Chasing GIANT OPEN WATER MUSKY! (Early & Late Season)

John and Ashley showcase some of the best times and tactics to catch giant Muskies during both the spring open water fishing season and late fall time frames. Both spring and fall can be some of the best times to put a true giant in the net! #musky #fishing #devotedoutdoors

[@sgangling]

You guys are awesome! Sweet video 👍

[@devotedoutdoors]

Thanks man!! Really appreciate that!

[@michaelhanson911]

Great video you two!

[@devotedoutdoors]

Thank you!!

[@bjd2090]

KBT Tick for the win. Excellent production quality on the vid. Subscribed.

[@devotedoutdoors]

Thank you!! Yes KBT ticks are sick!!

[@barbaraolson8618]

Incredible video! So exciting to watch these enormous muskies be caught!! Makes me want to musky fish😄

[@devotedoutdoors]

Come catch one with us!!

[@cabbagedragonmedia]

The video we’ve all been waiting for. Awesome work guys!

[@devotedoutdoors]

Thank you very much!! Really appreciate it!!

[@jackstackle5086]

Awesome video!

[@devotedoutdoors]

Thank you!!

[@MattVavrochFishing]

Dang dude those were some giants, that second one was a straight up sea beast!! Awesome episode!

[@devotedoutdoors]

Thanks!! Yeah couple real ones!!

[@bigfishbrau]

would love to see you actually bump the fish so we know the size.. :)

[@devotedoutdoors]

Honestly we don’t bump fish because we don’t care about the size. In todays world that’s what everyone is so overly concerned about. A musky is a musky! Some people fish waters with smaller fish and some fish waters with large fish. Just the way it is. We’re fortunate to have large fish 👍

[@bigfishbrau]

@@devotedoutdoors um, you're literally pulling the fish off the bump boards in the videos to release em, you just didnt say how big... was just curious, thats all...

[@josheddy6905]

Another great video, really enjoying the content! Curious if there are certain conditions such as water temps that prompt you to start looking to open water in the early season? I find myself constantly wanting to fish new weed growth or shallow rocks early season and often times struggle to contact fish, thinking maybe I am missing something by completely neglecting open water. Thanks!

[@devotedoutdoors]

Thank you!! Fish will usually be shallow just after spawn for a couple weeks until water temps start warming up near mid 60’s. After they are done the majority of the fish move out to open water chasing bait! If you aren’t fishing open water you are definitely missing out!

[@josheddy6905]

​@@devotedoutdoors Thank you for the response. I am definitely going to give the open water a try this year. Taking it one step further, is there a similar trigger that tells you to start looking shallow again? I would assume the ciscoes stay in open water most of the summer so is it water temp related again?

[@devotedoutdoors]

Muskies are in open water all year long chasing ciscos. They slide shallow into the green cabbage beginning of July but than slip back out! They are constantly moving in and out of shallow water and open water!! Moon phases for us anyway like full moon and new moon are typically when we see good push of fish shallow!!

[@bodiddly7671]

So how big were they?!

[@devotedoutdoors]

Big one was just shy of a MN legal and the other was right at 50

[@RobertWood-gp8vj]

Bump it what was the length…..?