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Location: Minnetonka | Just came off a pretty good weekend... pretty good MONTH of fishing out of a boat that has been on fire (16 since opener). Lately, John Hoyer has managed to park his Ranger on a lot of active muskies on Lake Minnetonka, with 1-3 fish per day being eaters.
Quite simply, we've been throwing Curly Sues and Bulldawgs near prominent structure and they've been getting eaten. There has been no specific time for activity, as we've caught fish from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. The magic lures have had orange tails while the walleye pattern has continued to produce. Good luck, and call John with 'Skie Patrol if you want to hit the water!
Below is a 49 from Friday... check out the site for the entire June '08 line-up!!!
http://www.skiepatrol.com
Andy
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| Good deal...looks like I'm gonna have to get out there and nail a few myself. Been everywhere but my home waters since opener! |
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| Got a 45 incher last night, lost another on the hook set and my boat partner had one blow up on the side of the boat pulling his lure out of the water... plus we got two nice northerns (34 and 34.5). Water temps on the lake ranged from 74 to 80. All the muskie strikes were in the 74-75 range of water.
Edit: By the way, I'm not fishing Minnetonka.
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Location: Twin Cities | They've really been going lately in the Metro, seen a lot of fish this last week. Caught a 46 last Sunday and have had several hit lures and very aggressive follows. My fishing partner lost two nice fish tonight, had hooks in them for quite a while and tossed them jumping at boatside. This weekend should be good! |
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| Out this morning, water temps down 2-4 degrees. Had 4 follows and missed hook up and saw a few others cruising. Looks like it will be a slow day. Nobody on the lake was catching anything. |
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| it sounds like some people need to fish some states without a closed season to learn how to catch fish in colder water |
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Location: Twin Cities | kustomboy - 7/4/2008 12:49 AM
Out this morning, water temps down 2-4 degrees. Had 4 follows and missed hook up and saw a few others cruising. Looks like it will be a slow day. Nobody on the lake was catching anything.
That was certainly not the case where I was yesterday....
Colder water to me is 40 degree's, it's been good since it was over 60! |
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| I wasn't saying the water was too cold to fish. I was just saying that the 2-4 degree drop had effected the activity level of the fish. (geez... Mr. Guest.....) |
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Location: North Metro | nawnawanawnannannnananan |
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| Fished last night. Had a few up but no takers.
Edited by kustomboy 7/6/2008 10:00 PM
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Location: Maple Grove | Haven't been out for a week and that was on Indy. Nothing doing, but that trip was more of a get to know you in the new to me rig. Water temps were mid 70s. Anyone have current temps on Tonka? |
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| Sundays temp on Tonka ranged from 81-77. Starting to get the fish going, we boated one Thurs and one Friday, in the 4th traffic! Missed a tank at the boat Sunday night also.
Oh yeah, all on cowgirls, surprise!
Edited by teddy b 7/7/2008 2:22 PM
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| Did anybody hear of some "Huge" muskie that was caught on Owasso lately??? I guess it was shown on the news one night??? somebody said 50lbs but Im guessing they got it confused with inches????
Edited by happy hooker 7/7/2008 2:47 PM
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Location: minneapolis | Local man catches 31-pound musky
A Metro man pulled in a massive musky Friday and he says he’s not even much of a fisherman.
The musky weighs 31 pounds and is 49 and a half inches long. And it now belongs to George Ficocello.
Ficocello spend his Fourth of July at his brother’s place, fishing with his grandchildren on Lake Owasso in Shoreview.
The average musky lure is between eight and 12 inches. They are elusive fish and even called "the fish of a thousand casts."
KSTP report from July 5th
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| We reeled in a muskie while my wife and daughter were riding in an innertube behind the boat. We were trolling about 3.3 mph with supershads. The baits were about 10-12ft in front of the tube. I wouldn't believe it unless I was there. |
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Location: Minnetonka | 'Skie Patrol had a little "lull" in the activity last week, but things picked up this holiday weekend with 5 fish caught and released. Thursday we picked up a 45 and some change, along with a hook in the hand. After some dockside surgery, we went back to fishing and got another fish on topwater. We also caught 3 on Sunday, including 2 in under 15 minutes... they're still eating soft plastics!!! I love hearing that they're going on blades as well. The Metro bite is heating up... exciting. 
Andy
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| Thanks EL for the update on that rumor
Twin cities chapter is doing our on the water meeting tonite tues july 8th 6pm-10pm at Grays bay landing , anybodys welcome to come join us if you want,,anyways should have some reports for tonka |
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| Why would they do that? Those states don't even compare to the fishery we have here. Coincidence? Doubt it. |
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Location: Maple Grove | Fished Tonka yesterday from 7 to 11. Didn't move a fish. One pike I was able to shake off at boatside. I had temps about 77.
Hooker-I'm a new member that hasn't got to a meeting yet. I launched at gray's but sounds like I just missed you all. Maybe next time. |
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| Fished WBL for the first time this year and it produced one 46" fish. Only one seen though. Caught over deep water.
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| went out on a city lake yesterday,,,,I have never seen it that dark ever,,,rare when we dont get a few follows but never saw a one,,,Im wondering if people are using some type of new lawn fertilizer it hasnt been that hot this year to make it this dark |
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Location: Maple Grove | Once again haven't been out for about a week. Anyone have current water temps? Tonka or Indy? Thanks. |
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Location: Blaine, MN | Got out on Forest on Sun morning w/ a 33" for my efforts. Caught it in about 7' of water. Moved 2 others in 3' or less of water. |
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| tonka was 77-78 in most areas on sunday. |
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| I'm assuming you were out in the afternoon Ducky? We had 72.5 at first light on Sunday and it warmed to 75.5 by 10 AM. Northerns were all over but the ski's weren't too hungry for us that day. |
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| yeah, it was off the digital readout on the waverunner, got out at about 11am, and checked it again at about 2pm |
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| Both beaches are closed on Nokomis because of high bacteria count in the water,,swimmers itch!,,,keep that in mind if you wade fish the tigers,,some of the small metro lakes are awfully green now,,couple Ive never seen this dark before and it isnt eeven August |
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Location: Minneapolis | Thanks for the tip, Happy. I was thinking of wading Nokomis before work tomorrow. Guess I'll use the fishing pier. Nice timing on the beach closure just a week AFTER the Life Time Fitness Triathlon there... |
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| I think somebody tipped over the biffy and it went into the storm sewer which drains into the lake. ISHY! |
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| Metro lakes have been good lately. 6 in the boat the past two days......Deep weed edges seem to be key - AND like everyone else has been saying about Vermillion holds true in the metro. Try to fish spots that look good that aren't the typical community spots. Waiting in line to throw the same cowgirls usually will end up in disappointment. A suick has been my go lately. |
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