Cast, cast, cast with pinpoint accuracy to work the banks. If any are looks good, there is probably a fish in it. Running back up river to fish and stretch multiple times can pay off. With fish moving out of the deep, they begin to spread out, so you can find muskie anywhere and everywhere. Wood and weeds are his mantra for post spawn muskie fishing. Dwayne prefers moving past the deeper areas to pick apart the shallows. You will get a glimpse of fishing both April and May to see how the fishing evolves. He recommends working the banks and taking your time to systematically make as many casts as possible.

Dwayne Hickey is a long time resident expert on the Collins River and a fisherman that knows what the water and the muskie are doing year round. Smaller, easier to smash baits are the general rule. This is a time where the muskie are recovering and gaining their energy back. The fish are just emerging from the deeper holes where they have been frolicking into the shallows.

Post spawn muskie fishing is a time to downsize and slow your retrieve. Muskie Fishing | Post Spawn Collins River Sometimes you have to go deep and stay deep to bag a giant. Be confident and know how to target giant muskie in the deep. Based on his lifetime of studying musky behavior, Cory has a treasure trove of operational and knowledge capital to tap into. Cory is known for operating well outside the realm of conventional thinking, with his fishing. See the lures Cory really likes and he used them. In this muskie fishing video, Cory Allen goes to great length to articulate and demonstrate the more desirable aspects of using Carolina rigged cranks baits to target bottom holding beasts. Being able to get that lure to also rise, fall and dart around at depth can be a game changer. Having a lure down deep that will suspend just off the bottom is key. Trolling takes the element of speed control away and dragging a sinking bait takes action off the table. Many times, the most obvious lure presentations are not going to get the job done with these big muskie. Speed control plays a huge roll with bigger fish. When you start to understand that giant muskie have a proclivity for staying deep. Step outside the box and open yourself to new ideas. In the world of muskie fishing, too many fishermen are programmed to operate well within the guide rails. Muskie Fishing | Carolina Rig Crank Baits With Cory Allen

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