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| Also seem to be on losing end of trying to pattern muskies on our local river,july have caught 10 muskies this year and 7 the year before, all in slough area adjacent to river system. The system i fish is probaly 4 miles long then dumps into a flowage, head waters are a dam impoundment which is basically shallow with rocks, the river has some holes of maybe 25 feet deep, and main forage i would guess would be walleye, carp, suckers. Just cant seem to find em after july. Do river muskies go deep after july, have tried bars in the evening with topwater , some trolling , do i need to concentrate on the river channel, though it is seeminly very wide. With the fall upon us what would be your avenues to success. Any help would be appreciated, Stinky Nets to all and to all a good night. [8)] |
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| hosser, you might concentrate your efforts in and around the deepest water you can find,[;)] Stacking lures on and over the main channel would also be a "pattern" worth exploring. good luck n stay out of those bars till after dark, jerry |
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| Hoss,
I've recently moved and have had some recent luck on a river near my new home. I fish ANY little break in the current to find fish.
Good Luck,
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| I don't have as much experience in this area as would like but I am a good listner. Mountain Muskie Guide Scott Salchli grew up fishing the Red River here in Ky and from what I have herd from guys up north they pattern the somewhat the same way downhere. Scott doesn't have a computer so I will pass on what he has told me. Several keys,deep holes and current breaks as mentioned above, but Scott says that stable flow puts out the most consistent results. Also lay downs weither submerged or emerged produce a lot of fish. One thing Scott shared with me that I thought interesting is that they hang on and return to the same spots much more than lake muskies. In Fact he chased a big one for a least 3 years and finally caught it in the same locations as sightings in previous years, the biggest taken from that water in 30 years a 51 1/2 that weighted 38 pounds and was a natural fish with spots much like the beautiful Minnesota muskies.
That's about all I have learned.
Tony Grant
www.kymuskie.com
www.muskiesupnorth.com |
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| Here in Central Wisconsin, after July the Wisconsin river has a much lower flow than it does earlier in the year. As a result a lot of those sloughs that were working earlier when the higher flow caused the muskies to move to the slack water areas now becomes dead water. When I fish the river here, I look at it like a trout stream on a grand scale. Fish hold on current breaks. Examples would be boulders, submerged humps in the river channel, the slack water behind points, etc. After a really heavy rain and the flow is heavy, the fish will generally push up into any slack water that they can find, often right on the bank. The difference between a multi-fish day and a zero fish day can be whether you can put your casts within 6 inches of the bank or not. Boulders on the upper end of the flowages seem to hold the fish year-round. Regardless of structure type, make sure that you hit it from all angles. It is a real game of casting placement and angle of presentation on the river. Oh...a final thought...in fall, the shiners move up shallow when the water temps are in the lower mid 50's. Find the spots where the shiners spray when your lure hits the water and there will be fish lurking. Keep the presentations small and shiny--you want to match the hatch. Just some random thoughts. Hope something helped.
Paul |
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| July and august are always tough you have to work alot harder to find the fish. I fish mainly down trees close to the river channel the closer the better .Dams are also a great place to start any humps are great topwater spots too.Color patterns that work good for me are sucker I use alot of orange on my lures.That seems to work for me on the river I fish.Try some bucktails I like colorado & fluted blades in hot colors.Also if you have a deeper hole in the channel try working a bulldawg.GOOD LUCK,BRYAN [:bigsmile:] |
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