Is anyone still using fluorocarbon leaders?  Do you think muskies are leader shy?  They don’t seem to mind the three 7/0 hooks on my Perchbaits and Believers or the 9/0's on my Plows.  You are only kidding yourself if you think a musky can’t bite through fluorocarbon.  Don’t leave a lure imbedded in a musky.  Please use single strand stainless steel leaders.    Do you think they won’t hit a lure with a steel leader?  I’ve had them follow my propeller while the boat moved forward with the…

A friend and I headed to a Lake Ontario trib. after work. We had heard that there were a decent amount of steelies in.

We arrived and found the creek high and Lightly stained. We hit some known hot spots, and found we could indeed see fish. I worked a gravel section, and Joe was working just above me to some rather sizable dark shadows. We were going through our fly boxes, trying to find the answer. After about an hour, I caught a 3lb male on a #10 hare's ear. 

Joe's drift was…

The last newsletter bled into the banquet brochure and the brochure bled into the meeting and the meeting bled into the show and the show bled into welcoming new members and I still haven’t started April’s newsletter and the Web site always needs work.  Today I didn’t care.  Today is the first day in weeks I haven’t spent the majority my day working on “musky stuff.”  I’m feeling a little guilty because of this, so I thought I’d post a blog.  I have a ton of things that need to get done; I…

I had the pleasure of spending the day with Mark Wozniak, and Pooner this evening, at the Erie County Sport & Travel Expo. Frank Stachowiak, Dayton Kane, Larry Jones and Bob Hey all hung out around the booth as well. The problem with that is that we stop talking to the masses and spend our time telling stories. Oh well. It’s a problem I would rather have.

We signed up three new members, two of whom were members in the past. The brand spanking new member already has a pair of…