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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Just a thought, in YOUR opinion, if you had a single week, having never fished the waters before....with just a SINGLE day's guided trip (soley for orientation), with a helpful camp personnel to guide you, and the usual pre-trip planning via internet/club/word of mouth searching at your disposal, where would you go:
A. for THE ONE. Be it your personal best or for a MONSTER, regardless of your definition.
B. for a whole bunch of fishes. Thinking really high numbers, while giving up the higher percentage at the MONSTER.
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| A. ???
B. St. Clair
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Location: Iowa | A. Eagle Lake, Ontario or Lake Vermilion, MN
B. One of the Indian Chain Lakes in Ontario (Herbie's numbers lake)
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Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | I' have to take into consideration the fact that some water is not possible to learn enough in a week to get you in the ball game. I fished Eagle once and it was unbelievable as far as structure, but I couldn't navigate to the point of having the mobility required to be successful. I'd take Georgian Bay for my big fish spot. I think that you could pick a small enough area to learn with a guide, with a variety of structures, so you could have a good shot at a horse.
Lake St. Claire would be hard to beat for numbers and still have a chance for something really nice too. But do you have a boat that can handle the water? I guess it is the same question for Georgian Bay too. Big water, bad weather, you lose. |
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Location: Central Iowa | A. Eagle
B. Below one of Iowa's majestic spillways. |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | What else is there?AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Perhaps, I'm suffering from severe muskie sadomasochism. For me it's an inherent affliction brought on by the sight of what was in my estimate two of the largest muskie's I've ever seen, i.e., either mounted (Cal Johnson's fish) or any photo's posted here, or elsewhere. Although Larry Ramsell's books do show some big fish, these two fish were clearly in a class by themselves (+mid 60"r's). Both observed directly at the boat with less than a foot of water on top of them. They live in different W Ontario lakes (at least I hope they still live). I have landed & held a 50" fish, and by comparison it was small. Don't get me wrong, I love catching muskies big or small. But these two fish are why I fish muskies, i.e., I know they are out there. I still get the shake's remembering the first one! She hooked me, even though I didn't hook her!
oops- you asked for lake names!
A. Katamiagamak Lake
B. Don't know-never really been that interested in numbers. Maybe Canyon Lake (W. Ontario)
Have fun!
Al
Edited by ESOX Maniac 5/31/2008 6:21 PM
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| A. St. Lawrence/Ottawa confluence
B. St. Clair, I guess... |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | a Wabigoon River System
b Canyon lake |
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| st clair hands down. theres a few trophies there also. some folks say there skinny. i have seen 40lbers so if you want to catch skinny st clair fish they are there. |
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Location: searchin for 50 | 1. Eagle Lake. I have seen some monsters in that lake. For a shot at a legit 40lb probably #1 choice. Look at Herbies Photos
2.Sabaskong Bay on LOTW. #'s and a shot at a over 45'' fish. I like this body of water there is a lot of different cover/structure to fish.
3.Northern Wisconsin.( Vilas,Oneida, Sawyer counties) No particular order. Lots of great water to fish and you never really have to fish the same body of water if you don't want to. I haven't really seen any supertankers up there but I have seen some very nice fish.
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| The Woods. It's got it all |
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| I would definately say Lake of the Woods, specifically Bay Store. The lake is beautiful, has a lot of fish, has many personal best type fish, Frank is a greaty guide that knows the waters and is fun to fish with, and the Bay Store web site has a lot of information for pre-trip preperation with advise form Pearson and Johnson. What else can I say. Oh yeah, the rates at Bay Store are still some of the most reasonable out there. It's worth a chance. Good luck this season.
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Location: Hopefully on the water | A. I would say Indian Lake Chain. A five fish day casting is hard to beat plus the fish I lost that day.
B. Same chain, Four days of fishing and over 100-125 follows along with the big fish mixed in every now and then. Fishing pressure being light and good scenery, and active fish. Looking foward to the next trip up there. Plus good company up there well worth the trip to go for smaller fish.
However the bay in the fall isn't bad for #'s and big fish in the same day.I jus have to hit one of those days myself yet.
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Location: Not where I wanna be! | B. Below one of Iowa's majestic spillways.
Just got restocked MAJORLY the past couple days..... 
but perhaps a personal fav of mine as well.......
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