need help on muskie fishing

[natef]

so i got into muskie fishing last year and been fishing quite a bit and getting stumped every time at newman lake so help on what parts of the lake to fish and what lures to use any advice would work guys thanks hope to get some good feed back

[Fish-N-Fool]

Hey Nate I'm no expert, but sense no one else has answered I will tell you what I got fish on and where last Saturday in the tournament. I hooked into 3 nice fish, I landed 1, lost one at the side of the boat, and missed the hookset on the biggest one of the day. We were fishing the cabbage just on the outside edge of the pads on both the N. and S, ends of the lake in about 6 to 10 ft of water. I was throwing the 168MM S-waver Bait that I had colored with sharpies to look like a perch because the company (River2Sea) doesn't make that color. The S-Waver is a great bait for Pike and I found out the Muskies like it too. I got this 36" at newman on Sat. and it was my first Tiger.




This is the bait I got all my bites on.



If you fish an S-Waver colored up like this one you will get bit. I used the light trout bait to make this. Some other baits I know work are husky jerks in Firetiger, bass or perch colors, big bucktail spinners like the Mepps Muskie killer and The Cowgirl spinners or almost any topwater bait when the fish are interested in topwater stuff. I like Buzzbaits for Pike and I'm sure the Tigers would like them too.

[natef]

Hey nice catch and thanks for the input also around what time did you catch your muskie and does time really matter also were did you pick up the lures

[natef]

Hey nice catch and thanks for the input also around what time did you catch your muskie and does time really matter also were did you pick up the lures

[Fish-N-Fool]

The tournament started at 7 AM and I had this fish in the boat by 7;35, The fish I lost at the side of the boat I hooked into at about 9AM, The biggest fish of the day that I flubbed the hookset on bit at about 11 AM, Had no bites after that.

Ax Tackle up N of the Y in Spokane carries River2Sea S-wavers. River2Sea is suppose to be bringing out new colors here soon like Baby bass ,Firetiger and Sunfish. I was hoping for a nice Perch pattern like the one I painted up, but no luck it sounds like. Guess I will just have to keep painting em up myself

[dougw]

Go to outletbaits.com. Pick up the Swimmin..' Joe 10" swimbait in perch color. They have smaller too.....

[dblood1974]

Overstockbait.com has the Swimmin' Joe at 20% off of the already low $7.99 right now as well.... here's a link

http://www.overstockbait.com/category_s ... =30&page=4

[dougw]

That was it. I had the name wrong..... I have bough a bunch of these, and can attest they do great.

[muskyhunter]

so i got into muskie fishing last year and been fishing quite a bit and getting stumped every time at newman lake so help on what parts of the lake to fish and what lures to use any advice would work guys thanks hope to get some good feed back

Heyah Nate,
Welcome to the musky world dude. What took you so long? lol.. Newman and Silver have some big muskies in them. Newman is good all over..fishing the lillys and the bays are a good place to start. But nothing teaches you more than just being on the water and learning the lake on your own sometimes is the best. The guys from Chapter 60 are very smart fishermen and women. And will help as much as they can..Mark K is a heck of a net man..i have heard..but again just get out there is the best advice I can tell you. See ya, Todd

[natef]

thanks guys def gona try out some of them lures and no kidding muskyhunter thinking thats the biggest prob so far just learning the lake and trying not to get discouraged but thanks for all the help and cant wait to get back out there

[Mark K]

Mark K is a heck of a net man..i have heard..

Unfortunately that is true. Been on the netting side of things much more than the catching. Nate, just stick with it. You'll get one!

[dougw]

nate and Mark, stick with it. You will get a fish eventually. Hopefully it is a memorable one, that will keep you hooked, so to speak. I talked with a guy at Walmart last night that caught his first out at Silver yesterday. In fact, he AND his wife caught tigers out there yesterday. He is so pumped, he will likely be at our meeting next Tuesday. You might try Silver. For whatever reason, it seems to still be hot. Newman will get there when the water warms a bit. Not sure why the difference in the two lakes, but Silver produces earlier, and cooler.

Nate, check your pm inbox later today.

[YJ Guide Service]

Water temp on Newman Yesterday was 73.0 degrees. Should be game on if it was like last year. Unfortunetly we didnt even see a fish all day. Did hear of a guy catching a 14" Tiger from under their dock on a hook and worm LOL...Newman you can pretty much catch a fish anywhere in that lake and seems like on just about anything you use for bass...

[dougw]

73 degrees!!! WOO HOO!!! Game on man! Time to start burning the buck-tails.

[natef]

yeah def not gona give up on musky fishing and any chance any of you guys will be out at newman this weekend and give me a quick scope of things i went out again today well to say getting tired of catching weeds lol

[dougw]

Nate,
I will be on Silver from about 11:30 till 4 tomorrow, if you wanted to head that way. Might hit Newman on Saturday, not sure.

[natef]

Unfortunately I can't tomorrow gone be working in priest lake but sat imgonna try to be at Newman 6 am- not sure yet lol

[Fish-N-Fool]

I fished Silver most of the day on Friday without any sign of a toothy critter, I did pick up a 2 lb. bass on a S-Waver and a 3" perch on a 4" crankbait lol. Here it is I thought it was funny so I took it's Pix



I didn't much like this lake. I think its a bait stealing, stump infested place if I ever saw one. I didn't have a lure retriever and lost about $50 in baits to all the submerged stumps. I saw Doug W. out there and he had no fish either. So I bagged it on Silver and went to Newman about 6PM. I didn't get any Muskies there either, but at least I had a nice fish fallow (+-38") on a S-Waver and got a nice bass on my floating mouse bait. I also got a hit on a old favorite crankbait that broke it in half!!!!!!! Not sure just what it was, I think it was a Tiger but only got back half a bait? Here is what I got back. I didn't know it was a balsa wood bait or I wouldn't have been throwing it.



Not so sure I want to fish Silver again. I wasn't impressed by it so much, even though most guys say it is a better
Muskie lake then Newman.

[dougw]

Picked up one fish after I saw you last F-N-F. Didn't boat her, but had her on for a bit. Saw 3 tigers on Newman today, and took 2 of the three. All that in a slow boat.

[Fish-N-Fool]

Picked up one fish after I saw you last F-N-F. Didn't boat her, but had her on for a bit. Saw 3 tigers on Newman today, and took 2 of the three. All that in a slow boat.

Was that a slow boat to China? You must be catchin Asian Carp. [lol]

My Muskie fishing is over for a while, as I'm saddled with kids for the next 2 weeks. :pale: But I do get to bass fish so it's not all bad