Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers wrote:

***Figure 8's in the water at the end of each cast is standard to a
muskie hunter's arsenal of tricks. Many times you won't be aware of
a following muskie or pike and it will seemingly come from nowhere
and strike the lure. It's fairly exciting to have a 3 foot or longer
fish strike your lure with 8 inches of line from the end of the rod
tip.

so, you usually have your reel friction opened?

And I'll take advantage to ask you a suggestion.
I'm planning to fish small live fishes like rock basses and bluegals
(?) to use them as bait for pikes. is it a good idea?

***It can be a great idea but you'd have to check the regulations for
the state of Illinois.

in Italy there are no limitations, so I didn't imagine there could be
here.

I use a green 30lb Spiderwire Original braided (thick as a 6lb),
pikes are used to care at them?

***I typically use 50 pound PowerPro when fishing pike and muskies.
It's very tough stuff and resists bite-offs better than 30 pound
Spiderwire. If you're going to consistently fish for muskie and
pike, you might want to consider getting some 50 pound or stronger
leaders made of SevenStrand leader material.

ok, I have the 50lb Spiderwire, I'll use for muskie fishing.
I don't know PowerPro, is better?
did you compared PowerPro and Spiderwire having the same strenght? (50lb
for example)
I don't know SevenStrand either, is braided or steel wire?

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ciao
Vittorix