jlb66, have you been out for 'skis this year yet? I haven't been up north yet this summer, I don't even know if I'll pick up my rod until october for them. I used to put in long hours, sunup to sundown days, but anymore, I'd rather fish bass all summer and wait till it gets cold out for muskies. no people on the water and the fish bite like mad. In all my tens of thousands of casts, i've had follows, strikes, rolls, and never a 40" or bigger muskie caught on muskie tackle. in that same time frame, i've caught 2 legals on ultra tackle, both in the same year too. 40" and 45", both fishing smallmouth. weird fish muskies are.

slayer