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Post by toosensitive on Dec 12, 2010 11:44:00 GMT -5
Got the bug bad this year. Spent lots of time on Chippewa Flowage in WI.
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Post by wilmsmeyer on Jan 11, 2011 5:03:52 GMT -5
Went on a muskie charter on Lake Sinclair about 6 years ago. 28 foot boat, out riggers and huge plugs. Had a great time. This lake is the muskie capital of the world. (Has a Canadian side and a US side) We had a horrible day according to the skipper......boated 7 fish and lost about the same. fished on a crazy windy day. It is not uncommon to catch 50"+ fish here as well as 20+ fish per outing.
Our friend from Michigan took a few of us on this charter. He works poles for this guy the entire muskie season and has 100's of stories and days logged muskie fishing this lake.
I don't know a lot about these fish except they usually aren't found is very thick concentrations....except on this lake and maybe the St. Lawrence river. I could be wrong
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Post by Rifleman on Jan 13, 2011 20:33:53 GMT -5
Are they good to eat?
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Post by toosensitive on Jan 14, 2011 16:30:07 GMT -5
On Chippewa flowage, they have to be 50" minimum...about 35#'s maybe...and I haven't broken the 40" mark. There are some lakes near by that have 30" limits for the meat hunters. Most muskies are returned to the lake. My guess is: they would taste like Northern...which are very tasty. The photo above is a 37"r...just a baby.
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Post by youp50 on Jan 14, 2011 17:07:53 GMT -5
I may have eaten several or more. ( Of course I will also shoot and eat yearling bucks. Just so you know how low I can go) They eat fine. Had a car wreck a number of years ago and can only hold up to 45 minutes or so of casting. I have been thinking about a charter to Lake St Claire. They troll there. I think they make you throw 'em back or swim to shore there.
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Post by wilmsmeyer on Jan 14, 2011 19:39:42 GMT -5
I can hook you up with one of the best Muskie guide on Lake Sinclair if you want. Just let me know. Great guy. All he does is guide for walleyes on the Detroit river and Muskies on Lake Sinclair.
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Post by Rifleman on Jan 15, 2011 9:40:54 GMT -5
I have a friend who guides down my way for stripers and in N Indiana for muskies. He says the local boys up north don't like him much because he catches way more musky then they do. I asked why, he told me they chunk plugs all day but he fishes live bait very similar to the way he fished for stripes and it is much more effective.
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Post by toosensitive on Jan 15, 2011 12:41:08 GMT -5
Sucker fishing is like fishing for Jaws...It's a blast with quick set rigs. I have taken Muskies with 16-18" suckers...really gets the old blood pumping when you see a 4" bobber traveling through the water at incredible speed...I should have went to the Muskie show in Chicago this weekend, but late season deer ends Sun.
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Post by cmonkey on Jan 26, 2013 18:30:25 GMT -5
Here's one I WAS fishing for, but usually to be honest I catch more incidentally fishing for walleye here on Lake St. Clair.  |
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Post by jims on Jan 26, 2013 20:18:49 GMT -5
That is alot of fish.
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