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| Just returned a few days ago from a week on Sab Bay out of Red Wing Lodge in Morson. Dissapointed to say the least. Two guys, 12 hour days (minnimum) 3 muskies in the boat - All fish under 35".
Weather was tough the first 3 days with temps in the 90's (water temp near or at 80') with zero clouds and zero breeze. Did not see a fish during that period. Finally, the temps cooled and the wind came up with a great rainy, misty day thrown in and we finally saw some decent fish and boated some little guys.
A group of 3 guys at camp managed 10 muskies up to 2 at 44" during the same time and as they were leaving and noticing our frustration, marked up our map where they fished. We had our best action based on their advice.
Here's the thing - They fished the exact structure we did (rocky shores and points associated with reeds) and threw the same baits, (top water, hair, jerks) only it was 10 miles away, (closer to Cedar Island) and was focused on very small islands (or bare rocks). Some of the spots might be covered with a dozen casts or less. We had been fishing larger islands and shores with great looking structure trying to keep our lures in the water instead of spending half the time motoring around.
It's tough to gripe about being on the big pond for a week because it's nearly Heaven, but I wonder if we spent too much time early in the week committing to 30 minute passes along shores instead of hitting a key point for 5 minutes and racing off to the next "spot".
Maybe it's just a learning curve, but has anyone experienced the same thing?
360 days and counting.
Mb
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Location: Milwaukee, WI | Mb,
We have the same problem when we go there. Making the best use of the time available; efficiency.
If you don't know the locations of small hotspots to concentrate on, you're left trying to strike a balance between covering water to get any kind of response versus spending time thoroughly fishing areas that look good but you have no history of getting action there.
Then, you hear people proclaim that you can't get big fish from spots that everybody else is working.
It seems that without a good "milk-run" list of spots, your chances of success are greatly reduced.
We are leaving for a week on Sab Bay next Saturday.
Chuck |
