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Ok so it goes without saying just about all of us would love our dream cabin to be on LOTW....
But excluding this lake---If you could have a cabin on one favorite Musky lake in say MN or WI which lake would you choose and why???? |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | Storm Strike - 6/17/2013 2:34 PM
Ok so it goes without saying just about all of us would love our dream cabin to be on LOTW....
But excluding this lake---If you could have a cabin on one favorite Musky lake in say MN or WI which lake would you choose and why????
you got a mouse in your pocket?
i'll take the cabin on boathouse reef |
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Location: Oconto Falls, WI | I'll pas on LOTW. My lake choice is in WI, and is not to be named here that is for sure! |
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| Wouldn't want one on LOTW. Wouldn't want one on any specific lake. In fact I wouldn't trade the location of the one I have now for anything. |
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| Lots of choices but I think I'd pick a lake I've never fished for muskies on (but need to soon) Leech Lake. Why? Its obviously an outstanding lake in it own right and complex enough (I like big lakes) + there are very good lakes in every direction. Would make an excellent "home base" - If only the wife agreed we need a north-woods cabin 
Edited by IAJustin 6/17/2013 2:51 PM
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | LOTW, Eagle, Lac Seul in that order...or I am saving my money and taking a pass. Get bored of small water way too easily. Needs to be big water, scenic, quiet, and have potential for big fish. |
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Location: MN | IAJustin - 6/17/2013 2:50 PM
Lots of choices but I think I'd pick a lake I've never fished for muskies on (but need to soon) Leech Lake. Why? Its obviously an outstanding lake in it own right and complex enough (I like big lakes) + there are very good lakes in every direction. Would make an excellent "home base"
+1
Add to that all the other outdoor options in the immediate area- great fishing for other species when skis are closed for both summer and winter, good waterfowl grouse and woodcock, big deer, etc.
I hope to be buying a house on a local lake in the next five years. Once that happens the leech cabin will be tough to pull off. |
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Location: Minnesota | Vermilion hands down |
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Location: Central Minnesota | I'll go with vermilion also. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Amen brother !
To be fair though, there are many non musky related factors that contribute to making it perfect for us.
ulbian - 6/17/2013 2:49 PM
In fact I wouldn't trade the location of the one I have now for anything. |
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| Ideally ya need to buy all the land around a lake so its just you out there fishing and nobody fishing your spots . |
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| st clair.
no bugs and lots of fish..
not 500 mile drive |
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| The first choice for me would be a chain of lakes. If I grew tired of one lake,I could always go fish in another. Second, the chain would have to have trophy potential instead of 30-40inch fish. And last,I would hope it would not see to much pressure, so with that said I would want to be on the Cisco chain on the Wisconsin/Michigan border. Shallow weedy lakes for early season and deep clear lakes,such as Thousand Island in the fall! Kdawg |
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| Crystal lake in robbinsdale, mn .....No just kidding......Leech lake would be my choice, like said by IAJustin great lake and location, for other lakes. |
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Location: Storm Lake, IA | North end of tug... Fish in every direction |
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| dfkiii - 6/17/2013 10:44 PM
Amen brother !
To be fair though, there are many non musky related factors that contribute to making it perfect for us.
ulbian - 6/17/2013 2:49 PM
In fact I wouldn't trade the location of the one I have now for anything.
Absolutely. That went into my thought process here. It's not ALL about muskie fishing. Good muskie lakes very close by, quality panfishing, very good walleye fisheries, top notch trout streams, one heck of a wild raspberry patch on the property.....not another place in sight.
No thanks to having a cabin on the water. If it was the only cabin on a lake then maybe but places I've stayed that were right on the water are not all they were cracked up to be. Crowded in by places on either side. Too much activity and much less privacy.
I'll take being tucked away in a woods on a seldom traveled road before dealing with people who you'll annoy because you had your fire going past 11pm. Simply love having it where if only one vehicle drives past in a day you are wondering why there is so much traffic. |
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Location: north central wisconsin | jonnysled - 6/17/2013 2:35 PM
Storm Strike - 6/17/2013 2:34 PM
Ok so it goes without saying just about all of us would love our dream cabin to be on LOTW....
But excluding this lake---If you could have a cabin on one favorite Musky lake in say MN or WI which lake would you choose and why????
you got a mouse in your pocket?
i'll take the cabin on boathouse reef
Do you mean Boathouse island on Eagle? Knew the guy that owned that island for awhile, and he let us stay for a week here and there. Neat spot. Then he bought a resort. Bad move... Ended up selling it all... I guess they split it up into 3 parcels now.
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| Leech lake would also get my vote, I fish it a ton and think it is a great lake! |
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| Vermilion for sure. Family had a place there when I was growing up (before it was a musky lake!) and I miss it like crazy! |
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Location: Dixon, IL | Own 120 acres private lake! Large muskies, giant perch and some 2+ lbs bluegills! That's would be nice! |
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| Some place where there are NO PEOPLE, just fish, wildlife and good scenery. |
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| Vermilion |
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Location: Otsego, MN | Leech has great fishing for walleye and bass, and lots of smaller lakes to fish skies in the area as well. |
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Location: Angola, IN | woodieb8 - 6/18/2013 7:57 AM
st clair.
no bugs and lots of fish..
not 500 mile drive
No bugs? I've gotten killed on Anchor Bay many times from bugs on LSC. To the point where I was about to loose my mind or go in. |
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