reefrunner

Nice work Diggyj, real nice! .

In the area of Elephant Lake there is also Baptiste and Benoir that hold musky, as well as stretches opf the Madawaska River. However, the question was "decent" musky lakes. It's more bass and trout country that way. Good luck

I've used the bait spray, for tubes exactly how you mention. Haven't used it since it exploded in the trunk of my car one trip and had that stench on everything lol.

Pond or Lake O? Unless you know there are good bass haunts along the stretch of shorline or a marina that you can acess to fish docks, I would practice out on the pond.

It would be useful to some if I made a note about how to present your senko. I've been using this technique for a number of years now and it is probably my best producer for bass.

Many different ways to rig the worm, two to mention: Wacky- just hook it in the middle; Texas- hooked from one end, exit the bait with the hook tip about 1 inch down, bring that inch up so it's threaded on the shank of the hook that has the eye and aligns with the point, thread the hook point so it sits just under the skin of the bait so the worm sits straight from the shank down to the hook.

Casting, doesnt really matter distance wise. With braid you can feel/see hits from way out. Keep you rod tip high. Let the worm slowly sink to the bottom, this takes some time but that's when the fish hit, on the drop. As mentioned, i use my line as a strike indicator. Watch where the line enters the water. you'll note the line gradually going under the water, this being the worm sinking. Nibbles are indicated by your line starting to twitch - these are usually little guys, perch, gills, sunnies, you can catch them with a 3/0 hook I dont set the hook hard per say, just lift you rod tip high until you feel the pressure of the fish and keep it on. Big fish tend to inhale the bait and swim along, this is indicated by the line moving direction on the water. Perhaps in deeper water you'll notice the line sinking faster than normal. Set the hook and keep the pressure in the fish keeping your rod tip high. On windy days I like to have a little bow in my line and I watch that as a stike indicator because it gets difficult to follow where you line enters the water in rougher seas. After my targetted cast, I let it drop for say about 30 seconds, if I dont get any bites, I reel it in about 10 feet and let iot drop again. Hope that helps ya out a bit. once you got this mastered, it'll be your go to, just the same as it is mine.

It's true, there are many colours to choose from. Generally, I stick to earthy natural colours - greens, watermelon flake, brown with the green tip. I was talking to a tourney bass fisher about the pink, he likes it for the visibility so that he can watch his bait fall. I just use my line as a strike indicator. I like the salted baits but admittedly, haven't done the research between those and unsalted. I use a Mustad 3/0 wide gap, offset shank hook. As for line, I use 20lbs power pro in moss green. I did, at one point, use a flourocarbon leader but found in took away from the falling action of the bait as flouro sinks. Moreover, when it comes to senkos the fish aren't line shy; now I tie the hook directly to the power pro as I find having a leader doesn't make much difference.

Very nice fish and sweet pic. Thanks for sharing.