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| A couple weeks back I ventured up into johnnysled's area and did some night fishing. We eased into a secluded bay and were greeted with the northern lights, owls hooting, whipper wills, frogs croaking and it appeared that the muskie gods were shining down on us. 10 minutes into the drift we hear a loud splash/slap on the water, about 2 cast lengths away from us. At first we thought it was someone on shore but about 5 minutes later we hear it again and this time it is closer. At this point both of us in the boat immediately stop fishing and try to see what was making the noise. I suppose we could have turned the spot light on but we were both afraid we would spook whatever it was. 5 more minutes goes by and I notice movement on the water about 50 yards behind the boat and that is when we realized that it was a very large beaver slapping his tail on the water, I'm assuming trying to scare us away from it's home. This was the only bay on the entire lake that we did not either move a muskie or catch a bass.
My question is, should we have even continued fishing in the secluded bay with a beaver in the area? Does a beaver effect the chances of connecting with a muskie?
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Norm Wild is the expert here on the subject, but I have caught muskies very close to those critters. A big one can scare the begeebers out of you in the dark and up close with the tail slap.
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| MstormC - 7/23/2012 9:43 AM
This was the only bay on the entire lake that we did not either move a muskie or catch a bass. :) '
My question is: if you were nightfishing, how do you know you were moving fish unless you caught them? A wake on the surface or swirl at the boat?
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| MartinTD - 7/23/2012 9:48 AM MstormC - 7/23/2012 9:43 AM
This was the only bay on the entire lake that we did not either move a muskie or catch a bass. :) ' My question is: if you were nightfishing, how do you know you were moving fish unless you caught them? A wake on the surface or swirl at the boat? This |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | there are no fish in that lake ... |
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Location: North Central IL USA | Did you know that prehistoric beavers weighd up to 300 pounds!!! |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | gregk9 - 7/23/2012 10:07 AM
Did you know that prehistoric beavers weighd up to 300 pounds!!!
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| jonnysled - 7/23/2012 9:55 AM
there are no fish in that lake ...
yep, you are correct but we are talking about beavers and muskie. You must be referring to the Lake X discussion?  |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | i caught a beaver at lotw back in the day ...
if you could target them consistently, i'd quit musky fishing. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | jonnysled - 7/23/2012 12:03 PM
i caught a beaver at lotw back in the day ...
if you could target them consistently, i'd quit musky fishing.
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Location: minocqua, wi. | it was a phriggin hoot!!
the beaver bait has been in retirement since ...
caught a pelican once too, but they just bite the bait in their wing and come in like an inner-tube. re-coined the "sh_ _ like a goose phrase that afternoon" ...
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | I rarely if ever pass up a beaver house to cast at, especially in Canada....We have seen and caught quite a few fish this year on LOTW using these areas, I think they work best when water levels are lower but they are always worth checking out...there could be a 30" or could be a 50" using it any given time, ya never know.... |
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| With "Sled" being the President, Secretary and Treasurer of the "There's no fish left in this chain" association, did it occur to you that it might have been him slapping against the water to scare you off. What he had been slapping to create such a big commotion is, naturally, a subject that will likely never get by the censors. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | easy way to tell if you've got a beaver on your bucktail 1. is it wet, 2. has it got hair. if-so, it's a beaver ... not a musky. :0) |
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| Junkman - 7/23/2012 2:03 PM
With "Sled" being the President, Secretary and Treasurer of the "There's no fish left in this chain" association, did it occur to you that it might have been him slapping against the water to scare you off. What he had been slapping to create such a big commotion is, naturally, a subject that will likely never get by the censors. :-)
being aware of his title I played the bait and switch, very similar to using someone elses phone number when out hogging, or as he stated earlier "catching large beaver" I told him we would be fishing Lake X when in fact we were fishing the more coveted Lake XX so it is very unlikely it was him |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | XX is a peach ... and you will almost never, ever see a musky boat out there which is crazy!!! |
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| I told you guys...Stay the hell out of my bay, #*^@it!!!
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Location: oswego, il | I don't think there is a beaver that could not scare the hell out of you! |
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| Beaver - 8/6/2012 6:55 AM
I told you guys...Stay the hell out of my bay, #*^@it!!!
Beaver
wait, I thought you said it was alright to be in that bay provided I was using a Beaver turd |
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