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| hows the muskie fishing in late oct. want to book a trip and need help picking a lake in late oct. heard good and bad things about namakagon? if i could get some feedback that would be great!! |
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Location: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin | I fish namakagon the last week of june every year. i love this lake, a lot of nice structure of all kinds. the best of my luck comes out of the northern part of the lake. sawmill bay, missonary point, and the waters around those areas would be the places to fish, lots of 10-15ft submerged weedlines. I've always wanted to fish this lake in fall, makes me want to get a trip going on around that time too. best of luck to you. |
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| I will be up there the weekend of October 16th with a group. I will give you all the info I have when I get back. |
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| thanks odk but i will be up there the same time, hope we all have some good luck!! let me know how you did, i will post mine when i get back. |
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| Im heading up to namakagon for our yearly week long trip ill be there on thursday so ill let you guys know what i find out. |
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| ttrap, look forward to the report. Good luck, I hope you slay 'em!
Mac, where are you staying? If we are up at the same time I will have to get you my number and we can keep each other posted while we are up there. |
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| sorry didnt get back sooner odk, but we are staying on a house on circle drive in the middle of namakagon, but i was wrong we are going up on the 20 -24. I hope you guys have a great time and good luck hope you get a monster!! |
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| I will keep you posted on how we did. Hoping we aren't going to hit it right in the middle of turnover. |
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| GOOD LUCK KEEP ME POSTED! |
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Location: Indiana & Wisconsin | Mac, I am totally new to forums, so This is my first post ever! My hubby and i have a cabin on Namekagon, and have muskie fished for 25+ years. Last of October is my favorite time to fish this lake. Sucker bite should be excellent and the neat thing is you have a chance at a good size fish there, along with numbers. We should be up the last week to fish then also, hope to see you on the water. |
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| Thanks 50ona8, looks like weather could be a little cooler and some clouds would be nice,but im not complaning. Hope you guys have some good luck! By the way where is the best place for getting suckers around there any help would appreciated. |
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| Mac,
Just got back. Fishing was decent, but should pick up with colder temps coming. We got 4 fish, all on suckers working the break lines between 9-12 feet. There is so much good looking structure on this lake it is ridiculous. Key seemed to be structure with the wind blowing onto it. Raised one big fish on a Squirko, but that was all the action casting.
Suckers were available at Pastikas in Hayward, but you definitely want to call ahead. They were not available on the lake. Good luck. |
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Location: Smith Creek | Has Garden cleared up yet? When I was up early oct it was a mess. |
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Location: Indiana & Wisconsin | Mac, ODK is right, Pastikas usually has suckers, Hayward Bait usually does too. Call ahead and sometimes Lakewoods has them at their marina and sometimes Loon Saloon carries suckers as well. If you are staying at Mogasheen the bait delivery truck visits on Thursdays and if you call ahead the folks there can buy and keep some suckers for you to pick up. I've been reading about the cloudy conditions on the lake. If it's the green floating "bloom" you are referring to, we've caught some of our biggest fish when it's at the worst, in fact I really like to see it, espescially on the bluebird-type days. Hope this helps. Leaving this coming Saturday and can't wait! |
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| None of the places on the lake had suckers: Lakewoods, Loon Saloon, etc... Green bloom was there, but not horrible. |
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fishing namakagon late oct