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Posts: 227 Location: Southeast Wisconsin | Fished 10/25 with Bob and his daughter Jenny. Fishing was slow, only raising 3 fish from 12-6pm. Finally, the float sucker came through for us and Jenny boated her first musky! Gotta love those 4th quarter comebacks..LOL Been running the same pattern for the last month... Shallow and in the weeds. Ben www.benkueng.com Attachments ----------------  img00099.JPG (76KB - 158 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 227 Location: Southeast Wisconsin | All I can say is that we kicked some musky A$$ today! Fished with first time clients Dave and Jerry from 10-6pm. Things started off slow, only seeing 3 fish between 10 and 2. Around 230, Jerry was the first to score with a healthy 41" that ate a float sucker. 5 and 10 casts later Dave has a high 30s and mid-upper 40s chasing his glide bait. Moonrise was at 430 so I decided to step off the spot untill around 345. We watched from the other side of the lake as 3 other boats worked the same area with no action that we could see. At 345 as we were approaching the area, the guy who had been squatting there for the last 20 minutes decided to jump in front of me, so I decided to work the spot he was just fishing..Well,me Dave and Jerry would like to thank that "kind" "gentlemen" for changing our course, because not 10 casts later Dave has a 43" SMASH his glider 5 feet from the boat. After a short, but tense match she was safely in the net. For the next 45 minutes, we did some squatting of our own and boated two more skis! Jerry got a 39" on a sucker and I popped a mid 30s on a glider.. Everything ultra shallow within a 100 foot stretch! Would of liked to get that 45+ that Jerry rolled, but 4 fish in the boat with a couple over 40 aint to shabby of a day.. Let ya know how it goes tomorrow.. Ben www.benkueng.com Attachments ---------------- IMG00101.JPG (42KB - 159 downloads) img00104.JPG (40KB - 126 downloads) img00108.JPG (36KB - 135 downloads) img00113.JPG (48KB - 140 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 516 Location: Kildeer, IL | |||
| Ben Kueng |
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Posts: 227 Location: Southeast Wisconsin | |||
| Ben Kueng |
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Posts: 227 Location: Southeast Wisconsin | Musky fishing continues to be on FIRE throughout Southeast Wisconsin! Every guide trip is ending with at least one legal fish boated and 3 fish during a 8 hour trip has been very common. Monday I was out with regular client marc McDermott. From 2-430 pm we had 6 fish hooked up, but only 3 made it to the net (33,35,37) Tuesday I was out by 830am and by 930am I had to pull out to get more suckers. I had 3 fish grab meat, but only managed to boat one (mid 30s) Made it back out for the evening bite and didn't have any action. Wednesday I was out with a couple buddies for the afternoon bite. Matt boated a 38, Mike lost 3 and I finished it up with a super fat 47+.. All of our action was on suckers fished through shallow weed beds. Water temps are holding at 40 degrees. Weeds are dying off quickly, which is actually concentrating most of the fish in a few particular areas. Feeding windows have been fierce in the early morning and late afternoon, but fish are being caught all day long. We are still getting 5-10 follows a day, but haven't caught a fish on artificials for over two weeks!! Most often, the best spots in fall are usually unfishable during most of the season. One thing I've noticed this fall, is that the fish seem to be much shallower than in years past. Not to say that some fish arent deep, but after catching 2 30lbers in two weeks up shallow, I think Ill stick with this pattern for a while...LOL Get out there! Ben www.benkueng.com Attachments ---------------- Picture 020.jpg (46KB - 157 downloads) 38spottedben 002.jpg (24KB - 156 downloads) Picture 012-1.jpg (55KB - 154 downloads) img00117.JPG (36KB - 164 downloads) | ||
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| Ben Kueng |
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Posts: 227 Location: Southeast Wisconsin | Im open..Gimmee a call or drop me an [email protected] 414-232-8459 I dont even know what to say! Had another SLAMMIN!! day on the water today.. Couldnt rustle up a fishing partner today, so I hit er up by my self. Got on the water at 8 with a full livewell of suckers and a positive outlook for the day. I got to my spot, cranked up the smooooooth jazz and had a low 30s grab a sucker just as Patty Ganko was giving me the traffic report. I laughed at all the "suckers" (LOL) who were sitting in rush hour and than put my first fish in the boat. A buddy was fishing close by and snapped a few pics for me.. I moved out to deeper water and had another hit on a sucker, but I lost the fish soon after hookset. ...And than it happened. The far bobber went off so I reeled up my lure and went back to grab the rod. Before I grabbed the "live" rod, I reeled in my other sucker rod which was 10 feet behind the boat. As the sucker approached the boat, I noticed an upper 30" fish following it in. I reeled the sucker up to the boat, engaged the reel and grabbed the "live" rod. I went to the front of the boat and started chasing down the musky. As I got close to the bobber, I looked back to see the upper 30" ski grab the other sucker that was next to the boat! HOLY CRAP!! I set the hook on the first fish, fought it to the net, stepped on the net handle and grabbed the other rod..I couldnt chase the fish down because my pedal was in the front and I was in the back with my foot on the net, which contained a mid 30" fish. I swung a hail mary hook set and the fish was ON! I fought it for a couple minutes and finally slipped #2 in the net just as the hooks popped out!! Luckily some fellow muskie inc guys were out and came over to snap some sweet photos for me.. Ohh, I almost forgot...I also boated a 38" (after the first one, and before the double) One other hit and miss before dark and that was that.. Let ya know how it goes tomorrow Good luck this weekend!! Ben www.benkueng.com Attachments ---------------- IMG00119.JPG (49KB - 147 downloads) IMG00121.JPG (67KB - 147 downloads) img00123.JPG (66KB - 164 downloads) IMG00129.JPG (57KB - 152 downloads) | ||
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| Ben Kueng |
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Posts: 227 Location: Southeast Wisconsin | In the last 9 days of fishing, clients and I have boated 30 muskies from 34"-47"!!! I dont think I can ask for a better week of fishing, but I have a feeling this week is going to be just as good.. All of our action has been on suckers fished through the last standing weeds in 5-10 FOW. Our best day so far has been 7 fish boated! 7 more days left!! Ben www.benkueng.com Attachments ---------------- IMG00133.JPG (39KB - 134 downloads) IMG00135.JPG (35KB - 157 downloads) IMG00137.JPG (41KB - 140 downloads) IMG00141.JPG (40KB - 150 downloads) IMG00142.JPG (34KB - 142 downloads) 35.jpg (33KB - 137 downloads) 43.jpg (33KB - 130 downloads) muskies2_001.jpg (25KB - 151 downloads) muskies2_007.jpg (21KB - 126 downloads) muskies_35.jpg (20KB - 143 downloads) muskies_38.jpg (23KB - 143 downloads) muskies_40.jpg (20KB - 145 downloads) | ||
| Ben Kueng |
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Posts: 227 Location: Southeast Wisconsin | |||
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| caught these out with my buddy Ben today Attachments ---------------- 1.jpg (45KB - 128 downloads) 2.JPG (47KB - 128 downloads) 3.JPG (41KB - 131 downloads) | |||
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Posts: 516 Location: Kildeer, IL | I finally got the pictures off of my cell phone. Here are the pictures of the 47 that I caught a couple of weeks ago. Attachments ---------------- Fall06_Scott47a.jpg (38KB - 118 downloads) Fall06_Scott47b.jpg (40KB - 129 downloads) | ||
| Ben Kueng |
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Posts: 227 Location: Southeast Wisconsin | |||
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Posts: 227 Location: Southeast Wisconsin | Southern WI is on fire right now for us to the tune of 21 fish (9 over 40!) in the last 5 days. The three smallest are 35,35,36 and the rest are 38-44..Lost a HOSS right at the boat a few days ago. Trolling,casting,jigging and also live bait have produced fish for us. A majority are on the deep edge,but we are also having action up shallow..Ive used just about every possible technique and lure on these fish, but the key right now is to work known fish holding areas till you cover every square inch. My time is limited but Ill post a few pics of the bigger fish..Hopefully I can get that fatty to go again!! Get out there! Attachments ---------------- ben40.jpg (66KB - 122 downloads) ben412.jpg (18KB - 109 downloads) ben44.JPG (84KB - 102 downloads) img00170-2.JPG (61KB - 103 downloads) seth39release.jpg (15KB - 114 downloads) Picture 015.jpg (28KB - 126 downloads) Picture 002.jpg (32KB - 119 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 227 Location: Southeast Wisconsin | Couple more Attachments ---------------- Picture 003-2.jpg (12KB - 126 downloads) Picture 004.jpg (45KB - 113 downloads) Picture 010.jpg (24KB - 110 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 227 Location: Southeast Wisconsin | 4 more fish in the last 2 days. 42,39,38,36..Double d, crane and bucher shallow raider are seeing the most action. All trolling the shallow weed edges Attachments ---------------- edit.JPG (16KB - 96 downloads) 0046.jpg (37KB - 106 downloads) erin2.jpg (21KB - 100 downloads) Picture 005.jpg (17KB - 100 downloads) | ||
| Ben Kueng |
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Posts: 227 Location: Southeast Wisconsin | |||
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Posts: 227 Location: Southeast Wisconsin | 4 from tuesday with clients and a 39 my girl caught on wed..Water temps are too hot now and its time to take a break.. Running the same patterns as last week. Trolling shallow runnin cranks along the shallow and deep weed edges.. Attachments ---------------- Picture 010.jpg (80KB - 104 downloads) Picture 014.jpg (94KB - 111 downloads) Picture 016.jpg (90KB - 108 downloads) Picture 020.jpg (81KB - 117 downloads) Picture 024.jpg (86KB - 109 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 468 Location: Not where I wanna be! | |||
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| Ben Kueng |
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Posts: 227 Location: Southeast Wisconsin | Got out for a few hours today with a buddy before the monsoon rolled through ..Raised an upper 30s and boated a low 40s on a show girl (goldy locks) Fish was in 4 FOW near a patch of cabbage...Find the "glass shad" and youll find the skis!! Attachments ---------------- Picture 039.jpg (105KB - 105 downloads) | ||
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| Ben Kueng |
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Posts: 227 Location: Southeast Wisconsin | Thanks! Had another great couple weeks of fishing, but much slower than a few weeks ago..Actually I just had to work harder to find consistent action.The fish are still there,but allot of them are buried in the weeds or sitting in areas that are not commonly trolled. Popped a few decent fish last week trolling double ds and shallow raiders. The rest of our fish came finesse fishing swim baits and jigs over the deep drop-offs. Tried jigging some deep weed edges to no avail. The water temps are 64-70 on most lakes so Ive also been pulling suckers. On Okauchee we've had some big fish looking at live bait but werent interested enough to bite. On Pewaukee there grabbing the sucker and letting go before we can set the hook.. Couple more weeks and the sucker bite should be in full swing.. Good luck!! Attachments ---------------- Picture 053.jpg (76KB - 106 downloads) Picture 056.jpg (70KB - 111 downloads) Picture 062.jpg (74KB - 106 downloads) Picture 066.jpg (99KB - 110 downloads) Picture 067.jpg (72KB - 98 downloads) Picture 071.jpg (94KB - 115 downloads) Picture 079.jpg (91KB - 110 downloads) | ||
| Ben Kueng |
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Posts: 227 Location: Southeast Wisconsin | |||
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