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Location: northern indiana | So how far do you or would you travel to fish for Muskie? The waters I fish are about an hour and a half away. |
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Location: oswego, il | I fish there two it's 3.5 hours for me. |
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| 2 miles to Bald Eagle Lake, 3 miles to White Bear Lake, 7 miles to Forest Lake 
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 5 minutes to one lake, 15 to 4 others. |
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| 22 miles to one lake...
35 miles to another....
168 miles to another....
and 996 miles doorbell to doorbell to Andy Myer's Lodge on Eagle Lake!  |
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Location: Hartford Wi | 5 min to 4 lakes and 13 1/2 hours to the other! |
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Location: Altoona IA | Min. 5hrs. Most of the time 8hrs. |
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Location: Des Moines IA | Bare minimum, Big Creek (almost worthless though) 1/2 hrs
Eastern IA 2 hours
Brushy Creek 1.5 hrs
Three Mile 1.5 hours
Minnesota? 4/5/8 hours depending which lake
12 Hours door to door to AML. 10 MORE DAYS until I'm in muskie heaven for a week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Edited by MuskieMike 9/12/2011 11:37 AM
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| Just drove 1.5 hours to Cave run yesterday, as always it seems like i was 2-3 days late getting there. fish were decent til noon then nothing
so up at 4am, left at 5 , fishing at 6;45. stay til near 8pm , dropped boat off . got home approaching 10pm. looong day. no fish for me , dipped a 32 and a 36 for my master. lol MD
Edited by ManitouDan 9/12/2011 11:48 AM
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| leave for the 1200 mile trip to close up the canadian camp wed night . |
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Location: Twin Cities, MN | 25 minutes to my favorite Metro lake
4 hours to Lac Du Flambeau, WI
4 hours to Park Rapids, MN
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Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | 750 miles to Canadian heaven! 100-160 miles to my alternate waters. |
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| Here is the question: Is it worth it? If you live a long distance from where you can fish for muskies, and it costs you an arm and a leg to drive there, is it worthwhile pursuing these fish on a regular basis? If I was a young dude, and I was really intent on hunting the skis, and I had job mobility, I'd seriously consider moving to Central or Upper Minnesota. Heck, don't even tell the wife. Just disappear one day; drive up there; and find a house. Get the deed in your name; and then shoot back to the present homesite. Get a good night's sleep, then go out and rent a truck--a big one. Just start packing up. Don't tell her anything. She'll be dumbfounded. When everything is in the van, just tell her to get in the cab. You'll explain everything on the way north. If she protests, just tell her it has to be this way. She'll like Minnesota; and she can go fishing too. If she starts to growl, tell her you'll cover two trips to the Twin Cities per year; and you'll throw in a once a year fling in Chicago. And a Macy's card. Besides, you can tell her, the schools are great; and there's hardly any crime. She'll be beaming by the time you cross the border. A new life awaits. |
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| If I tried that, they'd NEVER find my body in Minnesota... Or any state for that matter. |
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Location: Missouri | 2 hrs & 15 min. |
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| 40 minutes up to 12.5 hrs. Just depends on where I'm going. |
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Location: northern indiana | I think if I had to travel more than 3 hours each way hauling my boat gear etc. I'd seriously consider moving. Do the math. A 3 hour one way trip hauling gear etc....... is over $50.00 in gas alone each way. Do that every weekend and it adds up. Now if I could only find work in northern Minnesota =) |
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Location: chisago city,mn. | I don't know what you drive wallydiven but $50.00 for 3 hour trip pulling boat to catch muskies sounds great to me I would go every weekend! |
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Location: northern indiana | greenejeans - 9/12/2011 2:32 PM
I don't know what you drive wallydiven but $50.00 for 3 hour trip pulling boat to catch muskies sounds great to me I would go every weekend!
I'm not sure if you read my post right or not because that adds up to over $400.00 a month in gas alone. |
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Location: chisago city,mn. | I'AM SORRY DIDN'T READ POST CORRECTLY.BUT ARE WELFARE IN MINNESOTA IS GREAT QUIT YOUR JOB AND COME ON OVER. |
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Location: Ogden, Ut | I do the vast majority of my fishing 8 miles from my house. I've been known to take a trip out of the area on occasion.
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Location: The desert | greenejeans - 9/12/2011 3:11 PM
I'AM SORRY DIDN'T READ POST CORRECTLY.BUT ARE WELFARE IN MINNESOTA IS GREAT QUIT YOUR JOB AND COME ON OVER.
Education is top notch too. See above. |
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| LOL, some of the things i see at the boat ramps in the metro make a lot more sense now.......... |
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Location: MN | Your making us look stoopid greenejeans! |
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| 4 different lakes 1
45 minutes North
45 minutes West
1.5 hours West
1 hour South
I guess I'm pretty lucky after reading some of the other posts. |
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Location: Michigan | DonnieHunt37 - 9/12/2011 12:16 PM
22 miles to one lake...
35 miles to another....
and 996 miles doorbell to doorbell to Andy Myer's Lodge on Eagle Lake! ;)
Almost exactly the same for me! Along with 18 miles, 46 miles, and a couple at 60 miles away. |
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Location: St. Louis, MO., Marco Is., FL, Nestor Falls, ON | I think I have the lead since I travel 2100 miles from Marco Island, FL to Nestor Falls, ON. But my son flies in from Patagonia, Argentina to fish LOTW with me. That has to be the farthest...about 7,000 air miles. |
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Location: St.John, Indiana | Weekend trips are the closest 135-162 miles
With a few 270-308 mile trip (spring-fall) throw in a couple 850 mile trips during the year . All adds up to allot of gas ,but can't take it with you and can't catchum at home. All miles are one way ,Gotta get out of IL !!!
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Location: Ontario, California | 1745 miles by air and another 125 or so on the ground. |
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Location: Madison WI | Wow I am sure glad on where I live when I see how far some of you guys are traveling. I have 5 lakes within 25 miles of me another that is 50 miles away and a few that are about 60-75, longest is about 465 miles. |
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