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Location: Madison, WI | I have been curious all year about the local river and where the muskies hang out. Well now its fall and I'm wondering if they have any specific fall patterns in rivers as they do in lakes. I know they are in there but a few key points to target this time of year would be helpful. I googled it with few results that satisfied my questions. |
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| Here in WV we see them in back currents and in structure like logs and rocks. |
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Location: River | Current seams |
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Location: Madison, WI | Thanks for the info. Going to give it a go tomorrow, also going to be hanging a sucker too so hopefully something happens. |
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| Look at deep cuts in bends of the river. Back sides of small bars with deeper hole nearby. Current seams, rocks, wood, eddies, all with deeper holes nearby.
Wish we could run two lines in MN. |
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| ambush points on bait migration.
here we have shads |
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| I haven't noticed any one place particular they like to hang out. Rocks, lay down timber etc are a given.
I fished buckhannon in WV yesterday. Caught 4 and raised 1. I also fish some smaller waters in ky. I can't seem to find a pattern. I just fire my casts directly at shore, and work the good looking timber and rocks thourghly |
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| If the river provides such, run and gun the deep holes. Targets in the holes are first the drop from top to bottom and second any other obstruction that provides an eddy and ambush point.
Next summer float the river with a mask, snorkle, fins and a cooler of beer attached to a couple tiretubes. Spend most of your time underwater, or at least looking down. You'll be amazed at what you see and learn. |
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Location: West Bend, WI | We've done well in deep holes after rapids and eddies. Ranger is right, you never know what you will find, we floated a river in Tennessee and floated over a car that had been in the river for at least 50 years. |
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| All of the above is good info... If you want some on the river tutorial in your State check out Tom @ Lake Ashegon Resort& Float trips. He is by Hayward. He specializes in trip for Fly fisherman but takes "gear guys' as he calls us out too. He is a wealth of knowledge and the action is usually pretty #*^@ good... |
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Location: Ontario | Any tips when the water level is high then usual? Not muddy, just high, temperature 42-45
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Location: Ontario | Esox65 - 11/6/2013 4:33 PM
lifeisfun - 11/6/2013 2:39 PM
Any tips when the water level is high then usual? Not muddy, just high, temperature 42-45
Thanks
The rivers they are speaking about are nothing like the one you (we ) are fishing.
Fish the same areas you did all summer, you might just have to work all the areas around the same spots. Shallow, deeper, breaklines. Spend more time in a spot than you would in the summer, usually fishing a little slower. Contrary to popular believe muskie are generally harder to catch late in the year.
Thanks for reply 
What I find strange that all the bigger fish seams to disappeared, we still catching them but rarely over 40", especially this year. |
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| If the water is high, I'm talking 1-2ft or more, go to the backwaters. Especially back waters with weeds. This has been very very productive for me many times. I fish the river in my hometown 90% of the time. It's rare that this happens, i.e. last summer the water was only up for a few days one time all summer.... But those few days, which happened to pair with the first very hot weather of the summer and a full moon phase = many fish.
Edited by Beatsbyair 11/7/2013 9:52 AM
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