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Location: northern indiana | So how far do you or would you travel to fish for Muskie? The waters I fish are about an hour and a half away. |
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Location: oswego, il | I fish there two it's 3.5 hours for me. |
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| 2 miles to Bald Eagle Lake, 3 miles to White Bear Lake, 7 miles to Forest Lake 
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 5 minutes to one lake, 15 to 4 others. |
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| 22 miles to one lake...
35 miles to another....
168 miles to another....
and 996 miles doorbell to doorbell to Andy Myer's Lodge on Eagle Lake!  |
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Location: Hartford Wi | 5 min to 4 lakes and 13 1/2 hours to the other! |
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Location: Altoona IA | Min. 5hrs. Most of the time 8hrs. |
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Location: Des Moines IA | Bare minimum, Big Creek (almost worthless though) 1/2 hrs
Eastern IA 2 hours
Brushy Creek 1.5 hrs
Three Mile 1.5 hours
Minnesota? 4/5/8 hours depending which lake
12 Hours door to door to AML. 10 MORE DAYS until I'm in muskie heaven for a week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Edited by MuskieMike 9/12/2011 11:37 AM
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| Just drove 1.5 hours to Cave run yesterday, as always it seems like i was 2-3 days late getting there. fish were decent til noon then nothing
so up at 4am, left at 5 , fishing at 6;45. stay til near 8pm , dropped boat off . got home approaching 10pm. looong day. no fish for me , dipped a 32 and a 36 for my master. lol MD
Edited by ManitouDan 9/12/2011 11:48 AM
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| leave for the 1200 mile trip to close up the canadian camp wed night . |
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Location: Twin Cities, MN | 25 minutes to my favorite Metro lake
4 hours to Lac Du Flambeau, WI
4 hours to Park Rapids, MN
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Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | 750 miles to Canadian heaven! 100-160 miles to my alternate waters. |
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| Here is the question: Is it worth it? If you live a long distance from where you can fish for muskies, and it costs you an arm and a leg to drive there, is it worthwhile pursuing these fish on a regular basis? If I was a young dude, and I was really intent on hunting the skis, and I had job mobility, I'd seriously consider moving to Central or Upper Minnesota. Heck, don't even tell the wife. Just disappear one day; drive up there; and find a house. Get the deed in your name; and then shoot back to the present homesite. Get a good night's sleep, then go out and rent a truck--a big one. Just start packing up. Don't tell her anything. She'll be dumbfounded. When everything is in the van, just tell her to get in the cab. You'll explain everything on the way north. If she protests, just tell her it has to be this way. She'll like Minnesota; and she can go fishing too. If she starts to growl, tell her you'll cover two trips to the Twin Cities per year; and you'll throw in a once a year fling in Chicago. And a Macy's card. Besides, you can tell her, the schools are great; and there's hardly any crime. She'll be beaming by the time you cross the border. A new life awaits. |
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| If I tried that, they'd NEVER find my body in Minnesota... Or any state for that matter. |
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Location: Missouri | 2 hrs & 15 min. |
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| 40 minutes up to 12.5 hrs. Just depends on where I'm going. |
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Location: northern indiana | I think if I had to travel more than 3 hours each way hauling my boat gear etc. I'd seriously consider moving. Do the math. A 3 hour one way trip hauling gear etc....... is over $50.00 in gas alone each way. Do that every weekend and it adds up. Now if I could only find work in northern Minnesota =) |
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Location: chisago city,mn. | I don't know what you drive wallydiven but $50.00 for 3 hour trip pulling boat to catch muskies sounds great to me I would go every weekend! |
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Location: northern indiana | greenejeans - 9/12/2011 2:32 PM
I don't know what you drive wallydiven but $50.00 for 3 hour trip pulling boat to catch muskies sounds great to me I would go every weekend!
I'm not sure if you read my post right or not because that adds up to over $400.00 a month in gas alone. |
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Location: chisago city,mn. | I'AM SORRY DIDN'T READ POST CORRECTLY.BUT ARE WELFARE IN MINNESOTA IS GREAT QUIT YOUR JOB AND COME ON OVER. |
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Location: Ogden, Ut | I do the vast majority of my fishing 8 miles from my house. I've been known to take a trip out of the area on occasion.
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Location: The desert | greenejeans - 9/12/2011 3:11 PM
I'AM SORRY DIDN'T READ POST CORRECTLY.BUT ARE WELFARE IN MINNESOTA IS GREAT QUIT YOUR JOB AND COME ON OVER.
Education is top notch too. See above. |
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| LOL, some of the things i see at the boat ramps in the metro make a lot more sense now.......... |
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Location: MN | Your making us look stoopid greenejeans! |
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| 4 different lakes 1
45 minutes North
45 minutes West
1.5 hours West
1 hour South
I guess I'm pretty lucky after reading some of the other posts. |
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Location: Michigan | DonnieHunt37 - 9/12/2011 12:16 PM
22 miles to one lake...
35 miles to another....
and 996 miles doorbell to doorbell to Andy Myer's Lodge on Eagle Lake! ;)
Almost exactly the same for me! Along with 18 miles, 46 miles, and a couple at 60 miles away. |
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Location: St. Louis, MO., Marco Is., FL, Nestor Falls, ON | I think I have the lead since I travel 2100 miles from Marco Island, FL to Nestor Falls, ON. But my son flies in from Patagonia, Argentina to fish LOTW with me. That has to be the farthest...about 7,000 air miles. |
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Location: St.John, Indiana | Weekend trips are the closest 135-162 miles
With a few 270-308 mile trip (spring-fall) throw in a couple 850 mile trips during the year . All adds up to allot of gas ,but can't take it with you and can't catchum at home. All miles are one way ,Gotta get out of IL !!!
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Location: Ontario, California | 1745 miles by air and another 125 or so on the ground. |
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Location: Madison WI | Wow I am sure glad on where I live when I see how far some of you guys are traveling. I have 5 lakes within 25 miles of me another that is 50 miles away and a few that are about 60-75, longest is about 465 miles. |
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Location: Ogden, Ut | California_Muskie - 9/12/2011 4:46 PM
1745 miles by air and another 125 or so on the ground.
or 643 fly plus 45 drive... |
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Location: Not far enough north! | Esocidae - 9/12/2011 5:35 PM
Weekend trips are the closest 135-162 miles
With a few 270-308 mile trip (spring-fall) throw in a couple 850 mile trips during the year . All adds up to allot of gas ,but can't take it with you and can't catchum at home. All miles are one way ,Gotta get out of IL !!!
So true IL sucks! It's an hour and a half to either of the three closest lakes for me down here and I have made three trips to one that is three hours away this year so far. Its about 18 hrs to LOW for me which i only get to go once a year. I would fish a whole lot more if I had a lake 20 minutes away, hell i'd be fishing now...
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| I have about half a dozen that are 45 minutes to an hour a way, give or take. Two hours to small, but decent water. Haven't gotten out much this year, but hit that lake almost every week last year. Six hours to real water - Chautauqua. |
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Location: Iowa | 74 miles to Brushy Creek Lake, IA
130 miles to Clear Lake, IA
272 miles to Lake Minnetonka, MN
503 miles to Lake Vermilion, MN
690 miles to Eagle Lake, ON
Worth every bit of the traveling too! |
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Location: Hugo, MN | I have 3 fantastic metro waters between 2 and 8 miles from my driveway. Living up north is overrated. You can make a FAR better wage in the Twin Cities, and then spend that extra money on gas if you feel like going up north. Or, just learn your local waters and catch some real nice fish close to home. |
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| 1 hour to the Great Falls system to the south of me (50 mi)
1.5 hours to Melton Hill to the east (95 mi)
18 hours to the Bemidji area (1160 mi)
23 hours to the Northwest Angle (1300 mi)
I really don't mind the time behind the wheel, but the gas prices and consumption to haul a boat with a 4x4 V-8 pretty much kills most of my fishing opportunities. Consequently, I have had much less time on the water the past couple years here, but graduation comes in May and Northern MN will be much closer to me next summer.
Ryan
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| rpieske - 9/12/2011 5:32 PM
I think I have the lead since I travel 2100 miles from Marco Island, FL to Nestor Falls, ON. But my son flies in from Patagonia, Argentina to fish LOTW with me. That has to be the farthest...about 7,000 air miles.
This post is hilarious.
Marco Island and Patagonia are world class (fly) fishing destinations and you guys are flying away from them to come muskie fishing. We fishermen are seriously messed up dudes. |
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Location: Ames, Iowa | 402 miles to our place at Leech from home. Just got back about 3 hours ago. It's only worth it during 4 day weekends (I took Friday and Monday off) or the 2 week trip and the one week trip during the summer, plus other long weekends. This was likely my last trip up there for the year as the wife and her sister will close in October. My remaining trips will be to West Lake Okoboji (Shaley a little advice please).
As far as telling the wife we'll be moving- my advice is for you young guys to try to find a job up north you can live with or get in to a career where you can find a job up north. Do that before you get settled with a home and a woman. I'm a teacher and it'd be nice to have the kind of job where you get out the door and stop thinking about the job- I'd do alot more fishing if I had that. It sure would be great to work and live 4 hours closer to the cabin, but then we worry it wouldn't be so special. In 9 years, God willing, the kids will be out of the house, I'll retire, and Tammy and I will be up there for 6 months out of the year, spending winters in Iowa. |
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | River- 5 to 45 minutes depending on where I want to fish.
Any decent lake- 2 hours.
Hoping this changes within the next year when I'm out of college and can look for a job in WI or MN... |
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | 50 yards out my back door |
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Location: Minneapolis | 3 lakes, all about 10 min from me. |
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Location: Maplewood, MN | MuskyMidget - 9/12/2011 11:11 AM
2 miles to Bald Eagle Lake, 3 miles to White Bear Lake, 7 miles to Forest Lake
I'm about 20 min from bald, 12 min from bear, and 30 from forest. Not bad. |
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Location: northern indiana | Vince Weirick - 9/12/2011 11:12 PM
50 yards out my back door
Lost a nice mid 40's there this spring |
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| 1 hour to the closest lake.
Up to 1 and a half hours to the other four places I fish for muskies.
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Location: Smith Creek | Almost every lake between Hayward and Minocqua is less than an hour for me. The hardest desicions I have to make are deciding where to go. Some days 45 minutes is just too long of a drive. |
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | wallydiven - 9/13/2011 9:46 AM
Vince Weirick - 9/12/2011 11:12 PM
50 yards out my back door
Lost a nice mid 40's there this spring ; )
Got a 40 in one cast from my pier years ago. Saw it chasing shad and one cast topwater...chomp! |
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| Lake Minnetonka 12 miles
Lake Waconia 33 miles
Eagle Lake 3.5 miles
Just to name a few! |
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Location: Uxbridge Ontario | 23hours to North West Angle LOTW...
4 Hours to Georgian Bay....
1 hours to some good numbers fishing (Kawarthas)
10 minute to get the boat wet
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| I have to travel roughly 50 min for the closest lake, and 1 hr 15 min or so for the furthest that ill travel to on a weekly basis. The time is calculated 1 way
Not counting the 900 miles to canada
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Location: oswego, il | I have closer lakes to me, one is 40 minutes away but I won't waste my time. If I am not able to fish the places I want which start at 3.5 hours away, I am fishing for bass. |
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Location: Sw Pennsylvania | 3 to 25 miles for any given stretch of the river, 2 more lakes within an hour, 2 lakes at about 2hr drive and the two most productive lakes are 3.25 and 6hrs away |
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| Local flowage is 20 minute drive from home, but we have a place on the chip. river just a couple minute boat ride to lake holcombe. 1 hour and 40 minute to our place on the chip. From there there are several lakes within a 15 minute drive. Im not feeling bad about my drive seeing how far some of you are going. |
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Location: St. Louis, MO., Marco Is., FL, Nestor Falls, ON | Landry - 9/12/2011 10:08 PM rpieske - 9/12/2011 5:32 PM I think I have the lead since I travel 2100 miles from Marco Island, FL to Nestor Falls, ON. But my son flies in from Patagonia, Argentina to fish LOTW with me. That has to be the farthest...about 7,000 air miles. This post is hilarious. Marco Island and Patagonia are world class (fly ) fishing destinations and you guys are flying away from them to come muskie fishing. We fishermen are seriously messed up dudes. Actually, I'll be down in Patagonia fishing Nahuel Huapi for trucha (trout) in November. I fish offshore and nearshore in Marco from late October to sometime in May, minus the trip to visit the son in Argentina. Life is good!! Thank goodness I didn't get what I deserve in life. LOL I've been fishing LOTW for muskies since 1953 and my son made his first trip there as a child in 1978. My father started me and I started my son. Hopefully, one of his son's will get the muskie fever. It's a family tradition. |
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| I drive almost every weekend 90 miles to my lake home. cost 60 just in gas to get there. then there is the food. then the gas for the boat. then everything else. But to me when I hook into the ski.............. IT'S ALL WORTH IT!!!
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| 250 miles every weekend |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | 360 miles round trip. The drive isn't that bad, and I can do it for about $50 in gas. |
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Location: McFarland | 30 feet to my dock or if the boat is on the trailer, 300 yards to the launch. |
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How far do you travel???