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| and they mentioned on Keyes, low 50's water temps day or two after turnover..still a handful of upper 40's caught in 3 days on the water ... oh how terrible the fishing is in MN ..boo hoo !!! |
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| dami0101 - 3/10/2015 8:41 AM
Cfollow - 3/10/2015 7:23 AM
dami0101 - 3/9/2015 8:49 PM
Cfollow - 3/6/2015 2:12 PM
Back to the original question. Just watched this week's Keyes Outdoors episode that took place on West Battle Lake. Mike was fishing with Brad Ruh and Jason Hammernick and they put exactly 4 fish in the net in three full days of fishing in mid October. So there you have it, if you take a fully guided trip with one of the top ten musky fisherman in the world you might be able to put one fish in the net per day. Enjoy!!
P.S. Jason caught 3 of those 4 fish from the back of the boat.
Again, good luck.
You forgot to mention that they hooked up on and lost a lot more fish.
" a lot more fish" you mean like less than four!! The point that the guide in the back of the boat was getting most all the strikes is also a crucially important point!
Based upon what they say in the episode, I come up with 3 follows and 7-8 strikes that they were unable to capitalize on. Also, there is no indication that they tried different tactics. Also, the final day was when they saw most of their action so who knows what it would had been like if they had stuck around another day or two.
If you want to categorize MN muskie fishing as good to excellent or at least not tough based on that trip with arguably the best guide in MN, fine by me. I sure as heck call that a tough bite!!
Edited by Cfollow 3/10/2015 12:37 PM
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| i would say that show was terrible fishing... appoximately 1 fish/day for 3 casters i would have made a change somewhere whether different baits or another lake for sure. plain boring. plus one of the fish looked pretty smallish.
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Location: Duluth, MN | Judging by this thread the crowds of muskie boats should be way be down this year!!! Keep it up!! Spread the word, its over here... |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | IAJustin - 3/10/2015 12:21 PM
and they mentioned on Keyes, low 50's water temps day or two after turnover..still a handful of upper 40's caught in 3 days on the water ... oh how terrible the fishing is in MN ..boo hoo !!!
Justin. you nailed it.... I guess some of these Experts never fished during Turnover...
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Cfollow - 3/10/2015 12:37 PM
dami0101 - 3/10/2015 8:41 AM
Cfollow - 3/10/2015 7:23 AM
dami0101 - 3/9/2015 8:49 PM
Cfollow - 3/6/2015 2:12 PM
Back to the original question. Just watched this week's Keyes Outdoors episode that took place on West Battle Lake. Mike was fishing with Brad Ruh and Jason Hammernick and they put exactly 4 fish in the net in three full days of fishing in mid October. So there you have it, if you take a fully guided trip with one of the top ten musky fisherman in the world you might be able to put one fish in the net per day. Enjoy!!
P.S. Jason caught 3 of those 4 fish from the back of the boat.
Again, good luck.
You forgot to mention that they hooked up on and lost a lot more fish.
" a lot more fish" you mean like less than four!! The point that the guide in the back of the boat was getting most all the strikes is also a crucially important point!
Based upon what they say in the episode, I come up with 3 follows and 7-8 strikes that they were unable to capitalize on. Also, there is no indication that they tried different tactics. Also, the final day was when they saw most of their action so who knows what it would had been like if they had stuck around another day or two.
If you want to categorize MN muskie fishing as good to excellent or at least not tough based on that trip with arguably the best guide in MN, fine by me. I sure as heck call that a tough bite!!
I'm not saying it was excellent, but it also wasn't horrible. Over 3 days they fished the same baits, the same structure, and didn't change their tactics or their plan, from what we could see. Also, it was during turnover, which from what one reads on this forum every fall basically means it's going to be a tough bite no matter what. Considering lots of people go days without seeing fish, or go an entire season without putting one in the bag, 4 fish in the net with another 7-8 opportunities plus follows over 3 days isn't bad for a lot of us. Yes you would hope one of the top guides in MN would have produced more numbers, but even guides get shutout sometimes. |
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| Slow Rollin - 3/10/2015 1:44 PM
i would say that show was terrible fishing... appoximately 1 fish/day for 3 casters i would have made a change somewhere whether different baits or another lake for sure. plain boring. plus one of the fish looked pretty smallish.
I wonder if brad has ever thrown anything besides a bulldawg or invader no matter the time of year. |
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| cave run legend - 3/10/2015 2:44 PM
Slow Rollin - 3/10/2015 1:44 PM
i would say that show was terrible fishing... appoximately 1 fish/day for 3 casters i would have made a change somewhere whether different baits or another lake for sure. plain boring. plus one of the fish looked pretty smallish.
I wonder if brad has ever thrown anything besides a bulldawg or invader no matter the time of year.
Every. single. episode. ----> show girl. bull dawg. cowgirl. bull dawg |
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Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | They call it sponsorship. It's something new to commercial television. And yes, fishing in Minnesota still sucks.
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| They should replay the old show with Hamernick and Steve Genson back in the day on Mille Lacs in November throwing pounders before most knew what they were. 2 mega giants and another good one to boot. That was the show of all shows for Keyes Outdoors. |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Ronix - 3/10/2015 3:34 PM
cave run legend - 3/10/2015 2:44 PM
Slow Rollin - 3/10/2015 1:44 PM
i would say that show was terrible fishing... appoximately 1 fish/day for 3 casters i would have made a change somewhere whether different baits or another lake for sure. plain boring. plus one of the fish looked pretty smallish.
I wonder if brad has ever thrown anything besides a bulldawg or invader no matter the time of year.
Every. single. episode. ----> show girl. bull dawg. cowgirl. bull dawg
throw a heli dawg in there |
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Location: MN | Mr Musky - 3/10/2015 8:46 PM
They should replay the old show with Hamernick and Steve Genson back in the day on Mille Lacs in November throwing pounders before most knew what they were. 2 mega giants and another good one to boot. That was the show of all shows for Keyes Outdoors.
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Location: The desert | Cfollow - 3/10/2015 12:37 PM
dami0101 - 3/10/2015 8:41 AM
Cfollow - 3/10/2015 7:23 AM
dami0101 - 3/9/2015 8:49 PM
Cfollow - 3/6/2015 2:12 PM
Back to the original question. Just watched this week's Keyes Outdoors episode that took place on West Battle Lake. Mike was fishing with Brad Ruh and Jason Hammernick and they put exactly 4 fish in the net in three full days of fishing in mid October. So there you have it, if you take a fully guided trip with one of the top ten musky fisherman in the world you might be able to put one fish in the net per day. Enjoy!!
P.S. Jason caught 3 of those 4 fish from the back of the boat.
Again, good luck.
You forgot to mention that they hooked up on and lost a lot more fish.
" a lot more fish" you mean like less than four!! The point that the guide in the back of the boat was getting most all the strikes is also a crucially important point!
Based upon what they say in the episode, I come up with 3 follows and 7-8 strikes that they were unable to capitalize on. Also, there is no indication that they tried different tactics. Also, the final day was when they saw most of their action so who knows what it would had been like if they had stuck around another day or two.
If you want to categorize MN muskie fishing as good to excellent or at least not tough based on that trip with arguably the best guide in MN, fine by me. I sure as heck call that a tough bite!!
Battle is probably the toughest lake in Minnesota. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
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Location: Minnesota | Been fishing it for 30 years. It's clear that other areas are peaking and provide higher catch rates. Leaves me optimistic that the pressure here will subside and provide some peace and tranquility. |
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