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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Spring time thunderstorms come up fast and nasty. Has anyone done any good before or after Spring storms?
Thursday afternoon and today(Friday) is as nasty as it can get. The weekend outlook is the same.
Water levels came up over a foot so far and its still raining.
I know what I am going to do this weekend to try to scrape up a couple muskies without live bait. "Cranks"
What are some of your thoughts on this weekend outlook?
Would you go shallow or deeper?
What would you do? |
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Location: Holly, MI | Any day on the water is a great day, and you can't catch fish from your couch.
I was out last summer when a hum-dinger blew up. Raining to beat the band and then we saw a waterspout touch down a few times. We nailed one beauty in the storm but my dad wanted to go in so we didn't stay. Capt Frank was out the same afternoon and saw the same waterspout. He said they fished until dark and killed the fish. After the storm seems to be toughter fishing than just preceeding and during for me. I'd say go deeper and slower for sure. |
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Location: Racine, Wi | I like to go one of 2 ways for this. I would go deeper with cranks as stated above, but also, If the water is up higher, I like to downsize my baits to bass style baits, and go shallow and rip through the cover. Loud and erratic. |
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| My plan is to target the feeder channels & run off areas and "new" structure that the higher water levels create. The rise in water and inflow points bring worms, insects & other fish treats. I'll be starting with shallow cranks, bucktails, and suspending paddletails.
If there's no action it's time to work towards deeper water. |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | By down size do you meen KLY as a partner?
Would it be legal to toss KLY in and attach baits to his toes like planer boards and let him swim around loud and erratic with baits dragging behind him?
That might be trolling but sound legal.
Sneaky !!!
Go Team 1 & 1/2 |
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Location: Racine, Wi | FLMAO. I bet he is trying that right now as we speak.
I don't think with him swimming with the baits, that would be considered trolling, but I can't run the trolling motor while dragging him. That would be trolling. Matter of fact. if I was dragging him, that would bring new meaning to "Troll"ing. heh heh heh.
I could fill him up with some barley pop to get him swimming more erratic. 
Edited by tuffy1 5/21/2004 11:18 AM
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | If you can remember back about 1 year ago we bagged that 48" on Pewaukee right before that nasty storm. I was using a 10" Jake, trolling the drop at 14'-20'. Let's do it again! |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Bruce, you were the man that day!!!!
Weather couldn't get any more dangerous than that.
Catch a couple fish and get the heck off the lake !!!
That was actually early summer.
Spring storms usually shut down the fishing for a while. This weekend should be a good test. |
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| two weeks ago we hit the water at 7am after a night of serious thunderstorming. in fact, the rain and heavy lighting was just ending as we pulled up to the landing.
my partner stuck a fat 44" at around noon that day, just sort of unsettled weather all day.
of course, that was on a river, and we targeted some slack water areas. do you think fish tend to push "higher and drier" when the current gets going due to heavy rains?
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | This weather reminds me exactly of the weather we get up in Land O Lakes....front after front, ever changing weather from Superior. The only thing that pushes fish deeper or turns them off this time of year is lightning....Musky's hate it.
Consistant weather, even if it's crap, usually turns them on....maybe they're used to all the rain and storms and we'll have a good weekend out on Pewaukee...who knows? This is why Musky are'nt walleye....Unpredictable |
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Location: Oconto Falls, WI | This weekend I will be targetting the first major drop. Cranks will most definitely get the nod, but so will slow rolled Mepps Giant Killers and Lusox. If that isn't working I may be going to the rubber. I will frequently check the shallows for fish slipping up on the flats/structure. |
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Location: Madtown, WI | well the fish were going last night for a while in Madison...buddy got a 40 and a smaller one plus several follows before they shut off. But now the sun is shining...more unstable weather called for this weekend...I am with you Mike I think it will be tough. BUT, the water has warmed significantly over the last two weeks...the fish have been "off" for the most part over the last two weeks...so MAYBE...just MAYBE a couple will start to come unclued!!
Some nice weeds starting to develop....going to pound them..especially some of the more turbid areas first.
Good luck all! I will be out on Waubesa/Monona part of both days (with my favorite partner, see other post:-) trying to shake the dry spell!
Cory
Edited by C.Painter 5/21/2004 12:06 PM
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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Mike..
Up here it depends on what happens to the water temps at the same time the water is coming up... If the water is warming from warm rain, warm air temp I have found the fish to get up and shallow and be quite active... If the water is cooling from cold front/cold air temps I have found them to get tight and sometimes they'll move deeper... slower presentation here..they tend to get a little more finiky..
No clue if any of this will help you at home on Pewaukee but here it doesn't seem to matter if it's on an actual lake or resivoir like Wissota...same pretty much holds true.
Talked to my mom this morning (Sullivan, WI) man you guys are really getting soaked...heard menomonie river pkwy flooded and more predicted...yikes!
Good luck... see ya in about a month for the Northwoods.. Tell "Sanks" I said hello... |
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Location: Southern W.Va. | The most musky I've seen in 1 day was seen 3 years ago, all were seen in a 175yd strech of river and all were seen in about 30 minutes , right before a short storm went by us and thunder was in the distance. The storm never dropped a bit of water on us but it got dark and the wind came up some. 6 fish were raised before the storm passed by and nome after as the skies cleared. I love a summer storm. |
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Location: oswego, il | They have been pretty good for me this spring. Just be on your best spots around that time. Looks like indiana will be mostly sunny tomorrow with a front coming in late. Same report as last weekend I hope they were as wrong as they were last weekend too. |
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Location: syracuse indiana | toddm i agree with u. i hope its good. i am guiding a gent from hammond . we will start on webster then probly off to barbee. i hope things go well. i have my boat running and hopefully with some luck i can finnally tage into one...bye for now remember i have the blue boat with a johnson gt150 on it....bill |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I have done well before AND after big storms, and have some pretty solid data from the Nicolet College barograph and a project I did back a few years ago. I NEVER fish in lightning, no fish is worth the risk. Hard to get back out on the water if one is dead. |
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| It is my favorite time to be on the water in search of Big Bertha, and fish during the storm if it is safe to do so. If not, get right back on the water when the lightning threat is over, and the fish will generally still be very active.  |
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Location: Chicago, Beverly | I've had mixed success. I have had real great luck right before a storm/big front moved in on several occasions. However normally, the day after a bad t-storm I normally do not have much luck at all, and even some big fronts without t-storms asscociated with them I usually don't have much luck. This year has been different, several weekends where storms moved through on friday have ended up with multiple follows and me seeing some other boats with caught fish when normally I wouldn't see any fish follow or get caught..Big fronts I normally wouldn't think would help the fishing have resulted in me catching a fish this year and two other fish being caught out of my boat.. |
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Location: oswego, il | Well, true to form, my last post held no water for me today. Had it all too, strong wind blowing most of the day, good cloud cover, baitfish stacked up and an aproaching strong thunderstorm. Only problem nobody told the fish. Caught one small fish and lost one in the day's earlier bright sunshine. |
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