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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | How did you do on the lakes and rivers during the Holiday weekend in pursuit of the muskie ? |
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Location: Orland Park | What a great weekend. Great weather, although the winds kept gusting and throwing us off spots. It was a little too windy at times for the 8 month old, but still great to get him on the water. I have big time problems with my motor.
Fishing......we were bangin the WALL-EYES! Big perch. Yesterday, Monday, I got a 43"er on a figure 8. Only the second fish I've caught on a figure 8, and it was exciting. That's my biggest fish in Vilas County. The only muskie for the group, and the only one seen if I'm not mistaken.
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| Great weather for three straight days. Fished Tomahawk area and got out at 6:00am Saturday morning and nailed a 38 at 6:45. The fish hit a 6" Reef Hawg at boatside and got off......three casts later it pops it again and this time it's in the net. Later that morning I lost another about the same size again on the Reef Hawg. One follow Sunday and another Monday. Didn't get to fish a whole lot as I had to spend time at the cabin we are building and running to get building supplies. Great weekend though!!!!!! |
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Location: Holly, MI | One smallish but fat 32" ski on a white skirt/white blade spinnerbait. Three bonus huge smallmouths and one pike all on the same lure. Tried lots of stuff but kept going back to it with results. |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | Fished yesterday only.....three fish in the boat from 35" - 39" and shots at a few more over 40" that we could not get to eat.
Trying to get photos posted here but need a hand there...haven't figured out how to dop that on my own yet. |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Fished Webster on Saturday and Sunday
Saturday-34.5 and saw 19 several in the 42-45 range
Sunday-34, 36.5 and a dink. Had another hooked on the 8 but got off. Saw 17
All on 6 inch Baby Hughey
Mike Hulbert |
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Location: Racine, Wi | Fished Pewaukee on Sunday. I was able to take notes on the depths my baits were running on different lengths of line. Needless to say, saw nothing. Learned alot though. Monday found me on Okauchee for a few hours in the morning. Got 2 small fish. One on a sucker, and a 30"er on a shallow raider. Heading up north in 9 days though. Hopefully y'all leave some fish for us.
Joel |
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| We fished 3 lakes in Vilas County w/our 1-year old daughter in the boat.
Day #1: Fished a small 122 acre lake = 1 follow from a 40+ inch fish off a shallow point...
Day #2: Fished a 3,000 plus acre lake (can you guess the lake???) = NOTHING:(
Day #3: Fished a 300 acre lake = 3 follows in a very shallow bay
Personally, I think the fish are too busy with other things right now to anything other than chase our lures out of there spawning areas.
If the weather continues to be as nice as it is through the week, fish could be VERY active by next weekend we have a nice weekend.
Terry Paulson |
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Location: Minneapolis,Minnesota | I opted for the warmer water of southern Wisconsin this weekend....
Boated one spotty skinny 34" on a Slowy Sam had other chances at a few in the low 40's but couldn't get them to eat. All fish came off of shallow (1-2') sand bars topped with reeds in a bay with water temps approaching 70!!!!
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Location: Rice Lake,WI | Sat.-4 follows and 35 in the net on a dawg man.
Sun.A.M.-37" turned off right at boat. |
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Location: oswego, il | We boated 4 fish, lost a few, a few follows, several pike and my dad lost a monster dogfish. I had one almost as big as his follw me to the boat. Feeding windows were noticably short, all our activity came in 15-30min spurts. |
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| Caught 2- a 38" and 32", missed 3 and many follows. Moved almost all fish on either a twitchbait or the rubberhairy glider. Feeding windows were short and before 10am for me. Newly emerging weeds in less than 5 feet of water. After fishing in southern wisconsin I was a bit surprised at the lack of weed growth just 3 hours north. |
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| Fished Phillips Chain on Saturday and Sunday to prepare for a Big Brothers/Big Sisters Tourney later this summer. Had a 30" and 24" on a black and chartreuse rizzo wiz and helped out a kid with no net or tools release a 40" on a Rapala. Sunday had two small follows and one released 36" on a A&L bucktail. Fished hard both days but didn't see many fish but saw some nice water.
My neighbor on Solberg caught a 30" walleye from his dock, maybe I should have fished there.
Fished Lake Wausau on Monday morning and landed a nice fat 40" that hit a custom A&L bucktail on a figure 8. Never saw it till it hit.
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Location: Oconto Falls, WI | The opener was in one word: awesome! Boated 5 fish : est. 25" dink, 36", 36", 42", and a 48" Tiger! 7 other missed chances at fish, and had about 40 follows. The fish were absolutely hot! 3 of the 5 fish were caught on the Triple D: the 25", 42", and 48" Tiger.
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Travis excellent job, quality fish for sure!
Mike Hulbert
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Location: Madtown, WI | Congrats Travis! Geee....if the weed growth was way behind....I wonder where the fish were....HUMMMM....have any suggestions Travis! LOL!
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