Your smallest muski

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What is the smallest muski you've caught?

Between 40-50 inches
3
6%
Between 30-39 inches
12
24%
Between 20-29 inches
16
31%
Between 10-19 inches
11
22%
9 inches or less
9
18%
 
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My smallest was about 22 inches, also a tiger....on the Head Pond...years ago...

It is a good question though!

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Well believe it or not......The pic that Hawg posted I have actually got 2 smaller than that :shock: 1st was jigin for eyes in the spring about 7yrs ago when I got what I thought was the smallest northern, but nope :shock: It was only 8" long :? The same year later on towards Sept on a different body of water I was twitching a shad rap and from behind a rock came a muskie that was only a teeny 10" long :shock: Both fish hit with total aggresion and could imagine the power they would posses today :D

And my biggest being 51 3/4" Also while jigging for eyes.

Many moons ago and no pics layin around of em, but I think back over it and would love to have the shots now :cry:

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Post by Northern King »

I've caught one musky ever in my life and it was about 20" long and very skinny and it actually hit a huge blue fox firetiger musky buck.
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My smallest Musky was in the mid 30's.

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22 for me
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:) My smallest was about 26 inches.

I picked him up while trolling for Pickerel in the north-west corner of Lake Scugog a few miles north of Port Perry. I caught him in the middle of a really hot day over a featureless, flat organic matter laden bottom.

Go figure!

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Post by baz fish »

My smallest muskie was 24 " and was my first muskie ever and my biggest one was 30" both of them where caught in Wendover earlier this year. These are the only muskies I caught so far.
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Post by Muskiemagnet »

My smallest is about 25". I think you don't see many small Muskie is because they have one of the fastest groth rates of all fish during thier first two years. A Muskie that is hatched in June can be 24" and a few pounds by September.
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Post by Relic »

Caught 2 one year about 6-7" long on a 6" fishing bass on the opener. Also had a buddy catch one last year 14" on a 13" bobbie bait. Who says big baits=big fish :wink:
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Well I've only fished for them once and on Saturday, 37" was the smallest
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Post by Weeder »

Great question Markus. They have to be little before they get big, but nobody talks about the little ones. My smallest was a bout 19 ". I went to set the hook , thinking it was a big one, and pulled him/her out of the water, over my head and back into the water on the other side of the boat. No picture - sorry, too small - but lots of laughs!
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Post by Wall-I-Guy »

Couldn't remember the smallest I've caught, around 20" I'd say. I have had a fellow in my boat catch like a 14"....I couldn't believe it when I saw it.

I had much the same thought going through my noggin as MArkus mentioned. Why aren't there more of these little guys around :?: :roll:
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Post by Tony »

I agree with MM. Although I have no proof, but they grow really fast and I would imagine that the 30-36" are only 2-3 years old. I'm sure there is solid evidence out there as to exactly how fast they grow. Another factor could be the low survival rate after the spawn. Pike spawn first and are big enough to feed on the muskie fry when they hatch. So with so few little ones surviving, and the fact that they don't stay small for long, the chances of finding one would be lower. I might be reaching but makes some sense. :?
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Post by DV_8 »

Last summer my son caught what we thought was a small muskie. :? But now I think it was maybe a pike or a hybrid muskie. Can anyone tell by the pic :?:

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Post by SkeeterJohn »

My smallest was while out on the head pond with RJ. It measured about 14" and took a 2oz bucktalk spinner trolled at about 4.5mph :shock:
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