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| Hey guys, just thinking of doing a 3 day weekend up north, never fished Wisconsin and wondered where would be a good place to go.. decent chance for big as well, numbers dont matter to me at this stage of the game..
smaller lake preferred since i wont have much time to learn it.
looking at driftwood lodge on Mercer lake? small lake that has muskies and walleyes..
says it has no public launch too, so thats appealing..
any thoughts??
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Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Hey Man,
http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/documents/musky/WisconsinMuskellung...
If you haven't already, take a look there. Focus on Iron and Vilas county, sounds like you are. Pick a lake with the size you're looking for, and with the classification you're looking for, and then come back here and ask for lodges to avoid or recommendations.
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| ha thanks, looked at that some earlier..
just was wondering about that mercer lake. they state class A on their site
says B on that DNR site...
Edited by Dave T. 9/7/2016 11:49 AM
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Plenty of good choices in the Hayward area. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | in the fall musky fishing in my area i'd rather be on the Manitowish Chain than anywhere else ... |
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| I wouldn't put too much stock in the lake classifications. Quite a few of the class B and C lakes are part of the same watershed (literally connected to) as some of the class A lakes. There are others that have the "right stuff" in terms of forage and water quality to produce some pretty substantial fish even though the DNR classification would lead you to believe they are marginal at best. It's a good place to start, but keep in mind a lot of those surveys were done long ago back in the days of "catch and kill". There's also been a fair amount of incidental stocking that's gone on over the years that the DNR is unaware of. Not as common as it once was, but there are still fish finding their way into lakes by way of the livewell.
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Location: Stevens Point, Wi. | Assuming you mean Mercer lake in the town of Mercer, it does have a nice public landing right in town. Dark water, not too hard to learn. Two other close lakes for a change up worth checking out; Echo and Grand Portage. All 3 lakes I consider 1/2 day lakes because of their size and ease of fishing, but are worth the effort. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | He's referring to Mercer Lake in Minocqua off 70.
You might not get a lot of info as there is a private launch there, no true public access |
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Location: Illinois | ^^^ this. I know of one lake in the Hayward area that is classified as a "c". Have seen a few really really big Muskie in there. Also have a "pet" lake for nice northern there,that the DNR never stocked Muskie in, which also mysteriously produced a couple Muskie for me. |
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| Musky Brian - 9/7/2016 2:52 PM
He's referring to Mercer Lake in Minocqua off 70.
You might not get a lot of info as there is a private launch there, no true public access
yes, thats the one, and good point.
one reason im interested is the no public launch.
may not get fished much... |
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| I haven't fished in about 10 years (lost access) but it was a really nice lake. I saw a lot of muskies in there and some real nice ones also. The learning curve was bad either. I am pretty sure local guide, Russ Smith grew up fishing it as his parents had a resort on it. If it is even close to what it was 10 years ago, I would definitely fish it. |
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| For a long weekend, I would choose Lost Land or Teal Lake near Hayward. Both are a little over a thousand acres in size, not to deep, and easy to find weed beds, where a good portion of the fish will be using at this time. Good luck. kdawg |
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| thank you sir
thats why im thinking here, because its semi private..
gonna give it a shot i think.. |
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where to go, northern Wisconsin long weekend trip