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Location: Minneapolis, MN | I had about the same experience as you did this weekend. Saw a lot, but nothing was interested in what I was throwing. A few curious follows. |
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Location: Forest Lake, Mn. | Just spent 2 days on the Pond. Saw a number of fish but didn't boat any muskies. Partner had a low 40 inch fish on and lost it. Had a couple of hits that we both missed. Partner had a approx 12 pound pike and say a 8 pound pike in the boat. Saw a couple of pigs of which one followed the other didn't.
I got a small pike and the biggest walleye I've ever caught. I know this is a muskie board, and who gives a rip about walleye? Well I caught it on a Huntertail bucktail. It was 26 3/4 long. Inside the slot limit so back it went. I'm not good on guessing walleye weights but call it an 8 pound fish. Pretty fair fighter, wish I could have got it on walleye gear rather than muskie gear, I'm sure that would have been FUN, but even on the muskie gear it gave a pretty good fight. It's also the only walleye that I've caught on muskie gear. We also had a couple of decent walleyes follow to the boat. I kept teasing my partner, that we should stop throwing those walleye lures and get some leeches and nightcrawlers and go muskie fishing. Made sense to me, if we were getting walleye on bucktails, spinnerbaits, etc then we needed leeches for Muskies. LOL!
Still, it was a SLOW fishing period. The muskies were slighty active but not going great guns. But there were a couple of chances to score. We had a lot of the low, late and slow follows. Only had 1 follow from a fish that showed any real aggression on the lure. But that one also didn't hit the lure.
Monday was windy and the lake rough, but seemed the better of the 2 days fish activity wise. Tuesday in early morning there was a little activity but with the High Pressure weather system it was kind of slow. |
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Location: Elk River, MN | Went out last night from 5:30pm - dark and fished weeds and rock - never saw a fish. |
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| out monday on city lakes for a couple hours during prime time,,saw nothing,,,tuesday did the 'smart" thing and instead of fishing went down to target center and bought a ticket from the scalpers for Def Leppard & Journey,,the fishing lately is reminding me of a DL tune- "Brigin on the heartache"!!!!! |
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| any updates on the big pond?
will be there this weekend....
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| The warreye are bitin, muskies are pretty only going in the dark from what I hear |
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| Out this past weekend for the first time on Mille Lac this season. Lost 2 fish sat. and 2 sunday, all action was in the mornings. Seen a lot of muskies biggest 45+ inches but most from 36-42. Lot of missed strikes and stuff and after the fourth one lost it was propably good I had to head home becouse I began to get a little p'd off. Tryed the night thing sat but the wind chased me off the water early. Two weeks till I can make it back so I'm countin the days. |
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| I've never fished Mille Lacs, or even seen it. What are some of the better lures to use there in the next month or so? |
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| derrys i have heard stompers r good up there |
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | For weeds, popular Mille Lacs lures include spinner baits, plastics, and topwaters. Running lures like spinner baits and plastics over and through the weeds or prop style topwaters can be affective at times.
All the standard cranks like Jakes, Depthraiders, Grandmas, Slammers, etc can be good for trolling along weed edges and rock bars. All the popular jerk-baits seem to move fish at times too.
I don't know if there is a best color or not. Talk to five guys and get five different opinions.
Hope this helps some. |
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| Agreed. Most things will work depending on conditions, I really like glider style jerks and topwaters but have done well on spinnerbaits and bucktails also, white, orange, black, red, pretty much varies with personal preference and the mood of the fish. I also think plastics are good here (as they are on most muskie lakes). Sorry for not narrowing it down real far but I think most stuff will work, so I'd say whatever you have lots of confidence in. Good Fishing. |
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| Last sun 7-23..watertemp was 80,,,,4 straight days of high 90s with mon supposed to be 105....can someone shoots us a recent watertemp??? is it possible we could see 85 by next weekend????pray for wind |
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| Ask and you shall receive.Just backfrom the Pond.Surface temps in the upper 70's early and late and topping 80 during the day this week.The saving grace has been the storms bringing rain and wind.Crazy wind from the SW today, with 4+ footers rolling into the Wharf. Steve |
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Location: The Yahara Chain | My brother in law caught this beast while fishing with Lee Tauchen last week. He lost an even bigger fish the next day. This fish was caught on a Mag Dawg on a rocky structure. SJ he talked to you at the landing.
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| i was out 2 day at vinland and rwe boated a 43 in the 14 cast but didnt c a fish the rest of the day 
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| I'm leaving for Mille Lacs in less than 24 hours. Anyone have a current report on lures, or locations that they wouldn't mind sharing?
I promise to put the fish back after I catch them. Ha ha.
Thanks. |
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| fished Mille Lacs on thursday and Friday. There was a substantial Tulibee die-off. Talked with a local and he made an analogy to sitting in a fast food food place and picking off oily,salty french fries as they come floating by. Who knows, but muskies were slow for us on the south side. It is sad to see the number of dead walleyes floating on the surface.
Tom |
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| They don't eat the dead ciscoes or walleye. The fish are there just have to get away from the crowds on the north end |
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| Fri night stayed out late,,only boat on the wealthwood end of North after 10 ,,Wind out of the south 'POUNDING"in first time ever I coudnt cast from the platform but had to stay on the floor, clouds moving in-Perect scenario right out of musky hunter mag,,we got nothing,,might have seen two fish,,saw two in Vineland,, watertemp 77 on sunday |
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| The north end was a zoo yesterday.....seemed every square inch of the north end had a boat on it.
We found some active (and large) fish on shallow rock spots....."burning" bulldawgs was working for us. |
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| Hook,
You weren't the only boat out there friday night, we was out till midnight on the north end. Could barely stand up in the boat due to the waves! To rough to even drink beers in the boat! Saw one nice fish before dark and that was it. |
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Location: Right behind you (tap, tap) BOOO | My buddies fished Saturday on the north end, nothing to show for it. I met up with them Sunday morning and hit the north end, 3 missed fish, 1 43" and a bonus 20" Smallie.
Esox23 |
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| I will be there Tues- Fri. I hope they are on atleast one day we are there. |
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| Komer,,"my bad" meant sat,,,when you make one Fruitless cast after another,after another..the days just blend together..you got no highlights to identify with,, |
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| going nite fishing for the frist time since i was a little kid [its really not that far away] on mille lacs i will give a report as soon as i get back o and that is tomorow |
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| Hey, I read something on a proposed 48" limit on mille lacs and several other minnesota lakes that is going to be put to a vote, and I also heard there is already some opposition to it. Does anyone have any information on what, when, why and is there any organization on our side to see this thing through. I just thought I'd bring it up becouse I feel we really need to stand up and let people know we care about the quality of our musky fishery. Thanks. |
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| Yes there is a 48" size limit on some lakes now. Most are posted by the launch.
Release em all. |
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Location: Elk River, MN | I have no idea why anyone would be opposed to an increased size limit. This years Muskie Inc magazine said 98.5% of all muskies caught last year were released. Look at all of the 50"+ (lots and lots) that are being caught and released. Catch and release has paid off HUGE dividends.
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| Ok this is the report for vineland......its dead didnt see a fish we tried a little after dark for maybe a hour read my post on genneral discussoin my mille lacs post for the warning on the acsses for vinland. |
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Location: Right behind you (tap, tap) BOOO | Fished Vineland yesterday morning 6 am to 12:30 pm, I had one beast of a fish follow in 3 times round the figure 8 and split, man that would have been a nice fish to have a picture of myself holding. Also missed a solid hit who knows what it was. Sure is odd not to pick up any northerns. All encounters came on a Squirrely Phatom.
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