Your smallest muski

[Markus]

I'm curious why more bass anglers don't hook up with smaller muskies?? I've never even seen a picture of a small muski...except wolfes, but that was a tiger.

Where do these fish hang out and why aren't more of them caught?

[Guest]

Markus,

I just looked through my Muskies Canada photo archive, and I found this picture, which is by far the smallest muskie I have ever seen:



HW

[M.T. Livewell]

36" is my smallest, and it was caught while bass fishing. In fact, all of my muskies were caught bass fishing. Kinda makes me wonder why I torture myself fall fishing.

Hmm, can't seem to catch any bass though.

MT

[Guest]

M.T. maybe you should fish for muskie, then you might catch some bass. Works for me.

HW

[Markus]

Why aren't more of these caught on the Rideau and Ottawa? You'd think that bass anglers bouncing tubes and twisters day in and day out would hook quite a few of these.

I know you see a lot of hammer handle pike. What's the difference in behavior?

[Guest]

Off topic, but if you want to read another interesting thread, check this out:

http://www.trentu.ca/muskie/biology/biol08.html

HW

[eye-tracker]

So far for me... a woooopping 0" muskie

BTW I have reeled in a few tail-less walleye thanks to muskie

[Markus]

ET...did you vote "less then 9 inches'!?

[Canadian Bacon]

36"...also my largest.............

[big-o]

Smallest was caught last year on the first Muskie outting....35" Tiger muskie, regular Muskie 36" caught the next weekend Topwater Caught a small one ...about 20 inches I think...put up a hell of a battle

[wolfe]

I've never even seen a picture of a small muski...except wolfes, but that was a tiger.

Thanks for reminding the entire board that my fish was a mini-muskie of 26". It packed a lot of power and thrills into its small frame, let me say!

My brother has lots of larger muskies to talk about, but he also got a tiger on Otisco that was around 19-20". My husband got a 27 incher this past Sept.

Good question, though, about where those junior muskies hang out & why it seems more aren't caught. Maybe they are and people just don't brag about them (unlike me).

Hawg Wobbler, didn't your sister catch her first muskie this summer; a good looking, but modest sized one? I think you posted a pic...(was it the same day your girlfriend got that KILLER HUGE one?)

W.

[Guest]

Wolfe,

My sister caught a 28" muskie that day. Don't worry, it's included in the poll.

HW

[BASSSTALKER]

I caught one that was 10 inces a few years ago at long Island. I was using a floating Rapela and just twitching it over weeds. cute little thing and hit the bait real hard.

I was also there a few weeks ago and I helped some guy net one that was under 20" .

BASSSTALKER

[Canadian Bacon]

Off topic, but if you want to read another interesting thread, check this out:

http://www.trentu.ca/muskie/biology/biol08.html

Wel....we just found a great reason to NOT skinny dip!!!

[Kingmann]

I caught one this year on the Ottawa River at Des Chenes Rapids that was about 10 -12 inches on a 3/8 oz spinner bait. I thought I had weeds until I felt these tiny little tugs. The kids liked it. Amazingly it had some impressive teeth for it's size.

JasonM