Musky from shore

[TASPL-Designs]

Im heading down to ottawa this weekend, I heard a stretch of the Rideau River has a lot of musky.

I've never caught one and would love to. Is it possible to catch them from shore?

I have a Penn Fierce 10ft Heavy surf rod with a Penn Fierce 8000 Reel on it, I think the gear should be more than capable of bringing one in as I was shark fishing with it.

I'm trying to search up rigs and setups, I found one suggestion that looked very close to the rigs I was using for sharks. Fish finding rig with a slide weight and circle hook and a live/dead bait fish on the end.

Would something like this work, or am I looking at this all wrong?

Any other suggestions or anything?

Any advice on what could work?

I was planning on bringing a couple different rods to try some different things, and as i'm doing some research on the areas and that all I keep reading is musky musky musky so now I want to try and catch one.

Thanks for any help or advice.