If a muskie should follow your lure to the boat without striking, cast out to him again, and when the lure gets close to the boat, make a "figure 8" with your lure, experts claim this provokes a strike about 60% of the time.

Try casting top waters around logs, fallen trees, and especially through sunken weed beds, which are prime time muskie spots. If there is an island in the area, never overlook it, top waters around the points of islands are muskie hotspots.