Musky Rivers
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 10:41 am
Larry and Friends,
I recently spoke to Pete Maina at a trade show and the topic of our discussion was musky fishing without a boat. He pointed me in the direction of small rivers that I could possibly wade in to fish for muskies. That being said, I've investigated many rivers I would consider to be small and have found little luck so far. I live in the Green Bay, Wisconsin area but I am willing to travel.
My questions would be, what would you consider to be a good small river for musky? That is, is it trough shaped with deep edges or slowly sloped edges? Is it better for it to be rock, sand, gravel bottom? Is it better for it to be slow current with lots of stagnant water or fast current? Lastly, is there any way to know if musky will even be in the rivers before I begin to fish them? I know the DNR lists various rivers, but they are main rivers. If there are muskies in a large lake or large river, does there stand to be a good chance that there are some musky in the small tributaries of that main lake/river?
Any help on this matter would be great. I love musky fishing but don't have access to a boat, I'm willing to get dirty and travel through trees and brush to catch them though!
Thanks to all.
I recently spoke to Pete Maina at a trade show and the topic of our discussion was musky fishing without a boat. He pointed me in the direction of small rivers that I could possibly wade in to fish for muskies. That being said, I've investigated many rivers I would consider to be small and have found little luck so far. I live in the Green Bay, Wisconsin area but I am willing to travel.
My questions would be, what would you consider to be a good small river for musky? That is, is it trough shaped with deep edges or slowly sloped edges? Is it better for it to be rock, sand, gravel bottom? Is it better for it to be slow current with lots of stagnant water or fast current? Lastly, is there any way to know if musky will even be in the rivers before I begin to fish them? I know the DNR lists various rivers, but they are main rivers. If there are muskies in a large lake or large river, does there stand to be a good chance that there are some musky in the small tributaries of that main lake/river?
Any help on this matter would be great. I love musky fishing but don't have access to a boat, I'm willing to get dirty and travel through trees and brush to catch them though!
Thanks to all.