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| I live in Indiana and my closest viable option for Muskies is Lake Kinkaid in Illinois which is 125 miles one way. Last year I got in a total of 23 days on the water. When I go fishing, my biggest expense is tow vehicle gas, about 1 tank in my GMC Yukon for a trip to and from the lake.
Edited by LarryO 2/10/2013 1:38 PM
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| I see quite a few muskie hunters from Indiana down here in Ky. |
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| 1,090 miles according to google. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Early season usually less than 5 minutes occasionally 20 minutes late season 1 hour and 15 minutes to Gananoque. |
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Location: Gilberts IL/Rhinelander WI | I drive 303 miles door to door from house to cabin. Northern suburbs of chicago to Rhinelander. We go about every other weekend. I'm lucky enough to have a job that affords us this luxury. As well as a wife and kids who love it up there. Make the money in chi-town and spend it in the north woods. I'd love to live up there but there's no market for what I do. I've been on the fox chain once and don't plan to go back, and fish in Madison a few times before the northern opener. Couple local lakes in spring as well. |
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Posts: 192
| Yup, I'm in Kentucky some. It is 170 miles for me to go to Green River Lake and about 240 over to Cave Run. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | One mile. Sometimes up to an hour, but rarely. |
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Posts: 192
| It is always a little funny when I read a Muskie fishing article or watch a video and they talk about picking out a clear lake or a stained lake for the day or switching mid-day if the bite is poor. Those of us that don't live in the Northland just don't have all of those options. For me if they aren't biting on Lake Kinkaid, I fish Lake Kinkaid. |
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Location: central Wisconsin | Two miles from my house the Wisconsin River and/or Petenwell Flowage. Otherwise 120 miles to the Minocqua area. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI |
180 miles from city door to cabin door. Alternatively I could walk 10 minutes and fish from shore but I prefer to get out of the city. |
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Posts: 164
| One mile up to 100 miles. Usually with in 10 miles of home. Sometimes it is nice to live in the middle of nowhere. |
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Posts: 668
Location: Wisconsin | 2 blocks for Smalies, but 330 to Sawyer county where I can use a friends cabin! |
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Posts: 568
Location: Lake St Clair | 13 miles, one road to LSC. |
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Location: Des Moines IA | 20 miles to Big Creek. 75 miles to Brushy Creek. 100 Miles to Pleasant Creek. Definitely had better luck @ Pleasant Creek, but I see myself learning Big Creek much better this year. |
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Posts: 109
Location: Wisconsin River | Live on the wi river and its open, boat ramp not so much. with a little luck will be fishing walleye and bass in a few weeks. Musky fishing keeps getting better every year. Quit driving to Vilas co. a few years back. |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | 1.5 miles to Smokeys Muskie Shop launch. Love it!!! |
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Location: MN | 185 - 250 miles every weekend, first weekend in June thru third weekend in October. Unless we shut down for a couple weeks when the water is too warm. Tell me about vehicle gas  |
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Location: Kansas City BBQ Capitol of the world | 180 miles one way, 360 miles a trip around 20 times a year + or -. I wish the Missouri DNR would look at stocking some lakes we have that would be closer but for now this is my best option.
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Location: S.W. WI | 170 miles up every friday,
50 - 100 while i'm up....lake hopping.
170 miles back every sunday.
May thru Nov.
I try really hard NOT to do the math on $$$ spent on this fricking sickness........
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Posts: 371
Location: Dixon, IL | 20 to 50 miles in Illinois and I would willing to drive farther to fish for trophy musky water. 6 to 8 hours drive to Class A musky lakes in Wisconsin. |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | The landing on Pewaukee Lake is 24 miles from my driveway.
I am very fortunate.
Edited by Steve Van Lieshout 2/10/2013 5:48 PM
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Location: St.John, Indiana | Early season is split between Kinkaid 312 mi. and N.E. Ind. 125 mi. Almost every weekend until June. Then time split between Wi, Mn and LSC which is any where from 275-600 mi during the summer ,Try for every other weekend with a trip to LOTW thrown in. Spend allot of time driving but love to fish !! |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | I could drive a mile or two for the closest destination, but I typically go to other lakes that are 25-35 miles away. I consider myself lucky, even though they aren't the best lakes in the world. Vermilion is only 1.5 hours, so I do that quite a bit too. |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | I have a 5 mile drive to Pewaukee lake, and 280 miles to visit/fish with relatives and friends in Vilas county.
Probably sounds crazy, but I prefer the long trips to Vilas over Pewaukee/Okauchee. |
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| 80 miles about 15 times mid & southern Ill. 975 miles twice a year LOTW & LSC |
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Location: West Metro, MN | Almost exactly 5 miles to Tonka for me. Works out very well for quick trips. |
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Location: Wisconsin | I hope you guys know how fortunate you are to have that kind of water nearby! I love having Geneva so close, and i enjoy fishing it, but it is not Musky water, well at least not just yet!
Edited by Clammer 2/10/2013 7:45 PM
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | One yr. in March, I pulled my boat from Mpls. to Kansas City ,put it in storage (for 3-weeks) and than drove out to Calf. for a Plant Shut Down,.....3weeks later I drove from Calf. to K.C. picked up the boat and drove to Cave Run KY. for a tournament than back to mpls.........That was interesting.
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| 135 miles one way, around 2 1/2 hours depending on traffic, etc. non stop. Usually fish 3 or 4 days each trip with about 12 trips per year. One trip to Ontario one way about 925 miles staying 2 weeks. |
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | For my excursions:
10 miles to reach where I put in on the St. Croix River
45 miles for Minnetonka
200 miles to Longville/Hackensack
200 miles to Delta/Mellen/Seeley
350 miles to Lake of the woods
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