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<blockquote data-quote="choupique" data-source="post: 4469395" data-attributes="member: 14574"><p>Doskil gave you some good advice. You might also want a big net with a deep bag. Also keep in mind that we're the southern edge of their range for a reason -- they're at the upper edge of their temperature tolerance. If you fight them in hot water, it's very easy to unintentionally kill them from lactic acid buildup, and with the 50" limit that means you likely waste a fish. Water temperatures on most of our streams peak in the mid-afternoons and stay hot well into the evening. If you target muskies, do it in the morning and switch to smallmouth in the afternoon -- or if it's over the mid-70s, maybe leave the muskies alone until things cool down in a month or two.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="choupique, post: 4469395, member: 14574"] Doskil gave you some good advice. You might also want a big net with a deep bag. Also keep in mind that we're the southern edge of their range for a reason -- they're at the upper edge of their temperature tolerance. If you fight them in hot water, it's very easy to unintentionally kill them from lactic acid buildup, and with the 50" limit that means you likely waste a fish. Water temperatures on most of our streams peak in the mid-afternoons and stay hot well into the evening. If you target muskies, do it in the morning and switch to smallmouth in the afternoon -- or if it's over the mid-70s, maybe leave the muskies alone until things cool down in a month or two. [/QUOTE]
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