Posted 7/1/2008 5:05 PM (#324653) Subject: Wabigoon Vacation Wrap Up
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Sue got her personal best today, and the big Pike were going goofy. Violent Strike spinnerbaits, Llungen Nutbusters, and the Weagle ruled the day so far. Indian Point Camp is full, and Allstate48 is here. There's a few others in camp who are fishing anything that will hit a spinnerbait, and 5 muskies have been caught to 48" so far.
I had a big pike skyblast a Weagle, the first over 40 for the week, and hoping for lots more.
So far, the fishing has been very good. I've had a crack at two big girls, one I still can't believe I lost. Oh well, all of Sue's fish made the trip already!
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Posted 7/1/2008 9:26 PM (#324685 - in reply to #324653) Subject: RE: Wabigoon Vacation Day Two
Posts: 19
Location: St. Louis, MO
Neat video Steve! What make is the boat? I'm sure it's the camera but it looks like the beam is only 48"
Hope to see more videos in the near future..
zb
Posted 7/1/2008 9:38 PM (#324687 - in reply to #324685) Subject: RE: Wabigoon Vacation Day Two
Its a beater boat he keeps around when he's between Tuffy's. His X-190 should be ready in about a week and a half. The lens on the helmet cam is a super wide angle model we are testing out, so it will distort the dimensions of the boat.
Posted 7/2/2008 5:42 PM (#324827 - in reply to #324825) Subject: Re: Wabigoon Vacation Day Two
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin
An intense cold front moved through today, with strong NW winds and cold temps. Jackets and rain gear were in order, as the popcorn style showers moved through. We fished protected areas on the North shore to stay out of the 25 MPH gusts of wind out on the main lake.
The Muskies were off for us, didn't see a one, but we did pop a couple really nice Pike, and we DO like Pike fishing, especially when the Pike are quality.
Fish fry night camp wide at Indian point Camp tonight at 7 PM, so we are not sure if we will get back on the water this evening, we'll see.
Posted 7/2/2008 6:29 PM (#324833 - in reply to #324825) Subject: Re: Wabigoon Vacation Day Two
Posts: 32923
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Thanks guys! It has been a while since I caught a muskie and the biggest one for me so far it was very exciting to say the least, but grabbed him without a glove and my hand slid up through the gills into teeth (ouch) so have a few sore fingers and will be sure to put the glove on (if there is) next time! Szq
Andy
Posted 7/2/2008 7:03 PM (#324837 - in reply to #324653) Subject: RE: Wabigoon Vacation Day Three
lol, typo. I better give an explanation, I was kinda just meaning that when I get cut by a musky I get a kick out of it..while others are like "#*^@ THAT HURTS"...you get used to it I guess. My fingers are probably held on only by super glue at this point:P
Posted 7/2/2008 10:04 PM (#324855 - in reply to #324653) Subject: RE: Wabigoon Vacation Day Three
Posts: 20248
Location: oswego, il
Can't see the videos, I have vista and last week this puter tells me I need the latest flash playrer which abobe says I have already installed. The comany I bought this puter from won't give me xp but will sell it to me for 200 bones so I have to buy it but not from them and next week vista will be a bad memory.
Sorry to vent, Steve, you always make me want to get up there and fish. Thanks for the reports. I need to get my kids up there someday.
Posted 7/3/2008 8:12 AM (#324886 - in reply to #324653) Subject: Re: Wabigoon Vacation Day Four
Posts: 720
Steve,
First of all thank you for sharing your trip with us. I enjoy your fishing adventures at the Goon with Sue. I was wondering if you could give us a little video of the camp and cabins. I know your busy catching all those Goon fish but a little look at the other stuff would be cool. I also am interested in your boat set up. A brief tour of that would be educational for us novices as well as entertaining.
Thanks
Dave
lambeau
Posted 7/3/2008 8:49 AM (#324889 - in reply to #324653) Subject: RE: Wabigoon Vacation Day Four
i want to hear some more of Steve's "fish-hit-karaoke"!!!
Posted 7/3/2008 9:11 AM (#324890 - in reply to #324889) Subject: RE: Wabigoon Vacation Day Four
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I don't think there is nearly enough narrative to go with the pictures. I always like to hear details like, "we were working right over the tops of the weed" or "trying to stay out on the fringe" or "cutting out the main weedline and just hopping from feature to feature for a couple dozen casts each'.
Posted 7/3/2008 9:24 AM (#324892 - in reply to #324890) Subject: RE: Wabigoon Vacation Day Four
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I enjoy the lack of moderation. Let's face it, muskie fishing is best done with a guy like Steve Worral, and not John Gillespie. Could you imagine having him in camp ?
Steve, Sue, I am so jealous! Have a good time, and keep those videos and pictures coming.
Beav
Posted 7/3/2008 1:36 PM (#324909 - in reply to #324653) Subject: Re: Wabigoon Vacation Day Four
Posts: 32923
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin
A conservation limit of 4 walleyes is in the fridge, plus an 18" smallie and a 4# white sucker also joined us. We caught about 25 'eyes, none over 18", which is perfect. Sue smacked 'em around pretty good vertical jigging. Walleye for dinner after we search out a few toothy critters this afternoon, then an evening of surface baiting for Muskies.
I'll do a 'walkaround' at the camp, sure.
FSF, fishing here is JUST like the Moen for the toothy critters. remember the 'slop' there? This year the water is high but falling fast, so the weeds are not as heavy at the surface but are too heavy to get a treble hook through most areas. Nuttin' on a Rumbler or Top Raider yet, but the Weagle has been red hot.
Burgers on the grill right now...
There were two nice fish caught in camp today, a 51 and a 47.
Evening was slow, we caught a 36" Pike and a 34" Pike, and a few smaller fish. Had a mid 40's Muskie blow up on a Weagle, but no taker...maybe tomorrow, I'm taking a 15 year old aspiring Muskie angler out for a few hours tomorrow evening. he's been 'tolerating' vertical jigging for walleyes all week with his family ( they have done QUITE well...) and I think he's looking forward to the evening!
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Posted 7/3/2008 11:25 PM (#324948 - in reply to #324909) Subject: Re: Wabigoon Vacation Day Four
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin
And, by the way, Happy Canada Day, and Happy 4th of July! Canada Day Fireworks in Dryden from the best seat in the house...my boat, tied to the dock at Indian Point Camp.
Posted 7/4/2008 2:22 AM (#324951 - in reply to #324948) Subject: Re: Wabigoon Vacation Day Four
Posts: 271
Location: davis,IL
Hey Steve, I'll be taking Dad up just down the road at Cedar the week of the 12th ( 7 days and counting). What are water temp's and lake levels looking like? I see the bites "on", hope you and the misses nail'em good. I like the pic's and video, I just got a new camera so maybe if all goes well, maybe I'll have something to post ( like Dad catching a whale!) .
Posted 7/4/2008 10:51 PM (#325004 - in reply to #324951) Subject: Re: Wabigoon Vacation Day Four
Posts: 32923
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Water temps are low 60 range, but will warm quite a bit tomorrow. Water here was very high, but is falling fast, at least a foot since we arrived.
The wind howled out of the West today with gusts to at least 25 MPH or more, and the Wabigoon was a whitecap. Sue and I got out about the crack of 11 AM, and the fish were off...only 4 pike for the afternoon. We got back out for an hour and a half at 4 PM, and the fish were going bonkers in the wild rice and on the shallow edges. We caught a dozen Pike and a couple good ones, and moved 4 muskies. We lost two of them in the first couple seconds; it seemed the Muskies were sort of snapping at the rear of the spinnerbaits.
The fellow who caught the 51 yesterday got a 49 today, so the Muskies are going.
I headed in at 5, dropped off Sue and picked up John, an Osseo WI 15 year old who is new to Muskies, but fished them like he'd been at it for a couple years. We tried to fish my big girls from earlier in the week, but 3' waves and howling winds drove us outta there. We did move a piggy, and saw two others, one of which blasted his Rumbler, missed, and did a surface slide after it again, and...missed again! Two casts later, a BOOM at boatside, and after a brief but very wet struggle, and 33/34"ish Pike was determined to be the culprit, John played that fish perfectly. He did very well his first time after the Goon muskies, and I hope to share a boat with him again soon.
He did get a nice bonus smallie off the reef where we moved the Piggy.
Sue and I REALLY hope the winds die off some tomorrow.
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Posted 7/5/2008 9:00 PM (#325054 - in reply to #325004) Subject: Re: Wabigoon Vacation Day Four
Posts: 32923
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin
The wind didn't let up a bit, but it did switch to South allowing us to get to some of our better water. We hadn't fished there all week, but the fish were where we expected them to be.
Still had the dropsies, losing 2 in a row. Sue got her personal best Walleye, and I got a good Pike and a good Muskie. The Muskie SLAMMED a Llungen DC10 at the boat on the 8.
All in all, a great day and a great trip! I can't even begin to count how many Pike over 30" we caught, and we did boat a couple muskies and a ton of walleyes. Bass were incidental, but we never tried to catch any, so we were happy with the few we got.
Looking forward to the MuskieFIRST Outing at Spring Bay Resort on Vermilion next!!
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Posted 7/6/2008 4:22 PM (#325112 - in reply to #324653) Subject: Re: Wabigoon Vacation Wrap Up
Posts: 79
Hi Steve I was up their also In the Dryden Area visiting the inlaws..... Fishing for Walleyes Trout and Northerns. Pass you on the way home on 502 early Sunday Morning with a Tan Highlander
Gary
Posted 7/8/2008 5:43 PM (#325508 - in reply to #324653) Subject: RE: Wabigoon Vacation Wrap Up
Posts: 171
Thanks for the fun read (and view), Steve. We'll be driving past the 'goon on our trip coming up and I'll think of you & your Mrs having a great time. We'll be doing the same.
ErieBoy75
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