Also very weird they spawn this late.. like i know how pike usually spawns in februari/march (that s because their offspring needs to be big enough in april/may to eat the offspring of other fish species.. thats why pike is so succesfull.. (id imagine a normal musky would also spawn a lot earlier..cause they are related and stuff).. also pike usually spawns in the weeds/near shore... they dont spawn in gravel like a trout would..

@@larsvegas1505 ya musky are a warmer water fish than their pike cousins so they spawn later but this was still late according to local people I talked to

@@absoluteunitmedia it was so late because of how late the snow actually did mely

Muskies are man made and sterile they dont mate

@@codysmith8723 they aren’t man made and yes they do mate

Thank you

Ha! It’s a musky pond. Next week’s video we’ll be catching trout with corn at a trout farm!

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Thanks bro! Gonna get some fish on that slopmaster soon!

Thanks brother 👌

Thank you ! Will do!

Thanks Paul!

Me neither

They are spawning he shouldn’t be fishing for them

@@ncaa12cfb92 are there no rules or regulations for this kind of fish or is he breaking the law 🤔🚬

The fishing police are out, the guy literally put them back there fine

Thanks brother much appreciated

Thank you !

That’s awesome man. 45 inches is a hell of a fish especially for your first one!!! Thanks for watching

@@absoluteunitmedia lol ya,thanks. Caught it on a figure 8 five minutes into fishing.🤷 better to be lucky than good haha

Thanks! I would say they should get more aggressive. The ones who are actively spawning won’t eat. But it’s more a day to day thing. Musky and pike tend to be most aggressive on overcast days with some wind/drizzle ….usually

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Thank you!

nope

@@adamsmith3996 lmao u think u know anything. I also live near here and have fished here many times. Never seen a single egg or baby musky.

Nope

@@whateverbro9955 your just mad

So ot's a musky zoo?

I did not cast to any paired fish. They don’t all spawn at once there and were some clearly fish that were not spawning. Anyway I’m not going back there for a while--both because of what you’re saying but also because I figure the fishing is worse with a significant percentage of fish not actively eating.

You sorta remind me of this nosey prick who ran about 200 yards down the bank at shelbyville screaming 48 inches cause my buddy caught one 😂

@@absoluteunitmedia sono una wwwwwwwwßww

oh do you guys allow fishing when it's mating time?In Europe its not allowed to fish or catch Predators in May. In this Time they just defending. I hope you think on this words

@@noobstar5613 the spawning musky do not defend because they don't bed. They just lay their eggs and leave, just like pike.

Thank you I appreciate it. For my musky rods/lures yes. I used to use 130 fluoro but switched to steel mainly because I use a lot of jerk baits and glide baits - they get better action for me on steel and the jerkbaits will dive deeper. Also they seem to foul (catch the front treble on the leader) more if I use fluoro.

Thanks!

Thanks! I am a fan of his but I also so many other channels so I’m actually not sure what you’re referring to 😂….it all blends together

Around 3:19 your friend says the name of your channel something that ty pigpatrol likes to say "Absolute unit"........

Thanks!

Thanks!

Thank you and best of luck 🤞

Thanks!

Shoot fire I got some that are 18 inch long

Thanks bro much appreciated

Casting was Shimano tranx 400 hg and st Croix mojo musky 8 ft heavy fast. Spinning was Shimano sustain 4000 with a st Croix avid inshore 7’6” medium heavy fast. 100 lb and 30 lb Cortland master braid, respectively

Interesting…all the people I talked to said they’ve been doin it for a couple weeks and thought they’d be done. I guess that’s still late though, as you said

@@absoluteunitmedia Yeah I'm in southwest PA and usually I observe spawning activity from mid April to early May. For them to still be spawning in the middle of May seems late.

Me neither!!!

Thanks 🙏 Spinning rod was st croix avid inshore 7’6” MH, fast with a 4000 Shimano sustain with 30 lb line. Musky rod was mojo musky 8’ heavy with Shimano curado 300EJ, 80 lb line

Thanks brother. I was throwing a mojo musky rod for the glider . 8 ft heavy power fast action

I appreciate that!! I’m not naming particular spots on here but if you’re local you can go to go to fishandboat.com and see what water bodies around you have muskies - sometimes the smaller creeks aren’t listed but if they’re connected to larger water bodies with muskies then they may be worth a shot

@kenanthony7361 I’ll give you a better response. If you are fishing small creeks try to find anywhere there is a waterfall. They tend to hangout right underneath them. Or if you find a place where a lot of rocks are in the water where it is super shallow and then opens up I’d fish the front of those rocks where the water is rolling off. The creek I fish has a huge waterfall with a decent size pool before it hits the “rock road” as I like to call it. The rocks have a bunch of holes where the musky hangout at. Also don’t underestimate a good glidebait. Save yourself some money and buy the xps bass glidebait. Don’t get the musky one. The bass glidebait catch just as many musky and it’s cheaper! Also a medussa mini has been a big part of my arsenal. If you want to find musky use google/google maps. First look up what waterways your area has that has them. Then you’ll want to go to google maps, find the lake, and follow any creeks that come out of it. Some of my best spots have came from using this tactic! Best of luck!

Haha good idea I’ll see what I can do

Alarm and coffee. It’s worth it morning bites are great plus way less people

@@absoluteunitmedia ok thanks coffee won’t work though,im not old enough to drink coffee apparently says my parents

Just wake up and go. You don’t really want to go fishing if you can’t wake up to go. I get up at 4:00 am and jump out of bed like a kid on Christmas morning to go fishing. You just aren’t excited enough to go

Not really no…..you will lose a lot of lures/hooks because of their teeth and the pike will swim away with your hooks in its face. You should use some kind of leader to prevent bite offs. For light tackle I use 80 lb fluorocarbon…about 10 inches. Then if use 20 lb braided line as the main line

I run 30lb braid and haven’t had a break off for pike, no leader

over kill 20 pound line tops with steel leader. you can catch anything on 8lb test if your patient and you wear the hell out of the fish

Just use a light steel leader or 50-80 Fluor leader

@@brandenschoeberl7615 from what I've heard this cab be detrimental to large fish like musky. They can die from exhaustion if you work them too long with light tackle. I've never caught one or fished for them, but it makes sense. That being said I love bass fishing with my ultralight on 4lb test.

I’m pretty far from there but I hear the Susquehanna has a good musky fishery. Never been there personally

@@absoluteunitmedia yeah havent fished there either but I've only fished the river behind my grandma's house by the old turn pike post office where the bypass now is but I can say the trout fishing is off the hook for sure but if I'm not mistaken it's the snake river that runs off the river I fish when I go to my grandma's

@@absoluteunitmedia very cool swim bait color great video

Nah they'll spawn anywhere from 48-62 degrees and there's probably even more outliers

I’ve seen them spawn before it even hit 50 degrees. It’s not an exact science. Don’t believe everything you read

That’s awesome keep at it you’ll get one

Ya i sight casted to a couple individuals that were alone with the swim bait before going back to the glider and then just leaving. Didnt expect them to still be spawning but I thought it was pretty cool so I just filmed them. I didn’t try it but I’m pretty damn sure those paired fish will not bite/eat anything in that state.

@@absoluteunitmedia what works pretty good for the individual fish is using a bass skirted jig on the bottom. Bounce it right in there face and can captilze much more on em. Try it out

@@jheiny1231 nice I"ll try it some time, thanks

Thanks 🙏

On my musky rod is 100 lb braided line and 175 lb 49 strand steel leader I make myself. The spinning has 30 lb braid and an 80 lb flourocarbon leader

Rightttt

A coho,walleye and musky,,,,a kowalsky !

Thank you! I’m in Western Pennsylvania but I don’t name exact water bodies on here hope you understand

Thank you! Yes they can form hybrids as well

This is Pennsylvania….but it was weird to see, definitely not expected

So that was given to me years ago by a Canadian guide named Tyler Perry who said his friend made it….I have no idea if it is “the” famous DK

Thanks I appreciate it. Sorry but I’ve chosen not to give away spots on these public videos I hope you understand.

@@absoluteunitmedia gosh darn it ok well you have earned your self a new subscriber

Wva Burnsville dam !pretty stumpy but excellent musky / wva stone coal reservoir lake 9.9hp excellent musky / buckhannon river in the middle of town catch an release excellent / stonewall Jackson lake put in at vandailia ramp excellent musky / in Kentucky, cave run lake big big excellent musky

It’s year round here

Shimano sustain 4000 with 7’6” Medium Heavy st croix avid inshore rod. Unnecessarily nice I actually got the reel discounted because it’s a little stiff. 30 lb braid and 80 lb fluoro leader btw

They aren’t that far south

I believe many creeks throughout Appalachia all the way down through Tennessee have this

@@absoluteunitmedia Nice, there are good muskie populations in some lakes and rivers where I’m from, but not tiny creeks like this. That’s so cool, can’t get over it lmao.

Man most creeks like that in ky have fish like that I fish more in places like that than I do in lakes

Every creek that flows into the Ohio River

Yes that comment about every creek that flows to the Ohio river they get stocked with the left over muskies that the hatchery don't sale sometimes it's not many no but they get stocked but I enjoy fishing Kenny tygarts and booth lil and big sandy but we tygarts and Kenny I fish the most I normally put in a mile down from the Ohio river and I use the trolling motor on my bass tracker and head like I'm trying to get to the Ohio my old lady got ahold of one out in the Ohio last year it was a 45 plus fish a wall hanger it was so fat

PA

You don’t ask another fishermen where they fish. That’s like asking a woman her weight. You have lots of growing up to do. Your dad should’ve taught you that

Thanks! My friend makes and sent me all the music I use. He has a SoundCloud here: soundcloud.app.goo.gl/jdgG9LpYchwTxMgk7

Nice. I wonder how long they go for

@@absoluteunitmedia no idea , I would’ve thought it was over already.

Thanks! It’s my friend’s music….his sound cloud link m.soundcloud.com/me_j

And also with you

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Pennsylvania

The spinning reel? Sustain 4000

Did you find it

@@spoils2873 not yet

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Ya I don’t think they will. I think the one that followed and the one that ate weren’t spawning

Not those

I think mainly because they are so prized as a game fish that no one wants to kill one. Especially a big one. Also probably a lot of mercury in a big/old one

@@absoluteunitmedia Well I have a tip for all big fish lovers. You bake the monster and then you peel off the skin. Along the lateral line between the top half and the bottom half, you will see alot of grey or silver or brown "stuff". That is like the fishes liver. It holds every toxin and poison. Mercury, lead, toxins cannot enter the fishes actual flesh. Scoop out the gunk and anything any size is good to eat. Didn't know that did you. I learned the trick from someone long ago. Then a book and now google.

@@absoluteunitmedia Not to say I don't catch and release alot of the time. Just rarely trout. They do just fine.

No it’s a musky