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Location: MN | Anyone hear anything from the MMT today? |
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| heard one fish caught at 44.5 was it!
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Location: Otsego, MN | WOW! The Pond really is slow this year, that is ridiculous for the amount of great anglers fishing that tournament. |
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| sounds like the tourney was brutal with many teams not even seeing a single musky pre fishing or during the tourney...where did they go? hmmmm
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Location: Brainerd,MN | Brutal it was! Only 3 fish boated for the entire tourney. 48", 45" and 44.5".
Think about it....50 teams, 17 hours of fishing, and only 3 fish! Ouch!
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| Unspeakable. I didn't want to believe all the negative reports but there is no choice to but to believe them now. I forget the guys name who lives on Mille Lacs and makes the Just Big Muskies videos but I heard he has not boated a single muskie on Mille Lacs all season.  |
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| As of 1 week ago yesterday that was true. If he has caught 1 since then it's not true, but I talked to Brian in person 1 week ago yesterday and he told me he had not caught a muskie yet this year. Super nice guy so I hope his next fish is a 50 pounder. |
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Location: MN | That is unbelievable! Anyone have an opinion why the lake hasn't turned on... are water temps low? Can't imagine the fishing pressure would turn the entire lake off like that. I know Vermilion was behind but it sounds as if the West end has definitely turned on. |
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| That is the equivalent of 14 work weeks and change per musky boated. 40 hour weeks at that. Must be the collapse of the tulibee population has starved the muskies off the shallows. Global warming. VHS, BETA, who really knows.
This could signal the end of the MN boom as we once knew it...;-)
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| Hamernick won with a 48 incher....he got the lucky phone call this morning....
From what most experts believe, which includes fishing guides, DNR guys and other locals, the BIG boom in the perch population is what is believed to be the main reason why the muskies aren't up shallow and all over the place like years past. Most the fish are out over open water...eating up all those perch.
The walleye guys are saying the same thing and singing the same blues as are the musky guys.
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Location: Warroad, Mn | FSF: I doubt that this tourny will have much to do with the success or failure of the Minnesota Muskie program or with muskie fishing in Minnesota in general. I've seen many slow muskie fishing days on the LOTWs, and yet there still seems to be a good number of fish in the lake. Doug Johnson |
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| We fished the south end of the big pond in 4 foot waves friday night... had every rock spot to ourselves... 2 upper 40's and a 50 in 2 hours fishing during 10:30 moon phase. First outing up there for me and my son.
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| dougj - 8/24/2008 6:30 PM
FSF: I doubt that this tourny will have much to do with the success or failure of the Minnesota Muskie program or with muskie fishing in Minnesota in general. I've seen many slow muskie fishing days on the LOTWs, and yet there still seems to be a good number of fish in the lake. Doug Johnson
Might be true, but I haven't caught a fish in EITHER LAKE in the last five years, so I can only go by my own data set... |
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Location: Warroad, Mn | Well: The problem is that you have never fished either one, so how would you know? You are invited to the LOTWs anytime you can come. You'd be amazed! Doug |
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| dougj - 8/24/2008 7:12 PM
Well: The problem is that you have never fished either one, so how would you know? You are invited to the LOTWs anytime you can come. You'd be amazed! Doug
Sure, but we are talking DATA here. Is that really relevant?  |
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| Mak51 asked for an "opinion" so I'll stick my local neck out and offer one. And I won't debate my "opinion" so don't expect another posting in this regard.
My take?......Between the growth of night fishing and the multi-line speed trolling, Mille Lacs will be only be an average lake in the future for the day-time angler--as it is now--or worse. The night fishing has got to go! No different than shining deer or shooting ducks after sunset---the pressure 24/7 is too much. Unfortunately, the multi-line speed trolling is here to stay but will continue to digress(as it has the past 2-3 years) if things don't change. How does one expect to catch or even see a fish at daybreak or thereafter on a reef that's been pounded all night? On a reef that gave up 3 fish in two hours the night before?
Steve Fellegy
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Location: Yahara River Chain | dougj - 8/24/2008 6:30 PM
I've seen many slow muskie fishing days on the LOTWs, and yet there still seems to be a good number of fish in the lake. Doug Johnson
Me too even while fish with dougj.  |
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| I also agree with what Hulbert said with the fish being in open water. Why wouldn't they be in open water? Unlimited amount of food supply and they don't have cowgirls bouncing off their heads.
Edited by Baby Mallard 8/24/2008 9:54 PM
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| Heard Jonesi and his partner took 2nd with the 45 today. Tough weekend. |
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Location: Lake Tomahawk, WI | Not an expert on ML, but have spent time out there. My opinion has been that the fishery is going to evolve, and fishing methods will have to as well. The first year I filmed with Thomas and Ronnestrand we saw around 100 fish on the sand flats. That doesn't happen much anymore. Many of the guys fishing it are very good, they will adapt and do just fine.
I also think it's just a messed up year.
JS |
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| Also if the fish are not being caught, there is far less chance of them being hurt or delayed mortality...so perhaps this is a good thing for MN fishing:) |
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Location: Mille Lacs | I'll echo what others have said. I think the amount of baitfish in the water right now is a major factor. The doomsayers come out of the woodwork every year when the bite turns off, whether it be walleye or muskie. However, I'm confident this is a natural reaction by the fish to this year's forage population. Although I'm not a Mille Lacs expert, I've been fishing the lake just about every weekend for the past 8 years and the amount of baitfish in the water right now seems to be quite a bit more than usual. Sure the pressure influences the bite, but not as much as forage populations. |
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Location: Long Prairie, Minnesota | I talked with Jonesi the other night and he told me that his buddy landed an nice 45 the other week and while they were unhooking it, it puked up a couple of perch! Says enough for me right there! |
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| One cast away.................................
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| Impressive fish to say the least, i'd like to see a photo of the guy who caught the fish holding it by himself though.
Mr Musky |
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| He was too freaked out to hold it by himself. The ONLY reason I posted that pic was to remind those who may have a trip up there this season, that despite what has been an admittedly BRUTAL season on Mille Lacs in many respects, the possibility of a WORLD CLASS fish is only a cast away. Keep dreamin' and don't take all the internet chatter to heart. Big fish are never easy and come to think of it, neither are the small ones. Steve
Ps. Too many perch.2 seasonal migrations I follow with perch. One early and one "later". 1 didn't happen for various reasons and the other one happens regardless because of impending hard water.Time will tell.
Edited by Steve Jonesi 8/24/2008 9:37 PM
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Location: Watertown, MN | Time will tell what is going on, DNR had stated that there is phenomenal perch hatch this year and that this will make walleye fishing tough, and I guess musky too. Have they moved out and about due to forage, pressure, or has there been a loss of fish due to nite time fishings with 10's and deeply hooked fish are swimming away and not making it. All interesting things that have been talked about, we will see what happens to Mill Lacs.
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| Wow! Cant really say more. I did some trolling while my wife were after the "shamus" of Mille Lacs, and we hit Malmo on the North End......But apparentley the dozen boats or so we witnessed/joined were speed trolling the 3 to 6 ft depths.... Some pretty fancyedout decked out Pontooners to say the least! They were speed trolling ultra shallow, up and down while we slid out off the break ont onto what could have been the big schools ( probably perch) suspended in 18 plus feet of water! But no luck for us that one day before we had to head home. What would the results be if everybody focused susepended for a weekend???? Da I shuda!
Mr Musky @ Company
Edited by Mr Musky 8/24/2008 10:11 PM
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| Anglers are targeting/concentrating on what, maybe 20-30K acres? What about the other 100-110K acres. Try to target those open water fish and lemme know how ya do.Oh yeah, only 1 line per person . Hahahahahahaha. Steve |
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