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Location: Columbus, Georgia | I have not fished many Musky Lakes, but favorites are:
Cave Run lake
Greenwood Lake (New Jersey ... this one's a sleeper to outsiders, with lots of big ones)
Melton Hill Reservoir (Oak Ridge, TN)
Edited by cjrich 11/27/2008 12:53 PM
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | Eagle Lake
Canyon lake
Flambeau River |
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Location: Not where I wanna be! | hmmmm
i like lakes where i can see my lure in the water....
i like lakes where i can see fish....
i like lakes where i can occasionally catch fish.....
so basically i dont know what im talking about...
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| LSC/Ottawa/Vermillion for musky
Kona/Costa Rica/Panama for the bigguns |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | These are not numbers lakes- clear water with cisco forage base. These are my top three.
1. Katamiagamak(Kay), Nestor Falls, Ontario - flyin. Definitely my favorite big fish lake. Lots of structure, some nice weed beds, very little pressure. The flyin operator has two cabins on this lake- the point cabin is modern chalet style with great morning & evening views.. The island cabin is older but has eveything you need, including hot shower, etc. Only two private cabins & they don't fish muskies. Also has some outstanding smallies and lake trout..... 150' deep at the deepest spot we've found. In late Sept 2006- My buddy Mike Hofmann & I put 17 fish into the net-largest was just shy of 50".
2. Kagagi (Crow), Nestor Falls, Ontario. Another beautiful big fish lake. I love fishing this lake, it's awesome.
3. Cass (Minnesota)- Cass has it all -clear water - structure- more structure - weeds- reeds - oh yeah and big fish. Walleyes are also pretty nice size.
Big fish = Fish that are big enough that you may not want one in the boat with you because you or someone else might get seriously hurt.
Have fun!
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Wabigoon, LOTW, Pelican.
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Location: Illinois | Cass Lake, Kinkaid Lake, Big Sissabagama |
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boom flowage
lake tomahawk |
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| I see many references to a Pelican lake in this thread. Is this a Minnesota or Wisconsin Lake? Thanks. |
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Location: Sioux Lookout On Canada | Or Pelican Lake out of Sioux Lookout Ontario Canada... because if that is the case, I have been trying to catch one here.
neil Michelin
Lac Seul Fish Fry
Canadian Heartland Fishing
Host of Cry of the Loon Fishing Adventures on APTN |
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Location: So. Illinois | Kinkaid (Illinois)
Vermilion
Cass
Not necessarily in that order......... |
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Location: Otsego, MN | Vermilion
Minnetonka
Mille Lacs |
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Location: On the River | The Wisconsin River
LOTW
Vermilion |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | LOTW---spiritually better for the soul than anyplace south of the border...easy to get lost away from other boats...so many, many, great looking spots...the fish actually act like you read about in the magazine articles...just plain great...dreamed about it last night.
VERMIN--never seen so darned many BIG fish in 20 square yards at one time!---never seen so darned many BIG boats in 20 square yards at one time!
REMOTE WI Lakes--just to get away |
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Location: Wausau | Lake Wausau - close to home
Green Bay - trolling experience
Vermillion - b/c you're never alone if you break down |
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Location: Hopefully on the water | catching fish wise top 3 would be
Indian Lake Chain- Vermillion Bay Ontario
Lost land Lake
Kentuck Lake
Scenery wise
Indian Lake Chain
The Chip
Remote little Presque Isle area lake |
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Location: Windy City | Eagle Lake
Lake Vermillion
Lake X on the Vilas /Oneida county border. Cuz thats where it all started for me. Fish muskies during the day and go to Weasels at night. Thats the ticket!
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Location: Chicago | 1.North Star in Mn. 2.Little Green in Wi. 3. Webster in In. Met a lot of cool people at all places but, these stand out not to mention fishing was alright. |
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Location: Padova - Italy | Lotw
Crow
Indian Chain
but I’ve fished only that three |
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| what percentage of replys have vermilion in it???,,,but yet people maintain its not crowded??? lets hope Mile Lacs bounces back or it will really get nuts |
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Location: Medford, WI | Look at the area (acreage) Vermilion has to offer...and so much of it is fishable. Yes, certain spots that look really, really good on a map may have a boat on them (or two or three...), but you have to look beyond the spots on maps. I've only been on Mille Lacs a few days, but I had about 3x as many people fishing in the same exact area as me on Mille Lacs than I ever have on Vermilion.
Some people say it's crowded, some people say that there's not all that much pressure for it's size...all depends on how you view it I guess.
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Location: Minnetonka | Vermilion? I'm never going back there... too crowded. 
1)Vermilion Rocks
2)Vermilion Weeds
3)Vermilion Rock/Weed Combos |
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| In keeping with Hammskie's post...
1) LOTW rocks
2) LOTW weeds
3) LOTW rock/weed combos |
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| Tough call but if I had to name them:
LOTW - to many huge fish with so little pressure
Minnetonka - its a fun lake to fish with lots of monsters
Indiana - Although they cant compete with the two lakes listed above for size its a great place to go catch fish with a nice one mixed in. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Hooker, You didn't answer the question. I know you hate fishing V, so whats your top three? and why?
Jerome |
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Location: Stevens Point, Wi. | Haven't found a fishable body of water that I didn't like! |
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Location: Lake Vermilion Tower, MN | I fell in love with Vermilion way before it even had Muskies in it.
World class smallie action, monster Pike and one of the best Walleye lakes in MN.
I don't fish any of the tourist spots so I don't see all the traffic that all you guys complain about.
2) Leech Lake.
It was my favorite Muskie lake before I moved to Vermilion.
It's been down a bit in recent years, but it still has some monsters swimming in it.
3) Island lake near Duluth MN.
Please don't tell anyone, it's a big secret. I guess I should have called it Lake X.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | There were darned few. |
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