BillM Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Well, if this sounds extremely similar to my French River musky report, it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol Perhaps I am not destined to catch these fish, who knows.. A board member was nice enough to give me some spots to try out.. I found a nice weedline that dropped from 5ft into about 14-18ft of water. I worked this with TopRaiders, Suicks(weighted and unweighted) and some 8" jointed Believers. We worked a good 2km stretch without even a follow. Casting up onto the flat then back down the drop, from the flat casting out to the dropoff then back up to the flat. Parallel to the drop off, etc etc etc. We also found a nice midlake hump thanks to the chartplotter that went from about 20ft to 6ft with all kinds of nice scattered weedbeds.. Worked this from about 6am till 11am or so then the sun came out and the jetski's and pleasure boaters showed up. We abandoned the ski fishing and start hitting the shade and docks.. My dad missed a big largie when he fluked a cast right under neath a dock... One big slurp, 15seconds or so of a fight and it was gone... Hit a couple of smallmouths on Zara Spooks, but the weather wasn't very nice for fishing (no wind, blue skies, sunny as hell). We are going to hit Gloucester next weekend to give the mighty esox another go. I do have one spot where we had a follow from a big fish, going to hit that first thing in the morning with some Suicks and some Bulldawgs bouncing down the point into deep water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeontroller Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Keep trying Bill, it'll happen, and when it does...Kinda like the teenage years trying to get laid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted July 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 hahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So you mean when I get my first, the rest will come jumping into the boat? :) No chance of me giving up, gotta pay your dues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Sounds like you were fishing some good structure. The fish were just not active.....Balsam is a great Musky lake. Your better off giving Balsam another shot than Gloucester. There are some real biguns in Gloucester but from what I understand, they are not a lot of them. I fished it 3 times and only seen one Musky follow. I almost always catch Muskies on Balsam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted July 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Weather was a huge factor today, if I knew it was going to be like this, I wouldn't have gone. The oldman really like his smallmouth bass fishing, so we compromise a bit Balsam has a lot of structure, we'll definitely be back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucktail Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Keep at it, it will all come together and you will post a 4 fish day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 It took me 3 years to catch my first! Now, I always catch at least one on my musky trips. Now I just need to work on getting a big one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky or Specks Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Bill if all your looking to do is get the musky monkey off your back go to Head Lake in the town of Haliburton. It is the surest thing to sure fire for musky that I know. Ive taken many people there to get their first fish. You wont be going wrong. This lake was recommended to me 17yrs ago by Rocky C and it has never failed to produce for anyone including my 8 yr old son who caught this one all by himself his first ten minutes on the lake. He caught three more that in the next 5 hours before calling it a day. FISH ON!!!! Easier to release from shore If an 8yr old can do it so can you Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokerdemon4 Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Keep at er Bill. You'll get one in the boat soon. Did you try burning any spinnerbaits or bucktails? Good luck on your next adventure. Any time spent with your dad fishing is priceless. My father lives so far away from me. I miss fishing with him so much. Enjoy the time you have with him. Thats worth more than any fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Keep going at'em and you'll get one soon time ... I went to Balsam on Sunday for Bass and I hooked into 2 of them with chartuese spinnerbaits, didn't land them though, one snapped my line somehow (not sure if it bite through my line or not, was using 40lb braid but no leader, i was going for bass) and the other one just spit the lure on a jump. My girlfriend also hooked into one and fought it for about a minute ... that one went for the tiny piece of worm she had on her bait holder hook, she said it nailed her hook when she was bringing her rig back to the boat lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 You gotta burn some spinners Bill! I swear, I catch 99% of my musky on spinnerbaits. I'll throw one all day, and if they don't want it, they usually don't want anything else either. Maybe its just a confidence thing, but I have a real hard time NOT using a spinner bait. Sinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 I have some DCG clones, perhaps I'll break them out Friday morning on Gloucester and see if they work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Just plain ole 1oz spinner baits work fine for me. I catch all species of fish on them too. I have a rod with a spinner on it ALWAYS, and its ALWAYS the first one I go for!! Just keep atter, you'll get one sooner or later!! Sinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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