OK, so for the few of you that have been following this, here are some updates. As you saw above I began by training my muskie by putting worms on alligator clips under a float. That worked rather quickly. Then I attempted to progress to having them take it off of an alligator clip while jigging. That got frustrating at times. But yesterday I turned the corner on that..... big time. I went from getting them to hit the worm aggressively and regularly while jigging, to having them hit strips of tilapia and trout while jigging, to hitting strips of tilapia while falling through the water column. So without further ado, here is my video chronicle.....
Hitting worm while jigging...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xfw5xdcweoMy project advisor and top muskie trainer feeding a fillet of tilapia stripped out and jigged/swam.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaqWkyOsrRsHitting a strip of trout....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4waNG0HEn8And what I was hoping to evolve to is having them hit strips of meat as I throw it into their cage. In this case it was a strip of tilapia. And they were only hitting about 50% of the ones I threw in. But 1) they may have been full and 2) it'll take some acclimation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYvrDXct2yIUltimately, I'd like to progress to something like this. Keep in mind this is a feeding of my catfish....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL6QoVPyRzM
