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Great just spooled up the 50LB braid and packed up the poles, hope I dont let you guys down! 4AM will be on the lake cant wait.

That large black and white/silver Rapala, and those pikie minnows in the bottom tray would work, but I would say you need to take trip to the shop. Easiest bait to catch a musky on for beginners is a large bucktail spinner for casting. You will need invest in some heavier equipment if you get into trolling large plugs.

thanks! what size am I looking for?

Anything in here look good to cast or troll? My deceased father in laws epic stash! Seems he has 2 or 3 of everything.

Thanks for the locations to try guys Im really excited to try again! Thanks a million will update with some fish and smiling faces this weekend!

I mean worst case scenario If we fail again I end up booking a Mostly Muskies Charters tour for the day with my wife and old man to learn how to do it right!

This past weekend the muskies inc tournament guys caught close to 30 muskies in 11 to 16 ft of water. Most of the fish were under 35" and biggest was 42".Dr Dave caught 4 smaller muskies there as well,short lining Wiley 5 1/2" jtd crankbaits 30 ft from the boat at 4.0 mph.He was working from 11ft weed edge to 16 ft and back.

The muskies up north are still suspended down 25 ft over mostly 35 ft of water from Prendergast Point to just behind the 50 ft hole by the bell tower.Your offering you showed pictured will work there, just go to 25 ft of water and find out the exact amount of line to have out to touch bottom at 4 mph.If not using a linecounter reel count the number of level wind paw passes accross the reel as you reel in.I'll be on Chautauqua Lake this weekend give me a call and I can give you an update 716-432-0198

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thanks! I appreciate it!

We usually put in at mayville, and will try the area you suggested for sure. Im now worried about size I just want my wife and dad to have some fun pulling some fish into the boat instead of just getting a sunburn

So trolling that area about how far off shore would you suggest or does that not matter as long as the depth is right?

My wife's father passed away when she was young but he was really into fishing and had a ton of gear, I will take some pictures to see if he had anything you would suggest lure wise.

Any spots that you can suggest for casting if the crew gets sick of trolling in the north?

The plan is to head out at 4am saturday and fish all day, weekend cant come fast enough. Thanks again

Heading back to chautauqua this weekend for the 4th weekend in a row and going fishing again as well as just enjoying being out on the lake and not in the office.

But I need some help. I will admit it, in the 40 or so hours I have been fishing in Chautauqua the last couple weekends I have yet to even get a knock on my bait...

I must be doing something wrong. I looked up a map of the depths and have been fishing the depressions and around them etc. Fished the bell tower, long point, prendergast point and still nothing at all. Tried Various lures, dare devil red and white spoons, husky jerk rapala, even gave up and went for small fish with worms and still not a one. We tried a bit of trolling around the center of the lake using a large spoon and a large 6" husky jerk at a depth of around 15-20f or so but after a couple hours we quit. I am used to small lake bass fishing and have done fairly well with small mouth on erie but I cant even manage a bite on chautauqua.

We used a trolling setup similar to this

Any tips? Any ideas at all? I figure cast fishing is out of the question with the water temp right? We want to be deep deep for muskie/pike? Thanks alot!