Musky Help....

[nathenpd]

Need some help picking out which lures to use....

Body of Water: Clear Fork Reservoir

Location: Central Ohio

Water Clearity: Clear ~ Stained

Primary Baitfish: Shad

Lures in my tackle box: Every SSR14 U.S. colors except shad, and hot tiger, Perch F-18, orange, and green mackeral Floating Magnum 18's, Glass Ghost, and Gold X-rap 14's, Firetiger, and Pike J-13's, Perch, Hotsteel, and Gold Jointed X-raps, And 1 black and red tandum blue fox bucktal, 1 single treble red and black Mepps Giant Killer, and a Northland Tackle firetiger bucktaill.

Which ones should I most deffenently try, or use first? Any help would be appreciated, I am leaving this Thursday...

[nathenpd]

Please? lol

[Jason]

I'd love to help you Nathen but I have no idea how to fish for musky . I say try them all

[wallcat]

This time of year fish are slowing down and with the cold front headed east should be tough fishing Thursday. I would try a slow to medium retrieve/troll around 1.5-2mph with slow wobbling large baits(to match the large prey at this time of the year). Probably avoid the jointeds and stick to blue or black baits unless its really overcast and then go to the firetiger. If you want to absolutely boat a fish you might have to go live bait. This time of the year, big bait (suckers, shines) under bobbers behind the boat being dragging with the electric motor in a zig zag patter along the outside weedline can be deadly. All I have. Good luck. Send pics.

wallcat

[nathenpd]

Hmm so would magnum 18's work right now?

[nathenpd]

Lol, i give up asking more questions, i'm leaving for Clear Fork in a few hours, I should be back saturday, or sunday morning, depending on the fishing, and i'll let you guys know how i did.

[wallcat]

Yeah Magnum 18's would be a good bet especially in muted colors.

Good luck.

[nathenpd]

Well i'm back, but with disapointed results. Fished 15 hours total, and only 1 bass, about a five pounder though... I was really hoping for a musky. I wounder if the cold front turned them off.

[Jason]

I fished in the pacific yesterday and it seemed to be pretty slow also . At least for the game fish any ways . We did get into some huge football field size balls of anchovy and small bait fish . That was fun we were throwing shad raps through them and all the mackeral , Smelt and big herring that were feeding on the chovies , were just going nuts over the shad raps . Nothing huge but pound for pound I think the Mackeral is one of the toughest fish I have ever caught . Even the small 6 - 8 inch one's were peeeling drag out .

That made up for the slow rock fish and salmon fishing .

[nathenpd]

So what size and colors of shad raps were you using? I might have to try em' for seatrout this febuary

[Jason]

We had only 3 colors with us . PW CLN and FT . They all worked . I think i could have thrown any color out and caught fish . It was pretty cool .