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Musky Alan |
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Posts: 544 Location: Alsip, Il | I will be heading up there Sept.3 through the Sept. 10, I have never fished that area, does anyone have any advice? Reefs, stay away from weeds, etc. Thanks, Al  | ||
| Geoff |
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| I fished this for several years in the hot summer w/90 degree weather/calm/clear skies everyday. I have always wanted to get back there in September - you are doing this right. It should be a great to go up there this next week. We were staying just West of Highrock Island Sanctuary Resort. East Channel Buoy E48 and E48 just West of the Channel and mostly South a 1/4-1/8th mile SW of those buoys is an area they call the "Garden" - full of rocks and weeds. That holds fish. We relied on the Ontario Govt maps - which were excellent. Also if I had a commercial map or GPS embedded moving map - I would be a bit happier so I could compare those to the Gov't maps. If you navigate via the bouys/channels & markers - that is probably the safest you can be on new water. There is serious trouble up there which is the case on many, if not all of the shield lakes. I never banged up my lower unit up there - but took one out and bang up several on Eagle Lake (East arm). ANother spot- if you go down to Boot Bay and fish the mouth into Boot bay and in Boot Bay and then the islands and rock reefs North within 1/2 mile North of Boot Bay that was a good spot as well. One day we took a run from Sanctuary resort all the way down to Sabaskong using the portage device w/rail - we pulled the boat over the rails and got into Sabaskong Bay. That was a long run - we got a fish in Sab Bay but it was mostly a pleasure cruise. Good luck & enjoy!  | |||
| EagleTail |
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| Musky Alan |
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Posts: 544 Location: Alsip, Il | |||
| darcyfish |
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| sworrall |
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Posts: 32958 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I have done pretty well right in the narrows in September, fishing from the bridge down the system about 6 miles. I hit the reefs, points, bay primary weed breaks(As Darcy mentioned), and boat houses, and liked the area alot. Fire Island down to Log Bay and the reefs right in the narrows have produced some nice fish for me over the years. For whatever reason, I've never caught a muskie into Regina on the other side of the bridge, no idea why. This one was caught off the reef under the powerlines in the narrows, on the right side off the rock piles. Good spot, I've caught several from that area over the years. Attachments ----------------  IMG22.JPG (16KB - 152 downloads) | ||
| Musky Alan |
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Posts: 544 Location: Alsip, Il | Steve and guys, thanks for the information and where to start!!!! I always promote this board because people are willing to help!!!! God Bless, Al | ||
| sworrall |
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Posts: 32958 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | |||
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