through summer . thats about where im at now startin that deeper run. been runnin 5ft down 5mph along weed edges, but water temps in mid 80s right now which is way early for those temps gotta think the bigger girls are deeper throughout the day. hoping to get out tomorrow and see what i can do might have to get my neighbor to go with me so i can run 4 lines.

Got a 25" this evening and lost one that left 2 of its teeth in my leo jerk..never saw it. Raised two more upper 30s fish. One of them nights and the full moons still a few days off.

attempting my real first time at targeting musky on the mon this weekend i think. going to be fishing elizabeth to charleroi pool(http://www.pagameandfish.com/fishing/muskies-pike-fishing/PA_0706_02/index2.html - page 3), and will most likely be trying to find and cast trib areas and other structure. What are everyones suggestions? I will most likely be throwing a double 10, hellhound, and mini-medussa. And if trolling, I'll be pulling a jake or grandma.

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attempting my real first time at targeting musky on the mon this weekend i think. going to be fishing elizabeth to charleroi pool(http://www.pagameandfish.com/fishing/muskies-pike-fishing/PA_0706_02/index2.html - page 3), and will most likely be trying to find and cast trib areas and other structure. What are everyones suggestions? I will most likely be throwing a double 10, hellhound, and mini-medussa. And if trolling, I'll be pulling a jake or grandma.

Find the best looking weeds and cast the edges thouroughly multiple times throughout the day. Not sure about the water color in the mon but i'm guessing its close to the lower alleghenys color so i would stick to bright chartruese or oranges as they are my go to colors 90% of the time on the river no matter what the light conditions are. Troll deep cause if they ain't tucked on weed edges or wood their most likely gonna be deep with water in the high 70s. I get most of my fish late afternoon and evening this time of year... Good luck!

i fish mon regularly....water temps right now 84 degrees....first thing first hope u are equipped for musky,such as large tangleproof net,suffient rod and line to get it in quickly and tools for quick hook removal cause it is necessary to release them quickly as possible withn temps this high....dont want to see anymore dead mishandled muskys floatin... avidangler gave good advice lots of weeds on mon right now. i would target weeds that drop off into deep water.. except early mornings and evenings they are deep...tribs are good but would check out from tribs for suspended baitfish instead of in the tribs water very warm. i mainly troll best thing to do is look for balls of baitfish and whatever depth they are thats where my lure will be, right now seeing baitfish 7 to 10ft down so a good suggestion would be one lure 7ft one lure 10ft and dont be afraid to troll right down mid river everyone trolls edges when they suspend in middle alot. hopefully that gives u a starting point..

you should try the place ur uncle has on the river

hey tiller where is pigeon lake? heard of it never been there. some of my friends are on there way to st clair now with todd leopardi they been gettin 30 skies a weekend last week got 6 over 50. must be nice to go to places like that.

Musky maniac, Pigeon Lake is in Ontario about three hours east of Toronto.

got this 48 inch this morning

GREAT FISH- CONGRATS!

thanks tiller...again a place i cannot go too..im a mailman and have handicapped son hard for me to go off far and for longer than a day or two.