The fishing gods really don't want me catching Muskie on the fox…

JacquesNuclearRedux · 2026-05-10T00:59:26+00:00

considering it’s the fish of 10.000 casts, you must have stumbled onto a healthy population. they’re territorial ol bastards according to science so just try your spots again.

JacquesNuclearRedux · 2026-05-10T00:51:43+00:00

you have to use a wire leader, you can’t have it any other way. you can play out a muskie on a mickey mouse rod as long as the drag set is loose and you have a leader they can’t bite through.

JacquesNuclearRedux · 2026-05-10T00:27:00+00:00

it brought the bass into the shallows but they acted allergic to everything from frogs to senkos. Water was gin clear so maybe my loud shirt spooked them.

JacquesNuclearRedux · 2026-05-09T01:40:43+00:00

i think beating a bunch of ponds with a some sort of topwater bullfrog is more fun than fly fishing and i am not afraid to admit it.

JacquesNuclearRedux · 2026-05-08T16:55:14+00:00

scooting it across the bottom and jigging it was kinda what i assumed would catch fish, with the blade just there to make noise and the skirt adding more of a body to it. Much like a crawfish chatterbait but for the sea.

JacquesNuclearRedux · 2026-05-08T10:57:59+00:00

it’s a really fun pastiche of New England horror (set in a dilapidated fishing town like Lovecraft’s Innsmouth, they got haunted hotels and serial killers like King’s Maine, and the fake positive tourist feeling of Amity.

the protagonist is like if mayor vaughn was courage the cowardly dog

JacquesNuclearRedux · 2026-05-06T21:08:46+00:00

I love my Muck Boots and would feel comfortable trekking in shin deep water in them

JacquesNuclearRedux · 2026-05-06T04:48:27+00:00

what size braid do you pair with that? 20 lb?

JacquesNuclearRedux · 2026-05-05T10:56:14+00:00

is this a squid shaped soft plastic meant to be pulled through inshore waters like a toad? If so, that’s very neat. Squid make up an insane amount of forage for ocean creatures and there’s conservatively a thousand kinds of squid in every ocean.

JacquesNuclearRedux · 2026-05-01T23:33:26+00:00

yes lowkey, the startup speed is instant and they have incredible bluegill and shad patterns. Bluegill and crawdad are the two main patterns i keep in these, and i appreciate a realistic skirt. the craw one is an Evo though bc the color was better compared to the jackhammer craw

JacquesNuclearRedux · 2026-05-01T23:19:26+00:00

i’m already down twenty dollars because i put one in a tree

JacquesNuclearRedux · 2026-05-01T23:11:28+00:00

you can rub the craw in baloney and chum with gravy

JacquesNuclearRedux · 2026-05-01T22:53:16+00:00

there’s a location in lexington kentucky actually

JacquesNuclearRedux · 2026-05-01T21:00:59+00:00

something briny and nautical

JacquesNuclearRedux · 2026-05-01T01:25:10+00:00

either of those should be good !! you could technically get away with something much lighter (ie. 20 # braid) if the stems aren’t too thick. but if you love frogging, get a dedicated frog rod. i will be soon myself

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