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jonnysled |
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Posts: 13688 Location: minocqua, wi. | |||
| BNelson |
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Location: Contrarian Island | yah I'd like to but my buddy doesn't want to ding up his purdy ranger, can't fault him for that . plus we put in a long enough day as it is.... a beer and steak sound good by about 9pm  | ||
| redskeet100 |
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| Matt DeVos |
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| C.Painter |
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Posts: 1245 Location: Madtown, WI | I am typing this as my partner is driving us to eagle lake :))). I must say this is by and far the best thread ever on comparing two bodies of water fairly and accurately!!! I am not goin to eagle for numbers. Brad is driving to mn right now and will likely stack them Like cordwood... i hope to have 15-25 for the week in our boat of two guys(and this would be a great week). I go to eagle because I LOVE fishing this lake. I have seen multiple giants here (55+)... Tough to get them to eat. I love the diversity this lake offers in a very relatively short run (compared to lotw). I have fished eagle now for I think 16-17 years? Still learning a ton each trip up. New spots, little details about old spots, etc. I love the large group and the competition and banter back and forth and sharing ideas, patterns, theories etc. Some parts of eagle do seem to have more fish than others. I have died on the vine down in the west arm swinging for the fence. But, I caught my heaviest and seen more of the true giants Down west, but they come at a price, its sanity and numbers.  I will be swinging for the fence again this trip... You can have your numbers, give me a queen!! One thing i have heard from several good muskie fisherman I know that have fished both, lotw is much easier to fish, especially for sub par and average muskie fisherman. Newbies and some average muskie fisherman that have never fished a shield lake can seriously struggle on eagle. Lotw is much more forgiving. Part of the reason is the shear numbers of muskie there. Good and very good muskie fisherman will figure out eagle to some degree. If your a newbie or avg fisherman on your first trip to eagle do yourself a favor and hire a guide for at least a day or two.... Invaluable. Some day maybe Brad or DeVos will drag me to lotw as I would like a numbers trip just for fun :)) Eagle here I come.. Edited by C.Painter 8/30/2013 10:50 AM | ||
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| Paul H. |
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| I was just up to lotw for the first time (musky fishing) second week of August. Sandys was the place we stayed at. First night fished till last light and got a 47. Like brad said most fisherman fish till 8:30 -9 and head in. And fishing till last light saved another fish less day. But days were usually long 12-14 regularly. And heading in at dark on lotw can be dangerous. The only other shield water I have experience on is big v. That is another animal all in it self. But thought lotw was more fishing friendly. We put 16 in the boat with 2 over 50 and 5 over 46. Things I learned from lotw. It sees more pressure from Friday to Sunday south side . Mn boys I think. Fish like to eat on 8 Lots of fish ( hire Bill one day with over 50 follows) Most musky guys like the narrows ( most pressure) still a lot of fish there. Fish are Not skinny Fish different structure till you see a pattern than exploit it. Fish move a lot. Never to return. Some do stay though 51.5 did for a week at least. Fish are close to camp. Never fished eagle but live in Shawano and know people that have. I think one has not caught one there yet. Pretty tough IMO. So action with numbers I would recommend lotw. True giant vermillion. But just waters I fished. I will be heading back to sandys soon. Good luck and keep em sharp. Paul | |||
| C.Painter |
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Posts: 1245 Location: Madtown, WI | Eagle was tough as expected.... flat calm days were not fun to deal with. We moved 8-10 fish a day, worst day was 5. Ended up boating 8 fish between my partner and I. The two biggest fish were a 50 I got and my partner Andy's personal best 51 incher he got in the 8. Both fish were captured on go pro, need to do some editing to get them uploaded. the pic of the 50 was pulled off the go pro as Andy forgot the camera in the cabin on this day!!!! Thank goodness for the gopro! Its no LOTW for numbers, but LOTW is no eagle Cory Here are some videos Corys 50 incher video http://youtu.be/oYdAXhvi7s0 Andys 51 incher video http://youtu.be/2XPzdozAWbk OTHER fish action captured http://youtu.be/BUNVRku01YQ Edited by C.Painter 9/13/2013 1:26 PM Attachments ----------------  50 corys.JPG (56KB - 198 downloads) andys 51 b low res.jpg (115KB - 195 downloads) | ||
| jonnysled |
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Posts: 13688 Location: minocqua, wi. | |||
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