Got lots of excellent advice and I did learn to to throw large chunks of wood a good distance with a baitcaster. They make a terrific splash.
The water temp was over 60 degrees...this is October man... The fish where still following summer feeding patterns. All of our hits were in the morning or evening. Thing is, the few fish we did catch were not in there typical locations. Pike were out of the weeds and on the points. Muskies were no where to be seen. Caught 0 muskie and a couple of small bass and pike.
Major lesson learned? If you're fishing for Muskie, fish with someone who has a similar goal and put the time in. My cousin thought we should switch locations, lures, you name it we tried it...but in the end...we should have just put time in our target areas. No time, no results.
Good try old man...
