I have another question about muskie and pike fishing. Since most of my fishing experience is in small rivers and ponds, I don't have a boat. Can I still catch them casting from the shore or dock of a large lake?
YES!
It is a common misconception, however, that you require huge musky lures, this is most certainly NOT TRUE. A lure with a design much like that in the OP will do wonderfully. As long as it has black stripes, green and orange on it, it will catch musky. I do however recommend that you switch out the hooks that come on the bait to much stronger and better quality hooks such as Eagleclaw. I used the normal hooks on the bait that I used to catch the musky in the OP, both hooks had serious damage to them. Some barbs were even ripped clean off.
Just a tip: Come March, long, shallow coves will be the place that Musky reside, especially if it is a rocky bottom or by a marina/ lots of cover. A good Musky cove will preferrably have a drop-off at the mouth of it. Come May, the Musky will head out of the cove, linger by the drop-off or find structure in the main part of the water body.
