Posted 10/4/2009 11:35 PM (#403148 - in reply to #403146) Subject: RE: Weekend Reports?
Location: The Yahara Chain
I hit a local pond for a few hours today. I went 3 for 4 on BN's quick set rig. 39.25, 38.5 and 42.
6 for 7 on the year so far with the live bait. Here is a little video I made for my youngest to watch, she is the only one in the family who cares about my fishing endeavors. I put it in the comedy category.
Posted 10/5/2009 5:53 AM (#403153 - in reply to #403146) Subject: RE: Weekend Reports?
Location: Des Moines IA
Hit PC yesterday to do some trolling, no rips. I do need to invest in som planer boards though!! HAd some tangled line issues. Headed back out this morning to do some casting, we'll see how that goes.
Posted 10/5/2009 6:30 AM (#403155 - in reply to #403146) Subject: Re: Weekend Reports?
Posts: 28
I hit a 37in on a sucker five minutes into the game and my gf had one on powerworm while bass'n but is a newbie and tried to flip the lil guy in it was only 24-26in, then I had another mid-thirties hit boatside on a soft-tail but did'nt get any hooks into him and finally got one on the softtail 35in nailed it, was at wingra water was 57* surface temp not scared to say where I fish, lake x y z and abc don't mean nothing to me
Posted 10/5/2009 6:42 AM (#403157 - in reply to #403146) Subject: Re: Weekend Reports?
Posts: 281
Location: ROckford IL
got four in the boat on friday at Wingra, they measured 34,36,36,and 37, all on suckers, missed one on a glide bait and another on a bulldog, went back on saturday and missed two fish in the first hour on suckers, had a few follows on lures and some following suckers but none for me on saturday.
Posted 10/5/2009 7:48 AM (#403164 - in reply to #403146) Subject: Re: Weekend Reports?
Location: Contrarian Island
nice job Troy...glad the rigs are workin...
we put 8 in the net on sat/sunday on the local pond, avg size at 40" ...bucktails, twitch baits, suckers mainly, we missed or lost 9 more on baits and suckers..biggest lost was a wide 44" that hit one of KCochrans marabou bucktails in the 8...buddy lost a fish at the boat last nite that after it got off he had his bucktail motionless in the water for at least 5 seconds and the fish that just got off came back and ate it...this time we got her.. hungry?
Posted 10/5/2009 7:57 AM (#403165 - in reply to #403146) Subject: RE: Weekend Reports?
Posts: 1060
Location: Palm Coast, FL
The last month...Indiana has been great and Saturday was even better. We boated our 4th fish at around 3pm up to 42". Then the kicker 5th came at about 6pm coming in at 49"...she ate a spanky bait fireball.
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Posted 10/5/2009 8:47 AM (#403169 - in reply to #403146) Subject: Re: Weekend Reports?
Posts: 1764
Location: Ogden, Ut
Got 5 in the boat for our match Saturday, but only one counted. We had a terrible time keeping fish hooked. We lost at least twice as many as we boated; the fish were on, we just sucked. All of our fish came casting; we trolled for a while hoping that biting fish would stay pinned up, but never got a rip, so we went back to casting and got fish action again.
S.
Posted 10/5/2009 9:11 AM (#403173 - in reply to #403146) Subject: Re: Weekend Reports?
Posts: 156
Managed to hook a 37" on a small SW WI lake Saturday. Hit an 8" holoform silver Crane. Was seeing nothing on the graph at all until we drifted over a huge school of fish suspended 7' down over 20'. Second cast over top of the school it nipped the tail and found a hook. Non-musky fishing partner pulled his bait out of the water with a nice looking 'ski 2 inches behind the bait - me yelling "FIGURE 8, FIGURE 8" probably spooked the fish. Nice 3 hours on the water.
Just my 4th musky ever so I was pretty excited about the day.
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Posted 10/5/2009 9:57 AM (#403183 - in reply to #403146) Subject: RE: Weekend Reports?
Posts: 880
Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151
Pre-fished Okauchee with Sanks for the IMT that's coming up in a couple of weeks. Didn't see much but with a tip from a local guide, Kevin Moore managed to stick a nice fat 44"r, It pay's to listen to your guides.....
Posted 10/5/2009 6:25 PM (#403262 - in reply to #403226) Subject: RE: Weekend Reports?
Posts: 103
Saurday my friend and I fished for a few hours in the afternoon. We raised three fish, with the biggest being a mid 40.
Sunday we fished all day. We started at 8:00 a.m and fished until dark. It was slow all morning with a couple of small follows. Then in the afternoon the fish starting going. I caught a 40.5 incher casting and then ten minnutes later I caught a 44.5 incher trolling. Right after we released the 44.5 we went to a weed flat and started casting. Right away I hooked a low 40 incher and lost him right at the boat. After that we never saw another fish. All the fish came on single bladed bucktails.
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Posted 10/5/2009 6:42 PM (#403266 - in reply to #403262) Subject: RE: Weekend Reports?
Posts: 144
Location: Loves Park, IL
Craig Born and I though it was going to be slow but we decided to give it a try anyway since the weather had finally got the water temps to start going down. Fall is here and it's about time. We ended up having a great weekend. We went north after work Friday and left for home Sunday at noon. The stats are as follows:
Saturday
Jeff - 35.5" - white Ace tandem
36.5" - quick set/sucker
Craig - 36" - 10" Jake
46" PIG! - quick set/sucker (It looks like a bell ringer with the girth it has)
We each lost one other one which were both nice fish. Craig's was a nice mid to upper 40's fish that hit his 10" Jake at boat side. Mine was a very heavy fish that I saw only the head on when it had the sucker on the surface. Got hooks in it but they tore out (too many hook sets I think).
We had 11 other follows with only two of them under 40 inches. Nice, quality fish.
Sunday
We went back to the areas where we saw the fish on Saturday. Wind blown shore line/structure. When the window opened (moon under foot) we boated the following:
Jeff - 46.5" - quick set/sucker
43.5" Tiger - Walleye Shallow Dawg
Both instances of seeing fish and catching fish happened during the moon under foot and moon rise/prime time. I am a firm believer of the moon phase open windows.
Great high ball quick weekend. I hope the water temps stay on the usual steady drop for upcoming outings.
Thanks Craig for a good time!
Jeff
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Posted 10/5/2009 9:07 PM (#403287 - in reply to #403146) Subject: Re: Weekend Reports?
Location: Illinois
Guys, great muskies!! My partner and I fished lake Shelbyville (IMTT Fall Classic) and took third thanks to my nifty net skills and my partner's 45". Nice fish, John!
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Posted 10/6/2009 11:09 AM (#403392 - in reply to #403146) Subject: Re: Weekend Reports?
Posts: 146
Location: where the fish are...
Got up to Vilas County over the weekend. Weather was horrible, got there thursday morning and it was around 35 degrees and drizzling. Thursday was good to us, got a sucker in the water and raised about 5 couldnt get emm to eat but was positive to see them. Had a crazy follow that missed twice and then finally I popped my PB a nice 40" with a big gash in her back. Looked like a prop smack but shes livin and eating so that all that matters. Didnt fish at all friday was high 30's and rained all day just to crappy. We got back out sat and saw 2 but were very lethargic. We ended up not fishing on sunday just got in the truck and drove. No Im just looking for that first mid 40's and then we'll go from there
Posted 10/6/2009 12:25 PM (#403406 - in reply to #403146) Subject: Re: Weekend Reports?
Posts: 469
Location: Downers Grove, IL
We had a tough weekend up in the Manitowish area. The weather sucked and the fish were not moving at all. Fished weeds, rocks, both, shallow, deep, suspended..Nothing! Hard to believe it with 3 baits working and 3 suckers in the water for 2.5 days of fishing. Oh well, hopefully the November full moon is better.
Posted 10/6/2009 1:04 PM (#403412 - in reply to #403146) Subject: RE: Weekend Reports?
Location: Des Moines IA
Fished PC pretty much all day Monday, Shallow early, then fished suspended fish all afternoon to no avail, not even a follow. Saw tons of baitfish, and lots of big hooks on the graph? Good day to be out though!
Posted 10/6/2009 2:37 PM (#403431 - in reply to #403146) Subject: RE: Weekend Reports?
Posts: 621
Location: Seymour, WI
I also fished Vilas Co, St Germain musky tourney in the wind, cold and rain. It seemed like good musky weather to me, but the action was slow. We lost one fish on Fri and had two other fish hit baits on Sat, but neither hit produced a solid hook up. The GWMT on 10 St Germain area lakes produced only 12 fish this yr.
Posted 10/6/2009 4:29 PM (#403448 - in reply to #403146) Subject: Re: Weekend Reports?
Posts: 1296
Location: WI
Due to the wind I could only get out on sunday for 3 1/2 hrs and then I had to go to work. I trolled and skunked out. Water temp is down 15 degrees from the previous weekend.
Posted 10/6/2009 10:43 PM (#403515 - in reply to #403146) Subject: RE: Weekend Reports?
Posts: 19
After an almost 4 year college hiatus from muskie fishing I fished pewaukee Friday and Saturday, 2 fish in the boat.. both on bucktails. Should have had 3 or 4 more but 2 shook the hook on my buddy's bulldawg and another 2 that hit the sucker. All happened to the same guy, were thinking he has the old muskie jinx. We need to get the money off his back so we're thinking about fishing okauchee this weekend instead of pewaukee.. any report on okauchee or suggestions on which of the 2 lakes I should fish.
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Posted 10/6/2009 11:45 PM (#403518 - in reply to #403515) Subject: RE: Weekend Reports?
Posts: 315
caught a 43in on a sucker and had 2 more chances on suckers. then had one hit a bulldawg but a miss. had a monster roll on a tube but never touched the bait ugggg. what a day
-ba-
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