Kawarthas Musky Report (7 Pics)

[muskymike]

The lady friend and I decided to book up in the Kawarthas this year again for a week. We stayed at Buckhorn Narrows on Upper Buckhorn.

 

The weather, well, it wasnt great. VERY windy, sun/cloud/sun/rain/sun/cloud/wind etc. every day except for 2.

 

I decided to try heading on to Pigeon for majority of my time out there. Sunday we started Trolling and about 15 minutes in, the reel goes off on the Tekota, I grab the rod, feel a head shake, the fish is gone. That was all the action I saw Sunday.

Monday and Tuesday, NOTHING. Trolling and Casting got me no where. I tried shallow, deep, deep weed lines, submerged islands, steep breaks, I couldnt budge a fish, other then one follow at Harrington Narrows.

 

Wednesday rolls around and after Trolling and Casting for much of the day, we braked for lunch. I decided to Troll off the spot where we stopped for lunch, and no sooner then 30 seconds after we got going, this guy hit.

 

 

That was all for Wednesday, on the way back (we decided to take the boat to Pigeon instead of drive to a ramp) we hit the biggest caps and rollers I have seen on any Kawarthas body of water. It took us 1 hour and 45 minutes to drive from the north end of Pigeon to Gannon. Horrible. 14' tinny with 2-3.5 ft rollers. Not fun at all.

 

Thursday another wash.

 

Friday finally rolled around and I figured since NOTHING was going my way, to try Pigeon again.

 

Started Tolling and this small guy hit

 

 

Got her back in the water, 10 minutes later over the same spot, I got this guy

 

 

Let her go and on our way.

 

40 minutes goes by and I decide to hit my Trolling Milk Run. No sooner do I hit my first landmark and the weekend'r hits.

 

 

That was it for the fish. Fun week, not a lot of action, but it was worth the time up there just me and the girlfriend.

 

Here are some others that were floating around the cottage area

 

Enjoy Mike

 

 

 

 

Edited July 14, 2008 by MuskyMike

[tbayboy]

Nice post Mike. May not have been lots of action but there's a couple beauties there at least. That heron sure did well - how the hell is he gonna get that down his gullet?

[BillM]

Good job bud!!!!!!!! Looks like trolling was the key

[joonmoon]

Nice job and alot of work for them toothies eh! Well ya did alright...tell your girlfriend she sure knows how to take nice photos. Good for you and thanks for sharing.

[misfish]

That poor bass,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,LOL

Great job.Nice fish.

[Guest Johnny Bass]

Sounds like the Musky action was pretty good to me, with 2 really, really nice Musky! Thanks for sharing.

[pokerdemon4]

Nice pics and post. Super job.

[lunkerbasshunter]

looks like you got yoru fare sahre of fish considering how unstable the weather was! Great report!

 

Cheers!

[Rich Clemens]

Not a lot of action eh ? Wishin' my musky fishin' days was half (or even a quarter) that slow.

Congrats Mike ... Some real beauties there.

Edited July 14, 2008 by Rich Clemens

[johnnyb]

Not too shabby --- how deep were you trolling? I've never fished Pigeon, but have my eye on it....just curious if it's got lots of weeds that would prevent trolling deep, or not.

Thanks for putting up the pics!

[Meely]

WTG !!!

Nice job there MM.

What better way to spend some time than with the lady and Musky friend !!

 

Meely

[muskymike]

Not too shabby --- how deep were you trolling? I've never fished Pigeon, but have my eye on it....just curious if it's got lots of weeds that would prevent trolling deep, or not.

Thanks for putting up the pics!

 

I was trolling in depths from 14' to 48' of water. Baits running in the 12-17' range.