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Musky Seasonal Patterns
Track muskies through the seasons with timing, location, and technique strategies.
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Fall Musky: The Warmer Esocid
Musky and pike are routinely given the same seasonal advice, and the temperature data says they should not be. Musky prefer water roughly nine degrees warmer, which means autumn pulls them below their optimum earlier - and explains why the famous late-fall trophy season is slow, big, and low-percentage by nature.
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