With the exception of a few times of year, if you want to catch a trophy musky you are going to have to learn to fished deep water; you're going to have to learn to fish for suspended musky; you're going to have to learn where and when to fish dark water; and you have to know when, where and how to fish the different times of the season. Most importantly you are going to have to get off the action lakes and fish the trophy lakes that have bigger fish. Generally speaking, trophy lakes are going to be bigger, deeper and clearer while action lakes are going to be smaller, shallower and have darker water. Trophy lakes must also have the forage base necessary to grow fat fish which typically means good population of trout and ciscoes. Of course, musky populations in trophy lakes are significantly lower than in the action lakes. There are a number of action lakes in the area where I live and these lakes receive a lot of fishing pressure. Many guides fish these lakes day after day. These are often the newer guides that are trying to build up their numbers or just trying to get their clients a musky. The fact is that it is possible to fish some of these lakes for a lifetime and never catch a 25 or 30 pound musky. This is as true in Canada as it is here in Wisconsin. There are action lakes in Canada that have tremendous numbers of musky but very rarely produce a 30 pound fish.
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