nice fish back at you, like the glare of the fish looks like its blowing off some steam..lol. got mine down 7ft over 12ft water trollin also. i got run off water about noon by hot..hot.hot..sun and about 150 pleasure boaters. dont know when ill get back out my son has major back surgery tues so prob be sittin in hospital every nite for awhile, so glad i ended on a good fish before havin to take a little time off.

thanks apprecieate it...... not too much night fishin my wife is a prison gaurd and works afternoon shift so im usually at home with my son he s in wheelchair so cant be left alone...but im plannin on gettin some night fishin in this summer.

Nice ski avid angler pretty fish fished fished 4 evenings this week without a follow did have one hook up trolling Friday. Pleasure boaters show no respect where i fish. i fish out of a 16 foot jon boat not the best for the mon they won't even slow down makes me f*ck*n mad 

I don't know about you but everytime a boat passes me I have to face the wake to keep from rolling no common sense those pleasure boaters have I tell ya

Yeah thats definitely the best thing to do. Always great to see them swim off strong and give you the tail wave goodbye. I've thought about doing the video thing but haven't got around to it. I fish alone often and if no ones around i dont even get pics cause my camera always manages to screw me with the self timer setting. I have plenty of photos with fish half way out of the net or me reaching into the net. I need to invest in a new camera soon cause mines on its last legs, gonna look for one thats not to expensive and one with a good selftimer setting.

I wish your son well with his operation.

Gool luck to your son on his operation, and hope for a speedy recovery!!

I wish your son well on his operation. You deserve a 50" with all the stuff you are going through. My prayers are with you guys.

Trolling would be your best bet fish that are being caught trolling are being caught trolling 4.5 to 5.5 mph what river are you planning to fish?

Trolling is a good way to cover lots of water quick you can always go back and cast a spot that looks good trolling allows you to learn a new area fast and I like to troll first then cast later on new water that way I don't waste time trying to figure out where good structures are

If you r going to fish for walleyes and smallies too I would fish for them during mid day I personally don't fish for other species when I'm planning on musky fishing cause I once put down my musky rod to fish for bass and had a mid 40 follow my rapala in boy was I mad from that day on I only take the musky rods. Good luck

ORIGINAL: avidangler

Great fish musky maniac!! Looks to be a real healthy fish! Fished yesterday at the Moraine Musky Outing....56 guys managed to pull a skunk with not one musky landed during the outing.. Hit the river this afternoon with a buddy from Ellwood.. Managed a 35" trolling a legend perchbait deep over 26 feet of water. Only hit we had, got pushed off the water by the pop up storms and lightning...Had a good week, this is #4 in the boat since last sunday all in 20hrs of fishing. Wish it happened like that more often..
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ORIGINAL: Eyescrazy

My brothers and I fixed up our 14' starcraft just to start fishing the rivers more. We always left our boat up at Pymatuning to fish there, Erie, Tamarack, Woodcock, ect. I see alot of you gents are solid regulars when it comes to Esox on the rivers. Not looking for a hot spot, but if someone could just lead me in the right direction on river muskies. Trolling, casting.... I assume looking for ambush points is the same? I was planning on going up to Lock 3 this weekend for walleye and smallies, but wanted to spend a solid half day for muskies. Any info welcome. Thanks in advance!

I'll give advice on lures and colors for the allegheny. Keep your colors bright with some contrast, firetigers, chartruese and black, orange and black and jailbird. I run some natural colors later in the season but typically bright is where its at this time of year with the visibility. If your gonna cast, burn the blades and make good figure 8s at the boat, i hook more fish boatside on blades then i do on the initial retrieve. If they aren't moving on blades throw jerkbaits and work them fast too. Leos are my favorite but reef hawgs and suicks catch fish too. If you got some bulldawgs i wouldnt be afraid to let them fly either. Towards evening throw prop topwater baits on a medium fast retrieve. Like MUSKYJUNKY said if your unfamiliar with the area and structure trolling would be more likely to put fish in the boat just try to find some decent structure or good bait pods and work them over, hang one lure high and put one down low too. Good luck!

That's great to hear MM! 

Thats awesome to hear! Hope he has a speedy recovery!