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| I had a raise fest yesterday. I probably raised 10 fish in like 6 hours of fishing. What's the most you guys have raised? I'm just curious if this has happened to any of you. |
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Location: Northern New Jersey | 2-4 personally, but around 10 per our boat is pretty normal most days |
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Location: IL | The most I have seen (between 3 people) was 30 haha |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Raised or Seen????
2 different things in my book,
Raised 12-15 muskies several times and have boated a few of those,.......But one day 2 yrs ago, we SAW 28 fish on Vermilion in a 15 hr. day and only boated 2 of those ................. Stupid Fish!!
G-Rome |
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Location: Blaine, MN | 2 - 4 for was my vote... not a very good stick, haha, I gotta stay off of Mille Lacs the last few years
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Location: La Crosse, WI | A couple years ago I went out by myself on a blue bird day. I had 12 follow ups in about 5 hours and didn't boat a fish. Had I known what I was doing with my figure 8's and how to read fish I probably would have boated a couple. However, it was a great day to be out on the water and a day I'll never forget. |
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Location: The desert | 122. |
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | electroshocking doesn't count... 
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| I've raised at least 150 fish myself in one day before (most were schools of
perch, got one of them to hit on the eight) |
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Location: The desert | VMS - 5/15/2012 8:32 PM
electroshocking doesn't count...
Not electrofishing. |
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| Your top end probably doesn't capture the higher number for many.
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Location: Michigan | I've had days at a local lake where I personally have raised 30+ fish. It also is a very clear lake (usually 15' vis) so most of the time the follows mean nothing as the fish aren't interested in eating. |
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Location: Bemidji, Lake Vermilion | Raised 14 in around 1hr 15min one day last year. In a single day over 20 but less than 30. By raised mean following baits.
I've "seen" numbers approaching Pointers 122 in a long day on Vermilion, flat calm and sunny, small reefs holding as many as a dozen fish, larger reefs getting close to triple that. Absolutely lethargic fish not moving an inch for any reason. You could get right up to some and touch them with your rod and they still wouldn't swim away. Cool way to "see" your largest fish though, sometimes over a half dozen 50+ at one time within sight and then the "one" that stands out amongst all the rest.
There are times on days like that we don't even fish, but just go look at eye candy in an effort to decide which spots we'll fish at peak times or after dark. Can even work well in some smaller weed areas vs reefs. |
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Location: Lino Lakes, MN | The best day I've had for seeing fish was also the most frustrating day I've ever had on the water. Fishing LOTW in 2009 with my brother, we had to have raised nearly 75 fish in a 12hr day without boating a single one of them. It didn't matter what we threw, what color, what speed, etc...they just wouldn't eat. The next day was a different story as my brother caught his first 7 muskies ever during a 3hr window, with the 2 biggest being 44.5 and 46.5. I didn't catch a single fish that day, but watching my brother catch his first muskies after 3.5 years of trying was one of my favorite experiences on the water. Oddly enough, the fishing shut down right after that 3hr window and we didn't see a fish for the rest of the day. |
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Location: MN | 1 guy-->3 hours-->7 Fish??? That's impressive. |
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Location: Maplewood, MN | The most I've personally moved is 3 in a day. I've had numerous occasions where a fish will follow 6-8 times in a row without eating. Very frustrating. Then again, these are city fish. |
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| Fishing a small lake in northern Wisconsin a couple of years ago a friend and I had 18 follows within a two hour period. Missed a couple of strikes each including one strike while over 30 feet of water on the figure 8. All fish were raised on Hellhounds. |
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| MartinTD - 5/16/2012 6:28 AM
Fishing a small lake in northern Wisconsin a couple of years ago a friend and I had 18 follows within a two hour period. Missed a couple of strikes each including one strike while over 30 feet of water on the figure 8. All fish were raised on Hellhounds.
And yet you kept throwing them.
No disrespect, but I always scratch my head when somebody tells me they have seen all these fish on a certain bait and it comes to nothing in the boat. I always figure after about 3 follows, something isn't quite right and take a new tact. Another reason to never throw a glider.  |
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Location: Oconto Falls, WI | firstsixfeet - 5/16/2012 6:53 AM
MartinTD - 5/16/2012 6:28 AM
Fishing a small lake in northern Wisconsin a couple of years ago a friend and I had 18 follows within a two hour period. Missed a couple of strikes each including one strike while over 30 feet of water on the figure 8. All fish were raised on Hellhounds.
And yet you kept throwing them.
No disrespect, but I always scratch my head when somebody tells me they have seen all these fish on a certain bait and it comes to nothing in the boat. I always figure after about 3 follows, something isn't quite right and take a new tact. Another reason to never throw a glider. ; )
Couldn't agree more! |
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Location: Contrarian Island | yah ya might want to adjust the brackets...I've had many days with action from 25+ fish....one of the better days for simply action was around 45 fish.... |
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| Partner and I had 25 follows last weekend. Had 2 eat but got off. Yes, gliders brought in the majority of the fish but they also were chasing twitch baits and blades. Everyone we talked to that day had the same results. The fish were just off enough that they would not eat, just follow. Hope that pattern changes.
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | I don't count follows, but had a day last year with Saint1 that I know was over 75 fish. We only boated one that day but if I recall it was a chunky 47"er.
Lots of days over 50 follows.
Couldn't agree more with the changing baits FSF |
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Location: Madison, WI | 140... Canyon Lake, Ontario (July 1989). Lost the exact count after a while, but I think it ended up near 140. Had three different times that day where there were multiple followers on the same cast.
About 460 total follows for the week. But Canyon isn't really known for the quality of fish as much as the quantity of fish.
Personal bests in terms of single day follows from other waters...
LOTW: 35
Rowan: 18
Osbourne Bay: 18
"Jackpot" John Schroeder
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Location: Stevens Point, Wisconsin | One day on the woods we stopped counting at 60 |
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| CiscoKid - 5/16/2012 7:14 AM
firstsixfeet - 5/16/2012 6:53 AM
MartinTD - 5/16/2012 6:28 AM
Fishing a small lake in northern Wisconsin a couple of years ago a friend and I had 18 follows within a two hour period. Missed a couple of strikes each including one strike while over 30 feet of water on the figure 8. All fish were raised on Hellhounds.
And yet you kept throwing them.
No disrespect, but I always scratch my head when somebody tells me they have seen all these fish on a certain bait and it comes to nothing in the boat. I always figure after about 3 follows, something isn't quite right and take a new tact. Another reason to never throw a glider. ; )
Couldn't agree more!
Sorry, that was my first year musky fishing and wasn't an expert yet like you guys! Legitimate point though that obviously was not thought of at the time. Sorry I mentioned it.
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Location: Indianapolis, IN | In the Old Days, on Webster, 80-100 follows was not unusual, some days!! |
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| I would say highest would be 30-40 fish up in a day. Had numerous times when I have had two fish follow one bait at the same time...more so in the spring on hardbaits abnd in the fall on suckers.
I had three follows on a mag dawg cast once with two high 40-inch fish and a low 40-inch fish. Came back around on my icon and hooked up with one of them...of course it was the low 40's!!
I would think this question is extremely relevent to the waters you fish. Three follows in a day on a low density fishery may be very good... but on lakes with a high density of muskies it would be quite poor. Also, If your technique is primarily trolling...you probably have not had many days with multiple follows. |
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| on opening day over the years here in metro we average 40-45 follows myself/dockisin/kroupa but by the next day sunday,,its down below 20,,anybody who says they dont get conditioned or lure shy is dead wrong |
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Location: Contrarian Island | Waldo...you and I had action from 41 fish a day in May 2009.... |
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| We had a day on Eagle where we raised close to 30 fish. Tried Double 10's, Double 8's, Top Raiders, Depth Raiders, Suicks, just trying to get them to eat something, ANYTHING... We did put 3 in the boat that day and lost two others, but it was every spot. Exciting day for sure. |
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| Perhaps slightly off target with respect to fish per day, but I caught 3 fish in ten minutes out of just four casts and had all fish strike the moment that the bait hit the water. The fourth cast had a strike too but the fish missed the bait on a pretty impressive boil. While releasing fish #3 I noticed a father and young son 40 yards away having a real struggle to deal with the release on another musky they were not even fishing for. I decided to do the right thing for them and for the fish and spent quite a lot of time getting a fish to go that they held far too long on the floor inside their boat. Totally not their fault because they were pan fishing with no intent or experience with musky. Anyway, by the time I was done with all the photos and finally seeing their fish swim away somebody shut the window just as tightly as is possible. And, yea, it was on Pewaukee Lake---the place where dreams come true! |
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Location: Warroad, Mn | It is very common to see 20+ follows per day on the LOTWs. This poll sort of gives me a little different perspective of what a great fishery the LOTWs is! Doug Johnson
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Location: sneaking out to get on the water ;-) | Raised 8 and landed 5 of them all in a 2 hour evening out.Prob the best outing for action wise.Best outing ever was raised 5 landed 3 a 41, a 36, and mpb a 48.5. Russ |
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Location: Otsego, MN | Had a cold November day on White Bear and probably raised like 30 fish, and not one would commit. |
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| muskytodd - 5/16/2012 8:44 AM
In the Old Days, on Webster, 80-100 follows was not unusual, some days!!
Ya it was pretty stupid and they loved looking at glide baits. Some times more than one follow on one cast. For me, when we had those crazy number follow days we were lucky if we boated one(usually @ sunset on topwater). The best days, the only fish you saw, were the ones that hit the net (or in my case, the ones I lost). |
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highest number of fish you have raised in one day?