About Author: Jim Smith

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Jim Smith is an avid outdoorsman, sportsman, trophy hunter, fisherman and competitive shooter. He is recently retired as Managing Editor and Advertising Manger for Muskie Magazine. Jim is a former field editor for Musky Hunter Magazine. He has been a featured celebrity speaker at the International Sportsmen’s Expositions. He served as Muskies, Inc. International President 1997-1999. Jim is a member of Muskies, Inc. “Hall of Fame”. He was elected Editor Emeritus for Muskie Magazine. He served as a Commissioner for the Colorado Division of Wildlife from 1979 to 1987. Jim stocked the first tiger muskies in the state of Colorado in 1983, and in 1995 stocked the first tiger muskies on Colorado’s western slope. View Entire Bio

Posts by Jim Smith

  • Muskie, musky, muskellunge, etc. whatever you call it, it is the fish of 10,000 casts. I guarantee you they’ll wait you out. I told this to a friend on one...

    Basic Muskie Fishing

    Muskie, musky, muskellunge, etc. whatever you call it, it is the fish of 10,000 casts. I guarantee you they’ll wait you out. I told this to a friend on one...

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  • Now Is the Time for Record Muskies! by James Smith article copyright Have you noticed the rather recent and conspicuously significant number of muskies recorder over 50#? What is more...

    Now Is the Time for Record Muskies

    Now Is the Time for Record Muskies! by James Smith article copyright Have you noticed the rather recent and conspicuously significant number of muskies recorder over 50#? What is more...

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  • From Dinosaurs to Big Mack’s by James Smith article copyright If you have been looking for a world-class fishing hole, consider Flaming Gorge Reservoir. These cobalt blue waters are home...

    From Dinosaurs to Big Mack’s

    From Dinosaurs to Big Mack’s by James Smith article copyright If you have been looking for a world-class fishing hole, consider Flaming Gorge Reservoir. These cobalt blue waters are home...

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  • Bridge Fishing For The Silver King by James Smith article copyright The Silver King is the Tarpon; the Bridge is the 7-Mile Bridge from Marathon to Crane Point Hammock in...

    Bridge Fishing For The Silver King

    Bridge Fishing For The Silver King by James Smith article copyright The Silver King is the Tarpon; the Bridge is the 7-Mile Bridge from Marathon to Crane Point Hammock in...

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  • Pike Musky Or Hybrid? by James Smith article copyright Colorado initiated their musky stocking program in 1983. In the years following the Division continued stocking the hybrid tiger musky. Today...

    Pike Musky Or Hybrid?

    Pike Musky Or Hybrid? by James Smith article copyright Colorado initiated their musky stocking program in 1983. In the years following the Division continued stocking the hybrid tiger musky. Today...

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  • Bucktails by James Smith article copyright Take a look in your tackle box and check out your selection of bucktails. Nearly 50% of muskies caught are caught on a bucktail....

    Bucktails

    Bucktails by James Smith article copyright Take a look in your tackle box and check out your selection of bucktails. Nearly 50% of muskies caught are caught on a bucktail....

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  • You’re Guide To The Big Chip by James Smith article copyright 15,300 surface acres of Class “A” Northern Wisconsin muskie waters, nine muskies over 50” boated last season. Currently, the...

    You’re Guide To The Big Chip

    You’re Guide To The Big Chip by James Smith article copyright 15,300 surface acres of Class “A” Northern Wisconsin muskie waters, nine muskies over 50” boated last season. Currently, the...

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  • Muskies – More or Less? by James Smith article copyright Recently, a friend of mine, Don Kerr, gave me a call asking about fishing on the Chippewa Flowage. He had...

    Muskies – More or Less?

    Muskies – More or Less? by James Smith article copyright Recently, a friend of mine, Don Kerr, gave me a call asking about fishing on the Chippewa Flowage. He had...

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  • Muskie Lines – Super braids, Co-Poloymer, Kevlar – So What’s New? by James Smith article copyright Ah the good ol’ days! I remember the black Dacron lines, then they came...

    Muskie Lines

    Muskie Lines – Super braids, Co-Poloymer, Kevlar – So What’s New? by James Smith article copyright Ah the good ol’ days! I remember the black Dacron lines, then they came...

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