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| Hey guys, just interested to see how other guys would compare last year to this year so far? I thought this year would be better than last because we have had warmer weather and make the fish more active. This season for me hasn't been as good as last. Looking forward to september when we can get some wind and water temps fall. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I have had almost no time to fish. That changes in a couple weeks! |
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Location: Des Moines IA | Since I beat my PB twice in two days, I'd have to say this season has been pretty good. Fished a lot of new water. Had a great time with great friends. Best of all it's only about half over. |
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Posts: 646
Location: In a shack in the woods | A lot better than last year. I had boat problems for half the summer last year. |
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Posts: 1169
Location: New Hope MN | Pretty good so far. My numbers are way up this year, caught some nicer fish, but have yet to crack a 50". On a scale from 1-10 I'd say an 8. |
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Posts: 1023
| Terrible. I have been really struggling. Just picking the wrong days to go I think. Some days they just won't play - no matter what you do I guess.
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| What Landry said - terrible.
Then again, I'd rather be lucky than good.
Well last year was all luck. This year I am finding out I'm really no good. Maybe lucky again next year.
Although, looking at my log, 75% of all my fish have been caught August-November. They just seem so much easier to catch in the fall.
Edited by Musky Madman 8/10/2010 1:22 PM
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| I havent caught nearly as many fish as i did by this point last year |
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Posts: 169
Location: Houlton, WI | Been terrible haven't got alot of time to fish a variety of lakes. And even my go-to lakes haven't been good. Not a lot of follows either. |
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Posts: 253
Location: On the water | This year is turning out to be a good year for us, better than last season.
Good Luck to All, Tom |
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Location: Contrarian Island | hours on the water down..so fish in net down... still putting a fish in the net every 6.5 hrs on the water isn't all bad...not as good as last 2 seasons but the fish haven't been cooperating like they should be...the next month should be good if it ever cools down... ; )
Edited by BNelson 8/10/2010 1:34 PM
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Posts: 157
| At the begging of the season I was ripping it up. A fish in the boat every 2.5 hours! That changed and now I'm down to a fish every 6-7 hours (I don't have my spreadsheet accesible at work right now). I'm still wayyyyy better than my average from last year of a fish every 12 hours. Hope to bring that time down again after my trip to Canada at the end of the month. |
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Posts: 6
| This year has sucked for me as well as many other guys i have talked to in my area im not seeing the fish like last year. Last spring was great and i thought it would be good agin this year but it has just been really slow i cant wait til fall!!! |
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Posts: 175
Location: Tonka, MN | Chalk another one up for terrible. |
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| Been a good season so far. Not counting vermillion which I helped my kids moslty, I have had a half day trip to pewaukee where I lost one at the boat, otherwise, no skunks this year and 29 fish. |
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Posts: 4080
Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | I haven't fished many hrs. yet, but this season is much better for me than last yr.
The best fishing is yet to come this Fall
Jerome |
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Posts: 280
Location: McFarland | Started out good and then the water got too warm. Haven't been out in a month, come on cool down!! |
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Posts: 36
| My best year yet!!! I have been catching them on almost every type of lure and have boated more fish on topwater than anything else including a 51.5"! Of course, on the other hand I would have to say terrible during tournament hours  |
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Posts: 1036
| Pretty poor for me.
But last year was a very exceptional year....
With our warm waters, I'm not going to get out much until September. Hopefully it will turn around at that time. |
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Posts: 543
Location: WI | June was fantastic. Seemed like the fish were pretty active right of the bat after that warm spring. Didn't get out much in July and when I did I was either getting chased off the lake by the weather or something was breaking. I've got time now, but the water's just too warm. Looking forward to some time off at the end of October and the middle of November after the PMTT crowd has cleared out and the yachts are getting put away. |
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Posts: 619
Location: Verona, WI | Fewer fish in the boat because the water is too hot to fish in - 3 hrs the entire month of July for me and none of it locally. When I have fished I've done pretty well but come on fall. We need cooler water temps.
Shane |
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Posts: 536
| I havent caught the numbers of fish I would have liked too but that still might change! the quailty of fish has definately increased including my pb |
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Posts: 829
Location: Maple Grove, MN | Not so good this year. So far I've seen a lot of fish and got a couple of big fish to hit, but nothing big in the net yet.
Just have to stay after it and keep trying. It builds character, eh?  |
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Posts: 547
Location: Oshkosh | Not as good this year as last, but like most, hours are down.
Peter |
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Posts: 1184
Location: Iowa Great Lakes | Poor in terms of numbers but size is up, not complaining on a 42" average.....Hours per fish we aint talking about....... |
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Posts: 171
Location: indiana | my best year ever thanks to our trip to lotw. boated almost twice as many fish in one week compared to a years total, including a new pb at 51.25. only get about a half dozen or so trips to local indiana waters and those numbers are down. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | I haven't been out fishing as much as I would like to. No fishing for about 2 weeks in mid June during my honeymoon (usually a time period I can put a few fish in the boat). Also a lot fewer long days on the water. I still have nearly as many fish now as I did all year last year. Still not exceptional, but not bad. It's been just an ok year for numbers and the size has been decent but no real big fish yet. I don't have it plotted out, but hours per fish isn't all that bad. I have been just under 4 hours per fish in the net the last two weeks.
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Posts: 107
Location: central illinois | Caught 27 so far this year with a few big fish but maybe one monster. A really good start because last year I caught 28, so this year I should beat my record for numbers. However last year was phenomenal for me for average fish size and I also caught 3 fish that were monsters(in my opinion)! If anyone knew the hours I put in to catch these I would be super embarassed! Can't wait till October!!!
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Posts: 41
| Well for all those guys out there that are having a tough season, let me tell you. I have been fishing hard all season and untill 2 weeks ago i didnt have a muskie in the boat lots of follows and missed fish but nothing in the bag. In the last 2 weeks i put 10 muskies in the bag! you never know. All i can say is never give up!!
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | My wife and I are having a pretty darn good year. Promoting the Company is always fun. The last two years we built a new shop and rebuilt an old house so I have to compare to 2006 when we caught 226 fish. This year we are on a pace to catch about 140/150 Muskies over 30 inches but we both got personal bests of 53.5 for me and 55 for Michelle. St Clair has been pretty good to us as have a couple of smaller Michigan and Indiana Lakes. Im looking forward to casting again this fall when things cool down. Right now we got 86 fish with 4 over 50" and Michelle is in first place in Muskies incs womens masters. Pretty happy about that. The only place we can fish right now is St. Clair or the big lakes up north. All trolling. I would like to get back to casting but I wont fish this hot water. Mike |
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| My season's going pretty darn well. I've been doing pretty good in tourneys-got a 1st place and 2nd place. Fished 2 new bodies of water and caught fish on both-both during tournaments also. I caught my biggest fish out of Kinkaid as well as my new pb up on LOTW-49 7/8. My dad caught his new pb up on LOTW also 47.5, and we had our best year for numbers up on LOTW. The downsides have been when I have been off, I have been waaaayyyy off. Spent 3 days on LOTW without catching any fish-no pike, smallmouth, nothing. That's not to say that I shouldn't have put fish in the boat each of those days, including some really nice fish-I just didn't. I have also had a couple of weekends with absolutely nothing over on Kinkaid. Worst part though has been no muskie fishing down here since May-dunking minnows and chicken livers isn't that exciting. |
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Posts: 315
| terrible! |
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Posts: 184
| great june and july but the dreaded month of august is here. always slows down for me this time of year with multiple fish days being the exception rather than the average like earlier in the year. so june-july rate as a 9 w/ a 50" and lots of fish. |
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Posts: 619
| as bad as bad can be........have fished alot. multiple days of no sign of a fish...have thought way outside of the box and has not paid off. same for others i fish with? whats up? all i can think of is these fish are buried in the weeds and not moving (conserving energy). maybe in a real funk w/ the high temps. no cowbell bite either, OMG!! |
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| shouldve been perch jerkin for most of the season, or like JOmusky is doing,
lots of salmon! numbers are down, no big fish yet, lost or missed a couple,
hoping things turn around come september. If not, the deer will be getting a little more attention this fall.
Its too hot to sweat right now, let alone drink beers in the baking sun.
id take some ice on the boat seats right about now.  |
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Posts: 281
Location: ROckford IL | Very slow compared to last year for me, maybe the fall will be better |
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Posts: 1286
Location: WI | Slow compared to last year. I have yet to even see a big fish much less catch one. I think my numbers are up, but I've put in more hours. Reels keep breaking, rain keeps raining, and I keep feeling burned out.
Way less action overall this season, I've barely had any follows, they just eat. That can be good I guess, but it's nice to at least see a few now and then. My avg is 37" at 10 hours per fish.
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Posts: 582
| Terrible. Very few fish this year. May be because of water temps and this weather, i don't know... but last year it was polar opposite and i blamed it on the weather then too. |
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Posts: 238
Location: Rhinelander | Best June I had in years, worst July in years and now shaping up to be a very good August.
Who knows what Spetember and October will bring. |
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Posts: 366
| Hopefully, far from over, with some of the best yet to come. Other than that, somewhat good, but came the closest I've ever been to having a monster in the net, only to have it get caught on the net. So that has cast a pretty dark cloud, but the silver lining was the best numbers week I've ever had on LOTW. Now if the water will get below 90* here at home, there will be some hope for the fall.
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Location: MN | This year: 3.5 out of 10
Last Year: 8 out of 10
The best is yet to come however |
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| I just got into musky fishing this year. I went out and spent money on my own tackle and rod because I was hooked after the first follow I had. I still have not caught my first musky, but I have had plenty of follows this year. I have spent about 6 days on the water fishing just for musky with no luck. I know it will eventually change, but I am getting anxious to put the first one in the boat. |
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| Not near enough time on the water, hope to change that when water temps fall. Sept. looks to be busy..............hope,hope! |
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Location: c.wis | best year yet! got 41 so far and thats twice what I got all last season! plus some of the fatest fish ive ever seen and caught- the past 3 wks has been eceptional- with 3 of the biggest fish ive ever caught |
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Location: New London, MN | Terrible.....I only have 3 fish so far this year, but I havent been out all that much either. Hopefully the fall bite is like the past few years |
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Posts: 183
Location: Grand Forks ND | Really having a lot of trouble here in MN this year. June was a good month, but since we have been doing terrible. It has to be the higher water temps this year, and we just don't have the experience fishing in these conditions and I think we're fishing way to shallow. Would probably be a good trolling year, but we just keep casting away. Getting into the 50's at night this week, however, so that should start cooling stuff off. Still hopefull for a good fall bite, but right now it's just real tough even getting motivated....makes me want to fish for some easy stuff like catfish and walleye. |
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| Another vote for terrible. Worst year in the past 15 years for my personal productivity here in MN. Like many of you, I'm looking forward to the Fall and better fishing. There's likely to be a lot of us out there trying to salvage our year!
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Location: Uxbridge Ontario | Not sure how to rate my season here... I guess it's 2 parts.
The times I have been out +A
Amount of times out F
who knew.... your wife doesn't let you out when you have a baby???? hahahaha... it's not funny |
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Posts: 157
| HomeTime - 8/18/2010 2:31 PM
who knew.... your wife doesn't let you out when you have a baby???? hahahaha... it's not funny :(
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | Allot better than last year! But we could sure use a good stable fall, gradual cool down and lasting into the 2nd week of November. A good Indian summer would be nice for a change. |
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Posts: 134
| Struggling year. Short feeding windows with no pattern. If you are not out there all the time your guess is as good as mine. Worse year I have had in a long time!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Posts: 1220
| Even though I do some considerable travel to fish elsewhere, my bread and butter place to fish right at home is Pewaukee Lake where I'd be on the water at least twice a week. Last year for me (and every other guy on that lake) most every trip was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, the fish were a bit on the skinny side, but boy oh boy were they ever hungry. You sort of began to expect that multiple fish days were to be a ho-hum occurence. Then there was this year. The few fish I caught before the lake began to boil were fat SOB's but very few and far between. Then the lake became unfishable with water temps suitable for boiling eggs. So, for me, the fish I am catching away are the only ones I am getting this year (till the cool-down) and therefore my rating for this season is stinko-crappo!!!! Marty Forman |
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| For Chautauqua, where I live, on a scale of 1-10, I 'd give it a B+, ( smiley face). |
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Posts: 572
Location: Maplewood, MN | just about as good as kissing cole....caught the same number this year as last year..zero. |
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Location: Houlton, WI |  just lost way to much respect for you |
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| Terrible! Boat out of commision since opener |
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