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| Hi,
My family recently purchased a cabin on Crow Lake a few months ago. I'll be heading there to do some Muskie fishing this weekend. The lake (and Muskie fishing) is still relatively new to m. Does anyone have any spots, tips or tricks they would be willing to share?
I have heard Muskie on Crow are quite unique and aren't fished "conventionally" like you might on LOTW with it being a clearwater trout lake.
Any information is much appreciated.
Thanks! | |
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| It's been years, but we had success trolling large baits like Grandmas on the sides of reefs at night.
Bait on the reef edges, trout follow the bait, muskies follow the trout is the working theory. Girthy fish.
Others can speak more intelligently than me about danger zones on the lake but I believe there are areas that can go from deep water to 3' in a hurry so take your time and learn the lake. I'm not sure if they have buoys out there or not as I haven't been on the lake in years.
During the day, with the clear water, I'd focus on fishing early, late, and the moon windows. I'd lean towards natural colors given the clear water.
Good luck!
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Location: Medford, WI | It's been a while since I've fished Crow, but I use to fish it and Nestor on the opener and/or second week of season for quite a few years. Patterns are significantly different that time of year compared to summer patterns; however, one year, it was way ahead of schedule and fish were on mid lake structure. Find a cluster of islands and throw a bucktail/spinner.
My best advice for out there....cover water. If the fish are there, you will see them quickly. If you have some nicer follows, then maybe come back with something else slower, but cover a ton of water.
As previous person mentioned, if new, take your time out there. A flat calm and sunny day will be your best friend out there to mark all of the unmarked reefs and learn the structure well.
Many guys troll it at night with lots of success.
Definitely a very fun lake! Best of luck and please share how you do.
-Jake | |
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| As some said time of year is really critical there and on the trout water lakes. Our group loves fishing the clear water and have had some good success in years past with fish up to 51". Our favorite time is to fish mid summer as fish are more predictable we've found. Generally speaking if the boat wasn't in 50 foot of water casting up onto structure you weren't seeing or catching fish. Obviously there are exceptions, but thats our general rule. As someone else said keep moving because the water is so clear the fish will show quickly. I haven't fished crow in 10 years or so, but I've been on the Manitou, Pipestone, cliff, and west arm of eagle since then and found this to be effective in all those places. The water is unbelieveably clear(20+ feet of visibility) and its a beautiful lake.
I've never fished the spot as it was a healthy boat ride, but I know of guys doing well around Castle Rock....I think thats the name of it | |
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Location: Madison, WI & Nestor Falls, Ontario | Congratulations on the cabin, I also have one on Crow as well but haven't been allowed in since the start of covid, closed up for the fall of 2019 and haven't been back. Most of my muskie gear is locked in the cabin and I'm missing it terribly, been fishing Crow my whole life. Anyhow, you will be hard pressed to find much weed growth out there so you will need to think outside the box. While there are some weedy spots they are not always productive especially later into the season. Use the rock structure in the summer months to try and target fish. points, reefs, humps, neck down and current areas are my target when casting. They will often be out cruising in open water so don't be afraid to throw away from the structure as well. If you can find some sand they are often up there around the opener pretty shallow. As mentioned above (castle rock) can be productive but its the worst kept secrete on the lake. They are a tough bite most of the time but Crow can produce some big girls. My best action is night trolling in the days leading up to the summer full moon. Use your majors and minors as your target times to hit the water. Best advice is to learn a section of the lake weather it be the north or the east and just start exploring it. Ive had equal action on each end of the lake. Feel free to DM me and I can give you more detailed info so I don't write a novel in this thread. | |
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