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| I am about to do the most Taboo thing imaginable and ask/talk about recent action. I have fished local metro lakes recently and have had varying results.
On Friday, we fished a from about 8:00 am till 3:30 pm. Wind was somewhat strong out of the NE/E and we moved fish on the deep edge on the west side of the lake for the most part. All fish were hot and lost on in the 8 that shook loose after a few seconds before we could net her that was about 47".
Today, went back out and found the fish to be a little more shallow. Moved a 52" + and 3 others in less than 10 ft.
I am guessing that this is not going to get anywhere with how tight lipped we can all get, but just sharing a report. I wish I was able to get out with the cloud cover tonight as moonset was late afternoon and I think the fish were maybe ready to go.
How has everyone else been doing? Feel free to PM me instead.....
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| I was out on Tonka Saturday afternoon/evening. Only had 1 attack a shallow raider in about 5 ft of water right at sunset. It completely missed it and came straight out of the water which was pretty cool. Threw cowgirls, shallow raiders, and gliders without much success. |
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| Dumped a nice one Saturday. 2 lazy follows sunday.
7-8 hrs of fishing. All shallow.
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Location: Metro | Lost a nice high 40's fish at the boat yesterday. Shallow as well. |
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| I had most of my weekend action on shallow sand/docks but saw other boats catch a couple on the deep edge at the same time. I'm still checking shallow first tonight when I go out. |
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Location: Waconia,MN | Had one hot follow today in 3ft of water. Wasn't out for long, wish i would've had more time. |
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| Missed two on Tonka last Monday. One hit a top water in 20 feet of water, hit right near the boat with no followers in sight so it caught me off guard. Also had a really nice one chase a bucktail up to the boat. Wind was really bad and I couldn't properly execute a figure 8. Only fished 4 hours that night and saw two nice fish. |
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| We had a mid-30's take a swipe on blades on the deep edge |
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Location: Metro | 37 in the boat yesterday. |
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Location: Minneconia | Friday got a 40 shallow on top water 2 ft of water, and one hot follow also shallow. Didn't see any on the edge, mostly west end of Tonka. Great post asteffes. |
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| Boated 40 and 43 last night deeper weed edge. Didn't see anything up shallow and gave it a pretty solid effort. |
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| heard people are seeing a lot of fish on tonka.... they're just not eating. I'll be putting in 2 full days on Indy Sunday/Monday. Let me know if you're out there and we'll tag team.
On a side note, grouse numbers seem pretty good statewide lol |
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| Boated a 46" Thursday. Deep edge, only fish we saw all day. Fished 2 pm - Dark. Figured the clouds/wind would have them moving, but not so much.
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| fished mpls lake this morning 6am-noon. raised 4. two on the outside weed edge on rubber and two on shallow sand on blades. had one going for about 2 min on rubber, swiped twice then ate. couple head shakes then spit it. caught some tank bass. |
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| total of 9 follows, 3 swipes, and 2 northerns (32 & 34). Most fish are posted on inside weedline. temps 58-63 today. most action was 5-7pm |
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| Nice - Surprised they were moving with the warm weather today and makes sense that you had action during last light of day. I usually struggle in the fall when I get a hot (80 degree) day after water temps have been on the decline. Hoping to get out again this Thursday and/or Friday. I will once again post a report. |
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| Had 1 follow and my 13yr old son boated a fat 46 out of eagle today |
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| Fished yesterday morning til 1pm. Was SLOW until a good window
Around noon, got a 40 in the net. |
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| Boated a 40 incher today in 6 fow on tonka. Water temps around 57. |
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| 169sportsman - 10/16/2015 12:42 AM
Boated a 40 incher today in 6 fow on tonka. Water temps around 57.
Nice! I'm heading out there tomorrow. Were you working slow or fast? I'm thinking of attacking it slow with dawgs, cranks, and jerks.
Trying to put my bro-in-law on his first. I've had him out there twice over the summer and he came close on a mid 40's on the west end. It rolled over an electric bunny, but didn't eat for whatever reason. |
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| Followed in a jerk bait and ate my buddies spinnerbait in the 8 a couple casts later. |
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| Thanks for the info. I'll report anything significant I find. Looks like a beautiful day at least if nothing else. |
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| I didn't manage anything out on Tonka on Saturday. Fished 12-6:30. Had 1 strike from something in shallow at the end of the day, but didn't get a look at it to see what it was. |
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| One 43" on Minnetonka today. 5 feet of water in current neck down area as winds were blowing this AM. Buddy had a true monster ( well over 50") on a jig in Crystal Bay as well. Fish was near one of the channels. Came unbuttoned as I was gonna scoop it up. True heartbreaker fish as it would have crushed his PB. |
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Location: Twin Cities | Fished tonka/indy last weekend and not even a follow, throwing many different baits and mostly in shallow water. |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Got a nice 41.5" tiger on Johanna Saturday at 6:00 pm while throwing a heli-dawg at docks. Water temps for the day were 51.5-54.5 degrees.
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Location: Metro | 47.5" on Tonka yesterday fishing edges. New PB so I'm stoked.
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| Fished Tonka on Sunday, didn't see a darn thing. Tried as much different stuff as we could, but nada. |
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Location: Metro | TMF89 - 10/22/2015 10:53 AM
Fished Tonka on Sunday, didn't see a darn thing. Tried as much different stuff as we could, but nada.
Tonka has been an on or off day for me all summer. I guess I haven't really taken the time to figure out exactly what makes them go out there but I will in due time. |
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| Eagle lake tonight after work. One follow from a decent mid 40"s fish on a Sandcat at Sunset. 3 feet of water. Fish came from the reeds. Other than that nada. |
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Location: Twin Cities | Anyone been to sugar? |
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| Slow on Tonka this morning. Saw one very lethargic 40 incher in 5 fow. Pretty much just laid there. Got him to follow a monster medusa around the eight a couple of times but wouldn't go no matter what I tried. 53 degree water temp. Buoys were being pulled today. |
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Location: Twin Cities | Raised one fish last night on Indy. Was expecting a bit more due to the seasons best solunar activity and perfect weather but that's muskie fishing |
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Location: Metro | pistolpete314 - 10/28/2015 8:42 AM
Raised one fish last night on Indy. Was expecting a bit more due to the seasons best solunar activity and perfect weather but that's muskie fishing
Were you one of the last boats coming in as well? I was the guy with the Red Skeeter. The guy I talked to said he had only raised one fish as well. Always fun fishing in the rain... |
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Location: Metro | Also saw 2 fish on Tonka Monday. |
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Location: Twin Cities | Musky952 - 10/28/2015 10:50 AM
pistolpete314 - 10/28/2015 8:42 AM
Raised one fish last night on Indy. Was expecting a bit more due to the seasons best solunar activity and perfect weather but that's muskie fishing
Were you one of the last boats coming in as well? I was the guy with the Red Skeeter. The guy I talked to said he had only raised one fish as well. Always fun fishing in the rain...
Yep that was us, that was my buddy who you talked to. |
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Location: Maplewood, MN | Anybody been on bear, bald, or forest lately? Temps? Headed back from college for the weekend, trying to frustrate myself for a few hours on the water. |
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Location: Twin Cities | Fished Indy last night-water temps were about 52.5-.53.5. Fished several different areas with different baits and didn't move anything. |
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| Fished Tonka today and never saw a fish! Between last year and this year I have been out there 15 times or so and this was the first time that I never saw a Muskie.  Water temp 49 |
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Location: Twin Cities | Fished Indy Saturday and also did not see a fish, went to numerous spots and threw many kinds of baits. |
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| I also haven't seen a fish in the last couple times out in the metro, didn't get to go last weekend but look forward to hitting it this weekend.
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Location: Metro | I haven't been seeing anything for the past week. Saw one fish this past Saturday but that was it all day. Went out the day before as well and didn't see anything. Not really sure where they are. The one fish I saw was brought up on a mag dog but wasn't very big. Hitting it this weekend ill let you know what happens. |
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Location: New Hope MN | I tried Tonka Sunday and moved a dink... maybe 35-38" was in about 7-8 feet. I tried mostly deep stuff, +15. I couldn't really find any bait either. |
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| It's time to try a different tactic this time of year guys. Boated two on 11/7 and three on 11/8 the biggest was 50.5" and the smallest was a 42". |
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| Were you on tonka? I wanted to try a different area but wind kept me off it. Saw four other Muskie boats fishing suckers(I was not) and none had any luck to my knowledge. |
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| We showed a pretty big fish on Indy saturday up shallow off a drop. Anybody have any experience on Indy this time of year? |
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| Anyone fish before the storm today? We fished 7-11 and managed to catch a 39" on the last spot just before 11am. Wish I could have stayed out longer. |
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Location: Twin Cities | I wish-had the day off for vets day but buddy had to work. Must have been good action out there |
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| tolle141 - 11/11/2015 7:03 PM
We showed a pretty big fish on Indy saturday up shallow off a drop. Anybody have any experience on Indy this time of year?
A few years ago I used to go back and forth from the end of the grass island, to the end of the finger off the main island the whole time I would be out there. Sometimes shallow, sometimes off the break. There always seemed to be fish there, so I never fished any other spots, just waited them out and eventually they would get active. Haven't fished the fall out there in a few years though, so no idea if that would still work. Jerkbaits, Bulldawgs, and suckers all worked. |
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| Was out yesterday in the NE Metro from 11-3. Lost an upper 40s on a 10" Hellhound and saw about 6 others. Fished main breaks in 12-16 FOW. |
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Location: Aurora | Tommy - 11/12/2015 10:44 AM
A few years ago I used to go back and forth from the end of the grass island, to the end of the finger off the main island the whole time I would be out there.
..member that time you were fishin' the wrong direction and we stared each other down until you gave way?
Was it because I was an old guy in an ancient crestliner? |
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| you gotta watch out for those crestliner guys. There is sumpin not right bout them guys. |
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| Huss Nasty - 11/12/2015 11:14 AM
Was out yesterday in the NE Metro from 11-3. Lost an upper 40s on a 10" Hellhound and saw about 6 others. Fished main breaks in 12-16 FOW.
Wish I could have stayed out longer! Same pattern I was fishing. |
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| 9 hours today. Moved 2 shallow on a phantom. Heard similar story from another guy. Anybody else have any luck out there? |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | I'll let you know...heading out to soak some suckers and throw some gliders. |
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| Caught 2 yesterday, 1 deep and 1 shallow
Water temp 43-44 |
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| saw 3 on glides today. One was a swing and a miss. Lil guy ate at the boat on a 8" slammer |
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| Does this count as a follow? Lol
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Location: New Hope MN | The wife stuck her PB 46 yesterday on a sucker. Her first and last time out for the season. |
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| Was out on Eagle over the weekend. Nothing happened for me there. I'll probably hit tonka this weekend. |
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| Tommy - 11/18/2015 8:27 AM
Was out on Eagle over the weekend. Nothing happened for me there. I'll probably hit tonka this weekend.
I could drain that lake for how many days I've spent there with nothing to show lol
Pulled a low 30's on indy running cranks across windswept gravel |
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| tolle141 - 11/18/2015 7:51 PM
Tommy - 11/18/2015 8:27 AM
Was out on Eagle over the weekend. Nothing happened for me there. I'll probably hit tonka this weekend.
I could drain that lake for how many days I've spent there with nothing to show lol
Pulled a low 30's on indy running cranks across windswept gravel
Haha tell me about it. That was my first time there in 2 years. Used to fish it a lot. I always either caught 1 or a couple with a ton of follows sprinkled in, or didn't see a thing like Sunday. Still beat the hell out of sitting on the couch. |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | Was out last Sunday, 11/15/15 (sorry for the late response) soaking suckers and throwing gliders. Tough day! Had a rip on a big sucker right away around 9:30 am and my buddy, "musky45" stuck this 43".
Had a little one (high 20" fish) take a whack at my manta hang 10, but no hooks.
No other takes on the suckers (except for a northern). Slow day fishing 8am-6pm for only two rips on the suckers.
Have to thank Adam Glickman (honestmusky.com) for showing us the ropes using suckers!
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| I haven't been out in a couple weeks, but want to launch on Friday. Do I need to worry about breaking ice at the landing, or has the warm week taken care of that? |
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| Would it be worth trying to troll Tonka this Sunday? I know its typically sucker season but that just bores the hell out of me. Anyone been out the last few days?????? Gotta get 1 more day in! |
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| Was out on Tonka trolling 3 of the last 10 days. I was there last Wednesday for the prime mid day bite. Brought 2 young kids along and ran 3 lines. Two out the sides, one in the prop wash. Stayed with 10" Jakes and 12" Grandmas, threw in a 14" crank for a while. Only fish I saw was when a kid had to pee I shut the motor off to hold on to him. While doing that I see a fish looking at one of the lures. I couldn't let go of the kid to grab the rod, the fish made a big splash and swam away. Not the first time Ive had a fish hit while stalled so I've found a new tactic. I've done well trolling in the past just not this season, not sure why. |
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