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| Going with a group of guys to sportsmans inn last week of june wondering if ne1 can give me any info about the lake and musky fishing that time of year there?
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| Topwater, Topwater and then throw some topwater........Black slow movers { globes, creeps buzzers etc } Stop in at pastikas and pick up one of Bitten Tackles { now by Dayrl Neibauers } buzzers, I designed them for dark water and tested them there. Also listen to John Myhre, your host, as he knows the lake as well as anyone pluss Daryl lives just down the road............Also for al of you looking for Bitten Tackle Baits, They are hitting the shelves soon in the northern Wi area in stores such as Pastikas, Happy hooker, Hayward bait & Tackle , Crazy D's and the list will be growing....Possibly at Rollie and Helens so stop in and ask for them ...........Doug Bradley |
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Location: S.W. WI | that should be a good time to go there.
real dark water, like tea. alot of stumps. alot of muskies!
treat the stump fields like they are weed beds. fish em.
mornings have been good for me.
Bright bucktails and jerkbaits. Chartruess/Orange
have fun, the skies fight like crazy there.
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| thanks for the the reply and the pointers now im really cant wait to go |
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| Have only fished the lake once, but caught a 36" on a bucktail in an area where the wind was being funneled into a channel area. Also had one miss a black lowrider on main lake structure.
Water is stained so definitely do an 8 every time; follows are hard to see. The fish I caught didn't follow the bait, he was actually sitting under the boat. I didn't see him and and once I pulled the lure out of the water he came up and tried to eat it. I tossed it back in and he crushed it boatside.
Note, this is a numbers lake, few over 40". Beautiful scenery and lots of good places for skis to hide.
TW |
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Location: Sun Prairie, WI | Definitely listen to John Myhre. He'll mark you map for you and tell you what lures and colors to throw. They've already been mentioned by the other posters on this thread. Good luck! Great place to stay too! |
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Late June should be prime this year with the late spring and Doug is right on target suggesting surface lures. With the "short" average depth in literally hundreds of acres of water the muskies here have no problem finding surface lures...even over "deeper" water up to 7-10 feet. Tons of fun!
Muskie regards,
Larry Ramsell
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| just curious, if its mostly a numbers lake what lakes in that area that time of the would be the best bet to produce larger fish? |
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| As far as big fish go, I consider this a sleeper lake. Moose is at the top of the Chip river that runs int the Chip and has been feeding the Chip with Muskies since it all began SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU. There are deffinately 50 ers in there but with it being such a dark lake one does not see all of the follows......Kind of like fishing in the dark, they are there but you cant prove it untill you catch one.........As stated, ALWAYS do a quality fig 8 and trust in what you are doing..........Fish the rock bars......Wood and sand points off of shore and Islands. And if you run into Larry, pick his brain, he knows this water as well as John as it is in their back yards not to mention he is just an awesome gy to talk with { Hi Larry } We have all stuck large skis on this water but most importantly TRUST IN WHAT YOU AND YOUR BAITS ARE DOING, BE PERSISTANT, DO AN 8 ON EVERY CAST AND LISTEN TO WHAT JOHN AND LARRY TELL YOU.........WITH THIS YOU SHOULD HAVE AN AWESOME TRIP . And in the evenings throw tlow moving topwaters off of Johns pier......You might be suprised what blows up.......Doug Bradley |
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| We have got up to 47" on Moose, however expect smaller fish for the most part. Again topwaters and small bucktails should do you well. |
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| Fish this lake for 3 years now for walleye with my father in law and seen some muskies caught in the stumps while we were getting are limit, everytime we go to this spot there are musky lures flying at are heads and alot of time they spend time trying to get there lures back from this stump field!! This year I am going to see if I can get some skies out of it, I am thinking topwater and spinners!! Now I am going to have to wait!! |
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Hi Doug. Gotta love your optimism (I used to have it too) and I know you have seen a big fish or two, as have I, but my history doesn't support your claim. I've been fishing Moose for over 50 years and there has never been a muskie over 42 inches come into my boat. While we do now have a higher "average" size due to catch and release, there is no reasonable expectation to even see a 50 inch muskie here, let alone catch one! And I can't say as I have EVER "seen" one here!!
Moose is fun and has a lot of "nice" fish, but not a place to plan on catching a real trophy.
Muskie regards,
Larry Ramsell |
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| I have fished Moose Lake with John Myhre a few times and my understanding is that he has guided on this lake for over 25 years...We have seen some really nice fish, many over 40" and I would be really interested to know what his take is on this discussion as I am pretty sure he has had fish over 46" in his boat,(correct me if Im wrong )....Anyway, I really enjoy fishing Moose with my boy because it is a quiet peacfull place to spend time......IndRdnk |
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| Heard of the thread and after checking it out felt I should respond to clear up some things and answer some questions. First of all I have lived on Moose and guided it for muskies over 28 years now and likely have more combined hours fishing on the lake than anyone. Over the years I have continually seen the musky size structure on Moose get better. After the size limit went to 40 inches we probably have more fish over 40 than I have ever seen. Actually in the last few years I have had some days with a couple 40 inch plus fish in the boat, which is something that never happened 20 years ago. While I have had several fish from 42 to 47 inches in my boat on Moose I have yet to boat a 50 inch fish here. Does that mean there are no fish that big here? Absolutely not! I have tied into some that would have been high 40s to over 50 and at least a couple that were larger yet! Yes, I agree that there probably are not a large number of those upper end fish but there are some of them here and a good number of fish from 37 to 42 inches.. I guide most of the lakes in the Hayward area and over the years have caught several over 50 inches from some of those lakes. One thing for sure is that on most of those other lakes I spend way more hours per fish too. So unless you are willing to spend a lot more hours per fish looking for that 50 inch plus fish you will catch way more fish on Moose and catch and release and a higher size limit some of them are getting pretty decent now. As far catching some nicer muskies on Moose, stay off the shoreline most of the time. Yes you can and do run into a nice one there from time to time, most of the time what you find there are those little 30 inch bank runners. I spend more time fishing deeper rocks, stump flats, cribs, and main channel areas than I do shallow. There are times when I go shallow but not as much as you would think. |
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | A week of sample netting has just been completed on Moose by the DNR research biologist. I don't know the total numbers or net hours, but was told that a huge number of muskies were sampled with few recaptures. The largest fish sampled was 42 inches.
Muskie regards,
Larry Ramsell
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| Water is still cold, not spawning temps yet.....There will be more as the water warms up as long as the DNR keeps their nets in for a while longer....Larry what I do not understand is why you are down playing on this lake cosidering you guide on it and your friends have businesses on it .. There is "NOTHING" to suggest that Moose can not produce a 50" considering the smaller lakes in the area that have put out 50" heck Ghost put up a 50 a few years back and it does not have half what moose does as far as a lake goes......Webster here in indiana is amaller ( although more stocked ) puts out a few 50"s a year.......I may be commiting political suecide but you admire my " OPTIMISM " I have been fishing this lake for 9 years and I have seen these big fish and hooked into them. I know you have " NEVER " had one in your boat and neither have I but they are there...I am no longer in the Musky industry so I have nothing to prove but I feel your hidden political agenda is interfearing with this thread and the credibility of this lake. I intend to spend enough time to prove what Moose has...Doug Bradley |
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| UPDATE, New information shows that the fish on Moose are spawning and that the largest " in the nets " was a 42" but I would like to have Larry tell us about the Two substantially larger muskies that the DNR witnessed just outside the nets. This validates the larger fish avaliable on moose and also if somone from the DNR that was envolved in this netting would be interested in giving us the information from the sampling I think we would all be more than happy to listen.
Doug Bradley
Former baitmaker and bait designer
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Doug:
Never said that there "might" not be a 50 in Moose. Merely related my personal experience, no "hidden political agenda" involved. Just the facts sir. I am not trying to "play down" Moose, just want folks to understand that they do not have a "reasonable expectation to even see a 50 incher, let alone catch one". Great numbers of very "nice" fish, yes.
Spawning IS over, that is why the DNR pulled their nets. Spot light sampling last nite too indicated it is over, even though water temps in parts of the lake are still in the spawning range...very few were seen by me (one), Jim O's boat saw three small ones and the rest of the crew (4 other boats), mostly the students from Michigan (boat Myhre was in saw 10, none larger than 18") and I didn't stick around at 1:30 a.m. to find out what the others saw.
Hope you get the one you are looking for.
Edited by Larry Ramsell 5/10/2008 9:54 AM
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| Here are some numbers on the netting I just got.
Yes the largest sampled was just over 42 but the DNR had problems with the nets and rising water and they felt that the spawn happened really fast and they probably missed most of the bigger fish. The fish were in and out in a couple of days.
Still they did report seeing some larger "females" just outside of the nets that had males in them when they were pulling the nets. Many or most of the females captured were spawned out too.
Total they had 91 muskies in their nets including some 38 and 39 inch MALES! Usually males that size would indicate 42 to 48 inch females present. With only a few nets out under maybe less than ideal conditions it sounds like they still caught a lot of fish. Only 2 or 3 recaptures so they feel the lake has a HUGE musky population.
I think it would be interesting to see what they would come up with more nets and more ideal conditions?
Another interesting thing is the number andsize of the walleyes they had in the nets. Not only did they have lots of those small walleyes but a good number of 20 to 28 inch walleyes too as well as some big crappies
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| Hey MuskyThug...
Getting more than you bargained for here? LOL! Sounds like you've gotten a few pretty good pieces of advice to hang on to: Throw some topwaters, and try throwing them out in the stump fields. I can tell you from my experience that if you do get ahold of one of those Moose Lake muskies that are "only" 35"-40" it will give you plenty of fight. And while there's no guarantee, you just might have a four or five fish day. (We caught four and lost two out of Larry's boat one day, but he gets all the credit for putting us on good spots. ;)) Personally, I enjoy catching the Moose Lake muskies and don't get too hung up as to whether they qualify for a trophy or not. The scenery will will keep you happy even when the fish aren't. And don't be surprised if a Smallmouth thinks he's a muskie and takes a swipe at one of your top waters. It's happened to me a few times.
Good luck...
jim Munday |
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| I appreciate all the help sounds like the trip will be a blast regardless.
any day musky fishing is a good day. Thanks to all
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| I have fished this lake many times and it is truly one of my favorite Northwoods lakes. I have to agree with most here in the fact that the lake is a numbers lake with many 36-40 inchers caught by our group each year we fish it. Largest we have gotten with up to 8 guys fishing it yearly is 43 inches. Certainly a nice fish anywhere---If you want a great action lake this one should be considered---If you are looking for a true trophy of 48 inches or larger I would spend my time elsewhere. |
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