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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Musky Brian - 8/14/2018 12:57 PM
Well I’m done. Picked a few off this morning on the ride across the pond to Morson (holy cow was I sloppy and out of practice solo netting). Ended up with 20, biggest was 49.5. Little mishap cost me a morning and 1/2 night too...and a night camped out on the lake. 18/20 were on blades, 2 on topwater. Topwater seemed to be going well actually but I couldn’t get a Dadson off the line. Would have loved to bag a few more 48s or a 50 but we always want more. Pretty aggressive cold front just came through, don’t see that helping matters much for those up now. Beyond some adjustments in approach, the LOTW Lakemaster chip for Hummingbird was really clutch in being able to run underwater reefs with more precision. Caught a lot of fish on the edges of structure and on spots that I think get overlooked.
Side note....can somebody tell me what the heck this is? (See attachment) Had a similar mark on the other side and caught another big one in a particular basin that looked like it had maybe the early start of these sores.
Could possibly be a systemic bacterial infection. I have seen that on Wabigoon too, and some fish get pretty ratty but then seem to heal up with large scars where it takes a long time for scales to cover again. Maybe this one, maybe not: Piscirickettsia |
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Location: oswego, il | The cold front wasn't as bad as i thought. It didn't get as cold as they said and this evening was nuts. 10 fish up all but one tried or did eat and none in the net. Got one in each major and the rest came at dark. 49.5 is the biggest my partner caught. A 51 was caught tonight.and two mornings ago a 54.5 seen that pic, over 40lbs. |
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Location: MN | ToddM - 8/14/2018 10:31 PM
The cold front wasn't as bad as i thought. It didn't get as cold as they said and this evening was nuts. 10 fish up all but one tried or did eat and none in the net. Got one in each major and the rest came at dark. 49.5 is the biggest my partner caught. A 51 was caught tonight.and two mornings ago a 54.5 seen that pic, over 40lbs.
What part of the lake are you fishing Todd? |
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Location: oswego, il | I am in the angle. |
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| Ok my trip was cut short due to someone placing a rock somewhere and Lakemaster did not find it, the Navionics boys did was using my Lakemaster at the time, yes I knew it was there but was in a hurry during a bite window to get the monster we seen and was 5 ft. off O'well another lesson learned.
Saturday got 2 one on a Crane and one on a LLungen tail, Sunday got 3 two on the Crane and one on a Dadsons 9mm, Monday got 5 finally think we figured it out had 2 in the net by 6:30 am 1 on a Fat Bastard and 1 on a Double 8 Juice, got 1 more middle of the day and 2 more around 8 P.M. then decided to run to "THE"spot and boom.
One area of the lake we raised a lot of big fish other area we caught smaller fish, fish size's 34", 37', 37", 38", 38",41",41", 41" 42" & 44". Seeing the smaller fish is good for the future IMO we seen plenty of big fish even lost a few, 5 fish caught on the 8 the other 5 caught on the cast out, could of had another 6 fish if they stayed hooked but did not. Can not predict how the rest of the week would of gone but felt confident it was going to go well.
I think the future is bright and look forward to next year 
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| Ok my trip was cut short due to someone placing a rock somewhere and Lakemaster did not find it, the Navionics boys did was using my Lakemaster at the time, yes I knew it was there but was in a hurry during a bite window to get the monster we seen and was 5 ft. off O'well another lesson learned.
Bummer. Can you share where that rock's located?
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| Best advice is use caution off of main track, most rocks are now marked well but not all.. there is a killer rock at the entrance/middle of a fairly large bay, really good bay too.., I’ve never seen that rock on a chip, last time I hit a rock was 2001 at that time we still ran with paper maps ..that was interesting!! |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | Put my boat up on a rock in Sabaskong while fishing on the way out. Lakemaster said 8’, but I think they meant 8” instead. Gotta love that Sabaskong water where you could be up on the rock and still not see it in the water under you.
I know of a couple disastrous off chip rocks. One near Windigo and one in south Bishops that would ruin your day in a hurry.
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Location: The desert | One more evening of fishing to wrap up my week. I feel pretty good about the week I put together largely fishing solo. As some may remember I came up with my wife, her sister, and sisters fiancé who are from California and have little to no fishing experience. The week was filled with ups and downs. Caught fish, lost fish, and lost a couple fish I should have caught. My hands are sore, and forearms haven't been this strong since I was last single. I burned one bait, a black and nickel dbl 9 almost exclusively the entire trip. Fish were primarily caught in the 8, but they were largely just nipping at baits in the 8, and primarily innthe straight aways and not the turns. This made things challenging for me. I dropped a few fish I'd like to have back, one most certainly was my fault, but best way to learn is to screw something up.
One more round of slinging tonight. The count is at 9 with the biggest at 49.5. My sister in law's fiancé has improved his casting ability and has really enjoyed learning about and how to musky fish. He has joined me every morning, even if he didn't want to cast at all. He lost one in the 8 today that I thought was hooked good but it popped off. The Californians enjoyed the LOTW experience more than I anticipated. I think they'll be back.
All in all a great family trip to one of the greatest places on earth, where any Tom, Dick, or Pointer can catch a fish. 
Thanks to all who helped with some tips or shared info while we were on the water. ToddM, I owe you a beer. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | What kind of structure are people finding fish on in the NW Angle lately? Headed up on my first LOTW trip in the morning and think I am going to be overwhelmed with all the water to fish. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | kjgmh - 8/17/2018 3:54 PM
What kind of structure are people finding fish on in the NW Angle lately? Headed up on my first LOTW trip in the morning and think I am going to be overwhelmed with all the water to fish.
Pick out 10-15 spots on the map or your GPS chip with stars (rocks) either at the tip of an island or in a cluster. Get out and run them and see what happens.
Your eyes will be seeing lots of stuff that all looks good. Some of it might be, a lot of it won’t be. |
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| Went from reefs on Saturday to Points on Sunday to Sandy Bays on Monday you need to try it all daily !!!
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Location: oswego, il | We have 11 so far but should have 20 as i am 0-9 the last two days on hookups. I don't think i have had a well hooked musky(more than one barb) all week. I caught a 43 that was skin hooked. My partner, his fish are #*#*ting his baits. He has a 49.5 and a 48.5. Pike, i can pin them all day long on the same baits i am losing muskies on. Definitley hit all structure. The bloom was north of Johnston's pass but it has since moved south.
I found a rock not on the map as well. Didn't hit it but it was in a spot where it could he hit.
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| 48.5” pike? Wow. That’s unreal. The largest one we have ever had in 17 years is 42.5”! |
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Location: oswego, il | It was a musky. There is a period after 48.5. Pike is in a new sentence. A buddy of mine says he did hook and lose a ~50" class pike two years ago. |
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Location: oswego, il | The rock is between the small island and the sand beach on the sw corner of lilly.
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| My bad Todd. I read too quickly! |
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| What are some good lodges/outfitters in the nw angle? Trying to plan a trip for next year that can include muskies but can also contain walleyes for my dad and grandpa. |
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Location: Storm Lake, IA | I know that rock and you would be pretty silly to hit that rock at any kind of speed. |
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Location: The desert | nolan aker - 8/18/2018 12:39 PM
What are some good lodges/outfitters in the nw angle? Trying to plan a trip for next year that can include muskies but can also contain walleyes for my dad and grandpa.
Walleyes are basically all over the lake. It's not in the angle but I'd highly recommend Mylies Place in Morson. Don't need to do the awful gravel road to the angle either. Great rates, great hosts. |
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Location: MN | I would consider Tamarack Island Wilderness Lodge. About 8 miles west of Morson, but now you're staying in the heart of the good fishing vs slugging it out with all the guests staying at Mylies, Buena Vista, Sportsmans, Red Wing, and several other resorts based out of Morson. Your hosts are top notch, they really go out of their way up take care of you. |
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| Tamarack looks nice, especially the location, but it's over a grand more for a week with less boat (we'd be renting) |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | Pointerpride102 - 8/17/2018 3:00 PM
One more evening of fishing to wrap up my week. I feel pretty good about the week I put together largely fishing solo. As some may remember I came up with my wife, her sister, and sisters fiancé who are from California and have little to no fishing experience. The week was filled with ups and downs. Caught fish, lost fish, and lost a couple fish I should have caught. My hands are sore, and forearms haven't been this strong since I was last single. I burned one bait, a black and nickel dbl 9 almost exclusively the entire trip. Fish were primarily caught in the 8, but they were largely just nipping at baits in the 8, and primarily innthe straight aways and not the turns. This made things challenging for me. I dropped a few fish I'd like to have back, one most certainly was my fault, but best way to learn is to screw something up.
One more round of slinging tonight. The count is at 9 with the biggest at 49.5. My sister in law's fiancé has improved his casting ability and has really enjoyed learning about and how to musky fish. He has joined me every morning, even if he didn't want to cast at all. He lost one in the 8 today that I thought was hooked good but it popped off. The Californians enjoyed the LOTW experience more than I anticipated. I think they'll be back.
All in all a great family trip to one of the greatest places on earth, where any Tom, Dick, or Pointer can catch a fish.
Thanks to all who helped with some tips or shared info while we were on the water. ToddM, I owe you a beer.
any Tom, Dick or Ponter could do that ... |
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| I feel you are leaving a name out...
Requires explosives, though  |
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Location: Warroad, Mn | Lots of great resorts in the Angle. Here's a link that will help. Been too every one of them and they are all great. Pretty much can't go wrong!
http://www.lakeofthewoodsresorts.com/ |
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Location: oswego, il | We stayed at Sunset Lodge. Great staff and facility. My secomd time on lotw. We went 13 for 22 and quite a few nice pike. I went on a two day stretch of hooking 9 muskies and landing 0. My partner got the biggest two, 49.5 and a 48.5
Bass and walleye fishing is just plain stupid. Just use a crankbait. My left eblow is pretty sore and my right thumb and index finger are stained black from cranking. One of our club members took out his lower unit saturday driving to the resort. I use a 10" graph just for the map. I am really glad i do. |
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Location: The desert | Todd, I know you had a mailbox up there but did you happen to have your stop watch going? |
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| Todd,
Where did they take out there lower unit going to Sunset ?
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| We were up for part of the same week as Musky Brian and his reports are pretty close to our experience as well. My boat also ended up with 20 in the net for the week, but the biggest only 47.5. Dropped the only 50 we had hooks into. Dropped too many fish overall...13 coming unpinned in total. Had an additional 17 fish that ate without getting hooks. So, we netted only 40% of the confirmed "biters" for the trip. Pretty poor ratio...it got frustrating at times...
I also wouldn't describe the fishing as "on fire", but you could get into some good, fast action. Two things were key for us: (1) area of the lake being fished and (2) current. Obviously, current is an important, typical factor...but on this trip it was basically decisive for us. At times, it seemed that aggressive/catchable fish were ONLY located on the first contact point of any given spot, facing into direct current and only heavy direct current. At other times, it was ONLY in the slack water/current seams, or, at times only protected spots away from any direct wind-induced current. But then, it seemed like someone would flip a light switch and the pattern would fizzle completely.
We ran around a lot more than normal and found numbers in a particular area, but few big girls. In another area of the lake, it was the opposite: pretty darn slow, but the fish encountered tended to be big, but lazy. We spent about 2/3rds of our time in the non-action area, trying to stay on a few of the bigger fish we had located, but just weren't able to cash in.
Blades, whether 8s/9s/10s all seemed to have their own moments and honestly, I couldn't say that blade size made any noticeable difference. We mostly threw 9s. Most fish were caught in the 8 on blades. Also, the back angler did well at times with either a Bobbie or Wades. Caught 2 fish on topwater as well, at dusk when the lake laid down.
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Location: oswego, il | Darren, flag island reef not paying attention to the bouys. Went between the white and red. Shook my head on that one. The people at the resort call it million dollar reef, it's generated at least that much repair revenue.
Mike, the mailbox isn't mine it's a rub on another club member who is very unhappy about it which has made it even funnier that i was able to get a fish on it.
Matt, the wildfire smoke came in and there was a huge difference in fish activity which seemed to be pretty steady. We had activity all day. |
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