new ball game. As you master the skills in landing good size Muskie, you can get more enjoyment out of going to lighter weight lure which means lighter rod and reel combinations. Using lures under three quarters of an ounce, you can go to medium weight rod and reel using lines to ten pound test. This way you can fish all day casting and not feel you are working but enjoying your Muskie fishing. If you desire to go ultra light in Muskie then figure you are ready for super fun in Muskie fishing. The ultra light outfit will have to be with lines under eight pounds. Here you pick the extra light tip in the six foot rod. Pick the limberness of your rod tip by the weight line you use. The lighter the line the more limber the tip. And, it want to go Ultra Light and fish lures to five - eight ounces, pick a fast taper rod with limber tip. Fishing ultra light for Muskie requires a sport fisherman rather than a meat fisherman. At the off set you will be loosing a lot of Muskie until you develop better methods of landing your Muskie. You soon find out you don't force a Muskie no matter how big he is. You land him by outwitting his moves during the fight, taking advantage of his mistakes. Since he lived to this size, he will offer you few...Good Luck! In trolling, most rods are seven foot long with a stiff tip. Seems the guides require this of their rods, knowing they will be guiding novice fishermen nine out of ten times. This allows the guide to use the boat where the fisherman don't know how to land a Muskie. Guiding is done with level wind reels in light Salt water class. Lines are usually mono 20 to 30 pound test. Hardly the way to get any real enjoyment in trolling. The guides found over the years this was the best way of eliminating novice fishermen mistakes.
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