Again, search for potential haunts that might attract roaming muskies, i.e. emerging weeds and feeder creeks. Pick warm sunny days to do your early season muskie fishing. Two to four consistently pleasant days really turns the fish on. The balmy conditions might also invite feeding muskies into as little as two to three feet of water. Midday is the best time to attack early season muskies.
Afternoons offer the warmest conditions, and typically, the fish react by actively feeding.
Every clue to locating early season muskies you've read about in this article relates to water temperature. Muskies begin moving in to feed and spawn once water temperatures reach the 55 to 60 degree-range. Once temps creep upward of this range, they'll hang out on weed flats and weed edges. Shallow water muskies are usually aggressive, but once they migrate to the outside of bays and weed edges, it's time to slow down your presentation. As water temperatures slide into the 65 to 70 degree range muskies retreat to summer locations.